There’s danger for your marriage — and your wife’s well being — when you’re focused on winning the debate. If you have any experience as a husband, perhaps you’ll understand …
Does Sex Control You?
We live in a sexualized culture. We are surrounded by allures every day, bombarded by images and messages — and we don’t always mind the onslaught. Sex sells. Walk through …
Proof of Our Folly
How Our Relationship to Money Always Reveals Our Character Charles Vance Millar was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, bachelor, student of human nature, and practical joker (a rather lethal cocktail). One …
The Gospel Changed Me—at My Kid’s Hockey Practice
Good News for Dads and Their Sons It may have been one of the hardest evenings of my life. That’s a sad statement if I think about it now—given everything …
A Five-Year-Old’s Fifty Cents
Give—with all you have. Would you take fifty cents from a five-year-old? My youngest son overheard a conversation I was having with a friend who is a collegiate-level hockey coach. My …
What It Means To Be A Voice For The Voiceless
We know God’s word calls us to be a voice for the voiceless and to stand up for those who are being oppressed. But sometimes we don’t know if the …
Men Who Scream
Voice for the Voiceless A few months ago I was on a layover at an Asian airport. My friend and I were standing near the ticket counters when a man …
Where Does That Song Take You?
Understanding the Non-Neutrality of Music Way back when rap music was beginning to garner more mainstream appeal and radio play, I was a really, really white guy. Okay, I’m still …
Nine Ways Men Need To Support Their Pastor
How to bless your spiritual leaders and yourself in the process After two decades of pastoral ministry I feel I may have some helpful perspective for those non-pastor-types who are …
Only Ministry Matters
Regardless of “profession,” serve God in all you do During my first pastoral call I was a tent-maker. Okay, that’s a bit of a misnomer; I didn’t make tents at …