My Husband is a Calvinist
Mike advises a confused reader whose husband has become a Calvinist. Spoiler alert: their marital problem is not one of doctrinal differences.
The Shaft
It is hard being a young man nowadays with porn everywhere. It is even more discouraging when it sits across from you on a high stool at church.
The Key to Keeping Your Kids
If you don’t provide a vision, your children will find their own, and it might not be the proper kind.
Blessings
If I had my life to live over again, knowing all that I know now, I would do many things differently; but having lived in the blessings of God, I cannot imagine being more blessed or having any more joy and satisfaction out of life.
(Un)Common Law
Parents write in with their questions regarding teaching their kids to share, while still respecting their rights to personal property.
Mistaken Identity: Serving vs. Enabling
What is the difference between serving and enabling? Can a wife honor her husband and be a good help meet without enabling poor behavior?
El sabor de la alegría
La crianza de los hijos, como el noviazgo, debe estar adecuadamente sazonada con alegría. La crianza de los hijos sin alegría no solo es insípida, sino también tediosa. La alegría es la expresión de la vida presente; aún más, es … Read more
El matrimonio es la escuela de refinamiento de Dios
(Michael continúa donde Debi se quedó en ¿Creada para él?) Te oigo preguntar: “¿Con qué fin me sacrifico en todo? ¿Le honra a Dios que me pisotee y abuse de mí emocionalmente toda mi vida? ¡No es justo!” Hay un … Read more
Humility Sought is Humility Lost
The lack of humility is an evil; but the presence of humility is not a virtue.
Nagging Wives and Hurtful Husbands
“I struggle with being a nagging wife. I have been married seven years, and it seems we fight a lot more than we used to. how can I stop nagging?”
Raising Boys Who Raise Cain
My sons both have streaks of Command Man in them and have recently begun to assert themselves, and the conflict has resulted in them having bad attitudes. Where do I draw the line between raising a young man with King-type personality traits and excusing an overly dominant son without proper respect for authority?
Sample Chapter from Mike’s New Book
When I was a young man sixty years ago, we knew from the plain sense of Scripture that there was an indeterminate time gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:3. Our belief had nothing to do with attempting to accommodate the supposed geological ages of evolution, nor were we attempting to provide time for the apparent age of the fossil record. Our belief was based solely on the text of the Holy Bible. Any professing Christian who believed in Day Age or Theistic Evolution was considered an infidel.
Teaching Thankfulness
If children do not see the connection between what you provide and their consumption, they will not be appreciative.
Speaking Your Children Up
A child accepts the definition of self that is imposed upon him by his caretakers. He has no other way of knowing who he is. Children see their reflection in the eyes of others. There is nothing more influential on … Read more
The Fabric of Life
I was in Fort Worth, Texas, standing in the foyer of a plush auditorium, waiting for the last of the families to arrive for my child-training seminar. I was a stranger to them. They knew me only through our book … Read more
