What Enoch Thinks, Part III: Big gender issue
In conversation with Enoch, young man at large, the college senior has seen many relationship crashes and misfires. The topic turned to gender…
Category: Asymmetry of Order
The first couple were made in a different order, resulting in an asymmetry of authority and promotion.
Christmas in the Book of Revelation I: The Paradigm of Gender
John’s vision of Christmas in Ch. 12 of Revelation gives us how history unfolds, through the archetypes of gender.
The Wedding Night
Dating With Discernment, available where all fine subversive literature is sold, tells many stories. One of them, Connor & Violet’s wedding night, shows just how intimacy develops in a marriage.
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 Avoid Marrying An Abusive Husband
Some husbands make big demands. Over time, this can become an abusive relationship. How does one distinguish mere immaturity from a lurking pattern of exploitation?
Tennyson on Relationship Building
Tennyson’s lively retelling of one of the oldest Arthurian legends, Geraint & Enid, brilliantly portrays how early marriages typically go, and how they can grow.
Finding a Firstborn (new book excerpt)
This Dating-with-Discernment book excerpt advises women daters: you want a man in whom you can invest authority. I.e., you want a guy who is able to take charge for you. Those last 2 words are important.
Presidential Failure in Masculinity
President Biden has mismanaged the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. But his resolute failure to take responsibility for error stands out. Men in relationship doing this fail in masculinity.
When a Husband Defies a Wife
“When Mamma Ain’t Happy, Nobody’s Happy.” That is what my fellow church elder said to me many years ago. It describes how a wife, when her will or opinion is defied, has ways of making a husband’s life miserable until she gets her way. Is there a stand against it?
A Relationship Miracle
I knew that something had gone down. He came back with that look, that faraway look, like he belonged to another country. I had seen that look before, and those times it meant something crazy was coming.