There’s a growing tendency in our culture to see men as optional, particularly in response to what some would call “patriarchal constructs”. At the same time, there’s a growing realization …
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 …
3 Ways Your Role Changes as a Dad
There’s one critical element in a young person’s development that will result in a greater likelihood of them following Jesus and experiencing a healthy, thriving life: Dad. Fathers have a …
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, …
3 Important Gifts A Mom Can Give Her Son
My wife and I were recently reflecting on how different boys and girls are. She talked about how much of a challenge it was to get used to boys wrestling …
Honoring the Women in Our Lives
It’s May. That means Mother’s Day is coming… like…really soon, guys! Which raises the question: How do I survive Mother’s Day? Kirk and Jeff discuss what this might look like, …
Why Money Problems are the Number One Indicator of Divorce—and How to Solve Them
Why is money such an explosive issue in the intimacy of marriage? Money problems are the number one indicators of divorce. According to Sonya Britt, a professor at Kansas State …
Money Problems and Marriage Solutions with Chuck Bentley
Arguments about money are by far the top predictor of divorce, says Sonya Britt, a professor at Kansas State University. “It’s not children, sex, in-laws, or anything else. It’s money–for …
4 Principles to Teach Your Kids About Finances
One of the great mistakes we made early in our marriage was to spend way more money than we had to live on. It was usually due to $10 here …