A father’s role

When I was in seminary, I had a professor who regularly would abbreviate or even forgo the Greek lesson for the day and offer some form of pastoral advice. One day, the advice went this way: “When you get in a church, spend your time with men. Be a man’s man and work to build […]

Men and sexual sin — some Biblical help

Many years ago I attended a church where it was not unusual for the pastor to make application in his sermons that related to sexual sins. As a result I overheard some saying things like, “What’s his hangup — all he talks about is sex?” After having pastored myself for more than a few years […]

Men’s Conference

Our men’s conference is now complete. It was a wonderful morning with Tom Pennington. He spoke three times and participated in a Q & A. All the audio and a number of pictures are now available. The links are below: Audio A Man After God’s Own Heart God’s Design for Marriage, Pt. 1 God’s Design […]

The marks of manhood

With this weekend being our men’s conference — “The Reason You Live,” I’ve been thinking about a variety of topics related to men and manhood. In the course of my thinking and perusing files, I came across this list of qualities compiled by Al Mohler several years ago about the indicators that a transition has […]

Book Review: Disciplines of a Godly Man

Title: Disciplines of a Godly Man Author: R. Kent Hughes Publisher: Crossway Books, 2009; 304 pp. $15.99 Recommendation (4-star scale): There are a variety of reasons that people fail to live disciplined lives — laziness and apathy, fleeting awareness of the cost of feeble discipline, weakness and immaturity, lack of a role model, and sometimes, […]

Today’s Quote – Husbands (Scott)

Stuart Scott, The Exemplary Husband: Only the heart that truly knows and walks with God can even begin to look like the heart of God. A husband will bear good fruit in his character and work only when the thoughts an intentions of his heart seek God, love God, and desire to glorify God. Such […]

Why we go to the Shepherds’ Conference

Probably my favorite statement about Biblical manhood comes from John Piper’s classic book, Desiring God: A famous cigarette billboard pictures a curly-headed, bronze-faced, muscular macho with a cigarette hanging out the side of his mouth. The sign says, “Where a man belongs.” That is a lie. Where a man belongs is at the bedside of […]

A Man’s Man

What are the characteristics of a man in leadership? What does a man who is really a man look like? Generally, we look to 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1 to consider that answer, yet 1 Cor. 16 also offers several qualities of the godly man (in leadership). We know that Paul is talking about […]

Piper on Biblical Masculinity

In a recent message, “Some Sweet Blessings of Masculine Christianity,” John Piper defined Biblical masculinity this way: By “masculine Christianity,” I mean (though words are inadequate): The theology and the church and the mission are marked by over-arching male leadership and an ethos of tender-hearted strength and contrite courage and risk-taking decisiveness and readiness to […]