Entertaining Zombies “We live in a very loquacious, noisy, distracted culture,” says philosopher Douglas Groothuis, who has been tracking the digital world’s influence on Christians for more than twenty years …
Why "Fighting" Temptation Won’t Help Your Porn Problem
Temptations are all around us. Focus on your heart instead. I’ll never forget the time I was speaking at a men’s conference when the speaker before me was explaining how …
The Digital Age is Not Your Enemy
Technology is a tool that can help us build either life or death into our relationships. I remember the first time I accessed the internet, and a whole new world …
Should Your Church Die?
I will always remember the dinner I had with a well known Christian leader many years ago. One of the other people at dinner asked him about his observations of …
When Video Games Become a Mental Health Disorder
[In June 2018], the World Health Organization announced a new mental health condition known as “gaming disorder.” According to this article from CNN.com, This condition comes with three major characteristics: …
The Father’s Blessing
Give Your Kids the Gift of Identity, Affection and Affirmation. Dave, a small grade-nine kid, struggled to carry the large TV down the hallway. I’m not talking about a modern, …
Has Google Become a god?
Over the last several years, I have noticed a trend in my own thinking. When I am facing a challenge or want to know something I just “ask Google.” Apparently, …
4 Ways You Can Breathe Life Into Your Marriage
And Make Sex Great Again Every great marriage I know has a great sex life. God’s good gift of sex breathes oxygen into a marriage and creates bonds of intimacy …
Fathers: The Most Important Role You’ll Ever Have
Never stop being a dad. Many men completely underestimate how much they matter in the lives of their children. No matter what stage of life you are in, if you …
What Billy Graham Can Teach Us About Failing as a Father
Excerpt from The Seasons of Fatherhood. If you have more than three friends, you probably know someone who feels like a failure as a father. If we were all honest, …