Josh Hawley. Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs. Washington D.C.: Regnery, 2023. When a sitting United States Senator writes a book, it deserves consideration. When that book focuses on biblical manhood, Christians especially should pay attention. Josh Hawley, senior Senator…
Jon Tyson. The Intentional Father: A Practical Guide to Raise Sons of Courage and Character. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2021. As a pastor to many men and a father to four sons, I was eager to read Jon Tyson’s…
In this essay, we seek to provide a clear and robust dogmatic foundation for a distinctly Christian anthropology, one that coheres with critical covenantal distinctions and pressing Christological concerns.[1] We are convinced a lack thereof is plaguing the discourse on…
As American culture continues to degrade, Christians increasingly find themselves needing to defend biblical ways of thinking. Two recent books aggressively defend the Christian view of man and woman by debunking important and influential misunderstandings present in the broader culture.…
A very strange thing happened a couple of years ago. During Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate hearings for her appointment to the Supreme Court, Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee read an excerpt from former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s majority opinion…
That an Augustinian monk and a nun would be credited with establishing the ideal of the Protestant family is truly one of the most remarkable surprises of all church history.[1] The marriage of the notorious German reformer Martin Luther to…
Defining male and a female has become difficult for educated people. On March 23, 2022, the United States Senate was holding confirmation hearings for President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Jackson. Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn asked…
I doubt whether we are sufficiently attentive to the importance of American boyhood. Two more mass shootings; this time in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. Thirty-one dead and dozens more injured, more lives cut radically short at the hands…
Is masculinity harmful to men and boys? Should masculinity be pathologized? According to new guidelines released this month by the American Psychological Association (APA), the answer seems to be yes. In a recent report on the APA’s new guidelines on…
Beth Moore recently published an open letter that male leaders in evangelical churches ought to pay attention to—especially those who claim to be in the complementarian camp. We need to read it, process it, and repent of the ways we…
Since the release of his recent bestselling book, 12 Rules for Life, and the immense online popularity of an interview with him on British TV, the Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson has exploded into mainstream evangelical consciousness. While Peterson has been…
By Grant Castleberry Originally posted October 24th, 2014. My brother is in his final year as a college student at Texas A&M. I am writing this post for him and myriads of other young men like him—young, single men that…
