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September 2016

September 16, 2016

Should Churches be Trigger-Free Safe Zones?

Something strange is happening at America’s colleges and universities. A movement is arising, undirected and...

May 2016

May 13, 2016

How to Speak Man: A Brief Tutorial for Church Leaders Who Want to Reach Men

Men and women are equal. Men and women are different. That’s my starting point. If...

November 2015

November 10, 2015

Why Dropping Sunday School Could Save the Soul of Your Church

(Excerpted from: Sunday Schooling Our Kids Out of Church! The True Story of How One...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

The Church’s Male Dilemma

For the last several years, authors like my friend, David Murrow, have passionately argued for...

August 2015

August 19, 2015

The Steroid Church

Why do men hate going to church? My friend, David Murrow has written a best-selling...

May 2015

May 08, 2015

Why Church Matters to Your Kids—Part 4: Reason #3 is…

If Jesus matters to us, then what matters to Jesus will matter to us. If...

May 01, 2015

Why Church Matters to Your Kids–Part 3: Reason #2 is…

In my first two posts on this issue I have argued that the Church matters…and...

April 2015

April 23, 2015

Why Church Matters to Your Kids–Part 2: Reason #1 is…

As I cited in my first post on this subject, church attendance among Christians has...

April 16, 2015

Why Church Matters to Your Kids, Part 1: Does the Church Matter?

Philip Yancey, in his book, What’s so Amazing About Grace, opens up with a gut-wrenching...

November 2014

November 06, 2014

Confessions of a (Former) Seeker Church Pastor

I was the Associate Pastor of a large, Lutheran, Seeker-driven congregation in the Phoenix area...

September 2014

September 09, 2014

The Imperative for Brain-Washing our Kids

I’ve been a pastor for over 30 years. For the last 9 years a part...

August 2014

August 17, 2014

Are Children’s/Youth Ministries the New Leper Colonies?

The little children were being brought to Jesus in order that he might lay his...

August 05, 2014

Sunday Schooling Our Kids Out of Church

About 40 years ago a profound shift took place in many Christian congregations across the...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

It Takes a Man to Raise a Boy Into a Man

In the twenty-first century, the overwhelming majority of boys are being mentored primarily by women:...

July 01, 2014

Real Boys Don’t “Fall in Love” with Jesus

Imagine dropping your son off at football practice and as he’s walking toward the field...

May 2014

May 08, 2014

The Key to Building a High Impact Men’s Ministry

If you’ve worked in men’s ministry, or if you know anything about men’s ministry in...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

What Does it Profit Parents to Over-Program their Children….and Lose the Souls of the Kids in the Process?

At the end of a seminar I led on boys a man in his 70’s...

November 07, 2013

Why Should the Church Care About Reaching Men?

I was interviewed the other day by a newspaper reporter on the topic of men...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Could the Church be the Best Hope for Our Boys?

These are tough days to be a boy! Boys are falling behind girls in virtually...