In 2 Chronicles 13, we find Judah about to face off in battle against Israel. Following the glorious, climactic reign of Solomon, the kingdom by this point had split in two.

Where I sit down with Joel Webbon of Right Response Ministries.

In the second Lord of the Rings movie, The Two Towers, Aragorn and Théoden find themselves at the doorstep of defeat within Helm’s Deep.

In the theological development of the West, pietism rescued Protestantism from dead orthodoxy, but in its privatized and anti-dogmatic emphases also paved the way for 19th century Romantic liberalism.

I am fond of a John Steinbeck quote in which he said, "It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world.”

While good Christians can and will differ on various particulars of application, we should all agree that holiness, piety, and biblical principle should drive the way we conceive of a “dress code” and not the dictates of a godless, sensual, pornographic culture.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 24.7 million children currently live without the rearing influence of a biological father.

Likewise, if there’s an absence of ruling fathers, there will be a superabundance of unruly sons.

The epidemic of fatherlessness.

Masculinity is about being a man within a group of men. Above all things, masculinity is about what men want from each other.

Many of us wear the frantic and frenetic pace of our lives as a badge of honor. When we do stop for a gasp of air, we do so just long enough to tell our friends or colleagues how busy we are.

There are also real blessings and lessons to be gleaned from agrarian ways of life, like the fact that so many of these farmers and ranchers work on the more refreshing pace of seasons, breeding cycles, and hours of daylight, not a factory time clock.

It’s important to understand why polarizing people are calling for moderation. Like any great war strategy, this one is based on deception.

WARNING: Content contained in this post may offend feminists, and that's OK.

By not teaching and honoring Biblical manhood, [the war] has inevitably led to the church and her publishers opposing all things manly.

Thermopylae. Omaha beach. Iwo Jima. Waterloo. Manassas. The Battle of the Bulge. Violence has solved plenty of problems.

The English word patriarchy is formed from two Greek words that together mean “father rule.” In this sense, patriarchy is a gentle term. It refers to the rule not just of men, but of fathers.

Suffering, weakness, and failure are the central arenas in which we experience the Father’s gracious comfort (2 Corinthians 1:3-4).

While millions of Americans face unemployment and the overreach of tyrannical government action that is currently prohibiting assembled worship in many states, the ERLC's president, Russell Moore, has taken to Twitter to talk about everything from his reading methods, preference for sandals, the life-threatening Diet Coke habit he kicked (what a hero), and the genius of Stephen King novels. 

Paul commands our joy in all things, which necessarily includes when coronavirus is causing so much heartburn for public officials, healthcare administrators, and citizens alike.