Category: Manhood

Two Men Worthy of Imitation

The NBA’s annual slam dunk contest was epic when I was a boy. It’s hard to imagine it getting better than the immense power of Dominique Wilkins versus the insane athleticism of Michael Jordan! They were spectacular examples for me. Of course, I don’t mean I...

Reclaiming Your Eyes from Pornography

I used to watch my dad brand cattle. I still remember the awful smell. The bovines would wail at the momentary pain, and the smoke from singed hair and burnt cowhide would rise into the afternoon sun. One by one the cattle would file through to...

Hope for the Dense Husband: Your Selfishness Can Work for You

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her . . . (Ephesians 5:25) Okay men, we are to love our wives. Most of us do. At least we say we do. But, the bar for that love...

Influential Fathers, Captive Kids

A businessman with a hectic schedule took a day off and went fishing with his son. This father and son talked and fished all day, even though the dad couldn’t stop thinking about the growing mountain of work that awaited him back in the office. Both...

Is Michael Vick a Christian?

NFL quarterback Michael Vick served a twenty-one month prison term for heavy involvement in dog-fighting. Here’s what Vick said in his apology to the public: “I’m upset with myself and, you know, through this situation I found Jesus and asked Him for forgiveness and turned my...

Making the Best of an Ugly Wife

James Fraser of the Scottish Highlands (1700-1769) was known for his ugly wife. I don’t know what she looked like physically, but as far as demeanor, she was as ugly a woman as could possibly be found. I hope her behavior changed after their marriage began....

Playing the Fool with Sexual Sin

I once heard about a man who spit himself to death. It might be an “urban legend,” but as the story goes, he died while competing in a distance-spitting contest. Being a bit drunk, and running toward the low railing of the bridge, he underestimated his...

Game Turned Shame: I Actually Bought It!

Many moons ago, when I was in college, I went with a few friends to the neighboring city of Hot Springs, Arkansas. At one time there were more millionaires in Hot Springs than anywhere in the country. I was not one of them. We ambled along...

The Two Men My Wife Married

It’s Valentine’s Day, and I’m thinking of the person my wife married in her youth. He was a young man. With a full head of dark hair, he was slim and trim and pretty strong for his size. With most of his life before him, he...

The Word Fathers Long To Hear

On Friday we made another expedition to Deal Cemetery in Ladelle to decorate Jenny’s grave. I miss Jenny and often feel sadness because I’ll never see her again in this life. She was, after all, one-third of my small flock, and I sometimes feel wronged over...