Porn Again Christian by Mark Driscoll
Click the image above to read some great scriptural stuff about a subject that a lot of men struggle with but few talk about.
Have you seen my shoes?
Need to start out with the disclaimer that the only blogging I have ever done has been through my middle school math remediation blog. So if I ever diverge off into a one-step algebraic equation with fractions, just suffer through it and I’ll get back on track. Ok on with the blogging. First off, for the record, I hate going barefoot. Can’t stand it. I hate the feel of grass on my feet, and I shudder at the mere thought of walking around the house barefoot. (My wife who has strong hippie tendencies enjoys laughing and taunting me over this.) Let’s just say my future is full of black socks and sandals! So I’m sure you can imagine my shock when I found myself at church two weeks ago taking off my shoes and feeling more in tune with God than I had in a long...
Manly Traits
I’ve come to realize that there are a lot of “Manly Man” traits that are really popular in American that I don’t really align myself with. Like the idea that we shouldn’t be emotional (which is really not accurate considering anger and rage are both emotions and those seem to be ok), and also the idea we should be islands, standing alone, strong, lone rangers if you will. I was just wondering what other attributes people saw as American but non-Biblical.
Putting the fear into me
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge – Proverbs 1:7a Our first-born son has been manifesting his sinful nature more and more lately. The big thing that we are working through with him currently is lying. For the wife and I, there are few things which deserve harsher punishment than not telling the truth. Given that, it has been a tough season with our son’s recent behavior. But this had me thinking. I am trying to teach my son the value of truth, not only in real practical ways, but also in how it negatively affects his relationship with God. I am not very good at relating it to God, but we are working on it. The primary way that we are teaching him is talking about the concept of truth in our family, but more often, it comes in the form of...