The High Honor of a Weaker Vessel
By Derick Dickens Filing for divorce twice as often as men, women most often say it is due to ‘mental cruelty’ (Source: Why women leave men). It seems that in most all statistics, women are worse...
View ArticleThe Leading Edge – Week of April 21, 2013
The Leading Edge is our weekly look-over-our-shoulder at what we’re reading around this Internet thing. Want to participate? Send us what you’re reading by tweeting it to us – @CBMWEdge. You...
View ArticleWhat if I’m Frustrated with My Husband?
By Jodi Ware Recently I was asked how to encourage a wife who is frustrated with the way her husband leads her. This is a situation that occurs regularly and, when it does, I seek to encourage them in...
View ArticleA Response to Matthew Vines: Have Christians Been Wrong All Along?
The following is an excerpt from a free ebook from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Edited by Dr. Albert Mohler, with contributions from Dr. Jim Hamilton and Denny Burk (editor of the CBMW...
View ArticleThe Cascade of Trinitarian Love Fills Our Homes
By Mathew Sims I have been reading Mike Reeves Delighting in the Trinity. If you have not read it yet you should immediately stop what you’re doing, purchase it, and invest some time digging into it....
View ArticleCinco de Mayo, a Miscarriage, and Why I’m Pro-Life
Editor’s Note: This blog entry was first written on May 7, 2012 and published by the Family Policy Council of WV. While written in the present two years ago about news I and my wife received on May...
View ArticleThe Leading Edge
The Leading Edge is our weekly look-over-our-shoulder at what we’re reading around this Internet thing. Want to participate? Send us what you’re reading by tweeting it to us – @CBMWEdge. You...
View ArticleHope for the Homeless Soul: the Gospel and the ‘Genderqueer’
I read a great deal. I read books — actual books and also on a kindle — websites, blogs, and newspapers. In a certain sense, as a pastor/church planter, I read out of delight, but I also read out of...
View ArticleTransgender Issues: Far From the Final Frontier…
In a groundbreaking decision, a federal review board on Friday ruled that transgender people are now eligible to receive Medicare coverage for gender-reassignment surgeries. The ruling by the U.S....
View ArticleGospel Love and Arranged Marriage
By Gloria Furman Before we moved to Dubai four years ago to plant a church the only information I had about arranged marriages was what I saw in movies. As I’ve come to minister alongside and disciple...
View ArticleMessy Marriages and Jesus
By Rondi Lauterbach Messy Marriages and Jesus As Christians we know our marriage is supposed to point to Jesus. We’ve read Ephesians 5:25-31. We get the metaphor. There’s just one problem. Once you’re...
View Article4 Reasons Why God Forbids Adultery
By Rey De Armas (This section is an excerpt from The Gospel Project’s study “God’s Way”.) 18 “ ‘And you shall not commit adultery. Because it goes against God’s original design The prohibition against...
View ArticleLove is Not a Bully
By Marci Preheim The “love” chapter, found in 1 Corinthians 13, may well be the most quoted, and yet least heeded passage in the Bible. It is practically a given that a recitation of it will show up...
View ArticlePreparing Yourself for the Second Shift
By Greg Gibson There was a point in my life when the evening hours were solely used up in whatever I wanted to do with them. If I wanted to see a movie, then I would see a movie. If I wanted to visit...
View ArticleBalancing the Most Important Shift
By David Sons Thirty-five year old Floridian, Nik Wallenda, has been nicknamed ‘The King of the Wire.’ Wallenda is a high-wire artist most well known for his dangerous tight rope acts done without a...
View ArticleCertainty in Uncertain Times
By Katie Van Dyke Sometimes I feel like I am on a roller coaster of desires and uncertainties. In one instance I’m on a high feeling, confident and excited about something and then in the very next...
View ArticleBeing the Spiritual Leader During the Most Important Shift
Joey Cochran Every family has a different rhythm. Some fathers have the pleasure of coasting home at five o’clock. Other fathers return home as the sun rises. Still, others have an office in the...
View ArticleEmbracing Community in Your Second Shift
By Whitney Clayton The word community serves as an excellent example of confusion from overuse. It has become one of those Christian catch all words that you hear a lot and understand very little....
View ArticleIt’s Five O’Clock Somewhere: Loving Your Neighbor During the Most Important...
By Raymond Johnson Right before I take the left turn onto my street, I say a quick prayer. I pray because I know that patience will be required as it takes several minutes to get inside my house...
View ArticleA Husbands Prayer.
By Stephen Yuille A while back, this statement from F. F. Bruce really grabbed my attention: “It is in the closest and most familiar relationships of daily living that the reality of one’s Christian...
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