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In an earlier post to this blog, I stated that whatever problem we are facing from evangelical feminism, we have at least as big a problem with Christian masculinity. Also, I stated that the best remedy for feminism is a good dose of masculinity. It makes sense for me to do some blogging on the...

Check out the front page for details of the latest edition of reformation21. The focus this month is on C. H. Spurgeon with two great articles by Zach Eswine and William Farley. Don't forget to check out Carl Trueman's Windows of Spin and Phil Ryken's Window on the World. [Editor]

A few years ago I became intrigued when I saw John Eldridge's ridiculous statement about men, in the wildly popular Wild at Heart, that unlike Eve, Adam was created outside the Garden and so men are called to life in the wilderness. The one benefit I gained from this classic abuse of the Bible was...

I have seen a response from Susan Wise Bauer to my ref 21 post of a few days ago, in which I responded to her Books & Culture article that complained about the “slippery slope” argument I and others had made about evangelical feminism. Bauer’s response mainly expressed anger and dismay towards...

We are noting the importance of godly masculinity and lamenting the baleful effects of its lack. In earlier posts, I highlighted the importance that a man fear the Lord and also have provided a definition of biblical masculinity. Turning back to the Book of Proverbs, we find a number of male...

From Charles Spurgeon, "The First Cry from the Cross": "These places of worship are not built that you may sit here comfortably, and hear something that shall make you pass away your Sundays with pleasure. A church in London which does not exist to do good in the slums, and dens, and kennels of the...

Some weeks back I noted a leading emergent webpage which spends it's time telling the reader how important and radical (in the Starbucks latte drinking sense of the word....) the particular person who writes on it is. I raised the question of how, in the marketplace of ideas, Christians can promote...

Time Magazine recently interviewed Al Mohler about the relationship between his Calvinism and his health crisis. (HT: Scott Lamb )

I have been making posts on masculine virtues as seen in the Book of Proverbs, arising from my earlier comment that one of the greatest needs of our time is for men to embrace not secular masculinity but biblical masculinity. So far, I have considered the priority that Christian men fear the Lord,...

The seventh annual gathering of the Twin Lakes Fellowship ™ is slated for April 10-12, 2007 . Interest in the Fellowship continues to grow and space is limited, but we thought ref21 readers might want to know some of those who are speaking and coming to the TLF this year.