Be Strong and Be a Man
David tells Solomon, “Be strong and be a man.” Is strength a particularly masculine quality? Does one need to be strong to be a man?
Category: Asymmetry of Intent
The first woman and man were made for different purposes, resulting in an asymmetry of mission-leading and strong help for the mission.
The Christmas Story: Marriage By Mission
God chose to bring the Messiah smack dab into the middle of a marriage engagement story. What on earth was He thinking in this Christmas story?
Abortion a Crime? Prosecute the Father.
If the country comes to recognize life in the womb, then legal protection will imply penalty for taking that life. A child is always a matter of three people…
Parenting is Gendered
Given that the surrounding culture is taking an increasingly pagan path, what does the Bible says Christian families should look like in contradistinction.
Roe Vs. Wade as Great Revealer
The response to overturning Roe vs. Wade reveals a lot about what our culture values. How does it compare with the story of humanity that God tells?
The High Cost of Sinful Masculine Leaders
One reason many miss the beauty of what the Bible teaches are unfaithful Christian men who lead, obscuring the goodness of masculinity.
How to Improve Your Marriage -It’s not Voodoo
When we dig into the Bible book, The Song of Songs, we find a lot of gender distinction in the urgings of the Shulammite Bride. In its pages she presents to us a vision of the ideal love, which can help us in our marriages. These practical principles of gender are very similar to those outlined by the Apostle Paul.
Why Are There Fewer Women in the Bible?
There are 3,237 characters named in the Bible, a lot of people! Only 188 are women. Why this mathematical difference? The answer isn’t what you think.
I Was Not Expecting Sam’s Proposal
I, Mary K. Carter, was not expecting a proposal. Sure, I liked him, but there were so many red flags. We met at a Sixties costume dance. Sam, who was a street musician, did not need to wear a costume, because he already looked the part. I was an artist, recently converted to Christianity. I craved stability, which Sam did …
How to Tell a Guy, “Go Jump in a Lake!”
One reader asks, in response to the Jump-In-The-Lake post, “How can I say “no” to a man asking me out in a way that does not crush, but rather encourages, his masculinity?” I could think of no better person to answer this than one of the world’s leading experts in encouraging masculinity: Mary K. Andreades. So I asked her …