Richard D. Phillips shares the #1 threat in The Masculine Mandate: “When Paul says that a husband must embrace self-sacrifice for the sake of his wife’s well-being, this of course includes her physical safety. But the main threat against which a man must protect his wife is his own sin. A friend once expressed his awakening […]
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The Admirable Admiral: David Robinson’s Example of Sexual Purity
David Robinson is a Hall of Fame basketball player, NBA Champion, NBA MVP, Gold Medal winner, and one of the 50 Greatest Basketball Players of All-Time. David Robinson is also a Christian, and a man. That means that Robinson, nicknamed “The Admiral”, battles the same sexual temptations as any man (1 Corinthians 10:13). In For […]
The 4 Different Types of Greed
Tristan Martin via Compfight Greed is a practice almost universally condemned. In 2011, Occupy Wall Street rallied against “corporate greed.” In today’s political climate, the poor claim the rich are too greedy with their own money, while the rich claim that the poor are too greedy with money that isn’t their own. What does the […]
Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, and God’s Grace
I just finished On the Grace of God (Re:Lit: A Book You’ll Actually Read) by Justin Holcomb, which is a short but powerful book walking through the biblical theology of the grace of God. I will likely read this helpful book again at some point in the future. Included in the book is a good illustration […]