We have had 10+ years now of much-needed tough love messaging to young men.

People like Jordan Peterson have called them to step up, take responsibility, and become competent and virtuous. Various corners of the Christian world have also echoed that call.

And, in a lot of ways, it has worked.

Young men are growing more religious. Many of them want to settle down, marry, and have kids.Laziness and aimlessness are frowned upon in ways they weren’t before.Pornography addiction is no longer a “Most guys do it but nobody talks about it” issue. The calls to walk away and the resources to help are abundant.

There is certainly still plenty of work to do, but young men have come a long way.

But that leaves the question... who is going to challenge the women?

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On this week’s stream, I examine some statistics regarding the increasingly higher ages at which Americans are getting married.

Topics:

* Discussing some possible reasons why the median age is climbing so high

* Explaining why this matters so much more than most people think

* Offering suggestions for how to help young people toward prioritizing marriage and childbearing

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As summer begins, modesty becomes a topic worthy of addressing yet again. It remains one of the most controversial, and therefore most avoided, topics of modern Christian life.

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Marco Arroyo joins me to talk about what may be the biggest advantage the churches of Christ have as the religious landscape changes.

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Where do Christians go after death? The options:- Paradise/Abraham’s Bosom- Heaven- Unconscious rest- Straight to Judgment Day

In exactly 100 votes (so far) in my Facebook group poll, 79% said we go to paradise. I make the case that, though that used to be the case, Christians now go to heaven at death.

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In this stream, I discussed the show “The Chosen” and explained my reasons for opposing it. Topics include:

* Are Jesus shows a 2nd Commandment Violation?

* Whose version of Jesus are we believing?

* How The Chosen challenges the sufficiency of Scripture

* The problem of surmising

* The difference between misleading preaching and misleading TV shows

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This is the sixth in an ongoing series of posts about masculinity, femininity, and our differing roles. See previous posts here.

So much has been said, here and elsewhere, about the painful lack of leadership in our day. Where are the men we can look to to lead the way and put a stop to the decline we’ve seen in the culture, the church, and the home?

As we look for such men, and as we look to build up the next generations of leadership, there’s one particular obstacle we’re going to have to overcome.

One of the biggest reasons we have a shortage of leadership:

lack of moral credibility.

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I went live to take a look at "The Salt and Light Resistance" letter and it’s bold, scary claims about the threat of Christian Nationalism.

Find the letter hereChristian Chronicle Coverage herePost-woke Christian's response here

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This week I’m joined by Michael J. Lilly for a discussion of his article, “The House Church Myth.”

We examine:

* The good and bad reasons people are drawn to the house church idea

* What church history REALLY shows about what the way early Christians met

* How Christianity developed out of its infancy toward what we have today

* Some actual early church practices we might consider moving toward

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In recent years, I’ve learned of the tremendous health benefits of beef liver. Just one small serving per week catches you up on all kinds of vitamins and other key nutrients that we often lack now that the standard diet has moved away from liver and other organ meats.

There’s only one problem: beef liver smells absolutely horrible, and it tastes even worse.

There are ways you can package it to mitigate the poor flavor, with onions, sauces, and/or seasoning. You can combine it with something more palatable, like ground beef, to dilute the disgustingness—though you also dilute the nutrients per serving in the process.

The tough reality is, if you want to get the benefit in a strong enough dose, you’re probably going to have to deal with the unpleasantness.

Unfortunately, beef liver perfectly illustrates how a lot of people view Christianity.

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