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Four Reasons “A Year of Biblical Womanhood” Should Move the Conversation on Gender Forward

I’m giving away 10 FREE copies of A Year of Biblical Womanhood! Details at the end of the post. Who would’ve thought that the next book to blow up the Christian publishing industry would be Rachel Held Evans’ attempt to live for a year following all the Bible’s rules for women? But gender is the […]

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Book: The Meaning of Wife by Anne Kingston

Click here to read my notes and highlights from The Meaning of Wife. What does it mean to be a Wife? Today, “Wife” is a confusing battle-ground, with women’s identity at the center. With messages assaulting both men and women from all side, what are we to think? Anne Kingston wades into the mess, separating out […]

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Book – Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity by Joel Stein

Fans of A. J. Jacobs and Matt Mikalatos, rejoice! When journalist Joel Stein (Los Angeles Times, TIME) found out he and his wife were having a boy, he had a massive panic attack. Joe, it turns out, didn’t consider himself much of a man. The thought of trying to raise a boy terrified him. So […]

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Book – The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller

Shortly after I posted my review of Mark Driscoll’s Real Marriage, which failed as a book on marriage, many sympathetic to Driscoll told me to get the forthcoming The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller. Tim is the pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church on the island of Manhattan. He’s also a New Calvinist and a […]

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Book: Marriage Confidential by Pamela Haag

Marriage Confidential by Pamela Haag is one of the most thought-provoking and insightful books I’ve read in a long time. It deserves more than a single review, and I plan to interact with Pamela’s ideas in much more depth later this year. But I couldn’t spend a whole month talking about marriage and not include […]

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Book: Love Does by Bob Goff

This review was originally featured at RELEVANT Magazine. Click here to read it! I’ve got a confession for you: I’m a pretty cynical person. I know. You’re shocked, right? Big surprise these days, when skepticism is the norm. We’ve seen it all (on YouTube, at least). Nothing catches us off guard anymore. If you get […]

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Book: Reborn on the Fourth of July

Is it ever appropriate for Christians to kill in the name of Jesus? Church history has a long tradition of debating this, with everyone agreeing that mostly the answer is No. We diverge at the question of war: many Christians ascribe to some version of Augustine’s Just War theory, which claims that under some circumstances, […]

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Book: Batman – Earth One

A truly great book for fans and n00bs, Batman: Earth One proves again that the best stories are Batman stories.

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How Girls Self-Medicate to Find Identity (Girls on the Edge Pt III)

Eating disorders, alcohol use and cutting all share the same cause as overachieving in girls: a struggle to find identity.

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How Facebook is Bad for Girls (Girls on the Edge Pt II)

The Self we display on social media is always for others to see. Social media hurts girls by depriving them of the introspective space necessary to develop a strong identity.