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CBMW Gives Awards for Scholarship and Leadership
By Grant Castleberry Last night at the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood 2014 Banquet in San Diego, California, CBMW instituted two new awards that will honor complementarians each year in...
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Plan for your family to slow down this summer & enjoy it
By Steve Watters Friday, May 29, 2015 —————- “I know it’s busy for us now, but we just need to get through the next stretch and it will be easier to have some good family time then.” Maybe you’ve said...
View ArticleThe “It Can Wait” Phenomenon
It’s a common refrain, isn’t it? We see a young couple enjoying the newlywed life and through laughter encourage them to get their life in order before they have kids, because we all know kids change...
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BUILDING A MARRIAGE CULTURE | Fathers, Love Your Children
By Grant Castleberry Tuesday, July 1, 2015 In a world where same-sex marriage is now legal in all 50 states, how should men continue to stand firm on marriage? We stand firm, as men, by pursuing our...
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Meeting Elisabeth Elliot: A Personal Testimony of a Godly Woman
I was 15 years old when a family friend gave me Elisabeth Elliot’s Passion and Purity. Besides the practical help it gave me, I was completely drawn into the story of her and Jim Elliot’s courtship....
View ArticleCultivating an Appetite for Good Books
When the children in C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia are preparing to meet Aslan for the first time, Susan asks Mr. Beaver about the Lion’s approachability. “Is he — quite safe?” she wonders. “Safe?...
View ArticleAn Interview with Dr. J. Ligon Duncan
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan, III joins Grant Castleberry on Danvers Audio to discuss parenting, family life, and current & future challenges to the complementarian movement.
View ArticleAn Interview with Rosaria Butterfield
Rosaria Butterfield joins Scott Corbin on Danvers Audio to discuss her new book, Openness Unhindered, as well as the importance of hospitality and the normal means of grace.
View ArticleJBMW 21.2 | Feeling the Transgender Experience
Thomas White | President Cedarville University Cedarville, Ohio “But I don’t feel like it, Dad,” said my 5-year-old son, Samuel, in a high-pitched whine.[1] Memories of my father’s response echoed in...
View ArticleFamily Policy Council Signatories
As the Nashville Statement signature list continues to grow—at the time of this post there are over 16,000 signatures—the coalition is broadening to include many Christian leaders and organizations....
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The Pastor’s Family by Brian and Cara Croft
Brian Croft and Cara Croft. The Pastor’s Family: Shepherding Your Family through the Challenges of Pastoral Ministry.Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013. 176 pp. $ 16.99. by Jonathon D. Woodyard When the...
View ArticleAdvent for Families
by Candice Watters Tomorrow is the fourth Sunday before Christmas, signaling the start of Advent. I have good, if fuzzy, memories of “doing Advent” as a kid. What sticks out in my mind is a centerpiece...
View ArticleBiblical Commands & Wisdom in Parenting
by John Kimbell One of the difficult things about tackling the topic of biblical parenting is that the Bible doesn’t provide many explicit commands or instructions about the parent-child relationship....
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Family, Irreplaceable
by Candice Watters Is it true that family is the building block of society? If the family fails, will society fail with it? Rightly answering these questions has never been more critical. It seems each...
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Family Devotions in Real Life
by Candice Watters Have you ever felt like your efforts to do family devotions — to read the Bible with your kids, to pray, to sing songs — are doomed from the start? Spilled milk, waning attention,...
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The Pain in Childbearing
by Candice Watters Yesterday, St. Patrick’s Day, is a special day in our house, not least because Steve and I have Irish heritage and we all look forward to the traditional corned-beef and cabbage...
View ArticleIrreplaceable Family, Film Debut
by Candice Watters On Tuesday, May 6, Focus on the Family is launching a special one-night-only theatrical release of the documentary called Irreplaceable. Following the movie event, Focus will release...
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2014 CBMW National Conference Media
By Owen Strachan We recently held our first CBMW National Conference in conjunction with the 2014 Together for the Gospel conference. We wanted to present an event that would be gospel-focused,...
View ArticleHow Will They Let it Go?
by Steve and Candice Watters Our family hasn’t seen Frozen. When we had an open afternoon and considered seeing it, we read some reviews and decided against going. And for the most part, we forgot...
View ArticleMovie about the Family Soars
by Candice Watters In a day when a young, pregnant, abortion counselor films her own abortion in an effort to lessen post-abortion guilt for other moms, and the New York Times Society pages is adding a...
View ArticleA Little Summer Planning
by Candice Watters This is the time of year when moms are counting down the days until school ends and summer begins. I’m so ready for a break after a busy school year, I could just breathe a huge sigh...
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Grant Castleberry Appointed Executive Director of CBMW
Photo Credit: Emil Handke/SBTS LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY | The Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood (CBMW) is delighted to announce that Grant Castleberry has just been named the Executive Director...
View ArticleHer beautiful hands
by Candice Watters I have a picture in my mind of my Nana’s hands. As she aged, her skin got thinner, her veins popped up more from the surface, and they seemed bluer. She always kept them soft with...
View ArticleA Much Needed Rest
by Candice Watters There we were, all dressed and ready to go on a much-anticipated date, giving one another that knowing look — just 30 more minutes till the babysitter arrives! But the 30 minutes...
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Owen Strachan Talks Religious Liberty on Huckabee
By Grant Castleberry This past weekend our President, Dr. Owen Strachan, made an appearance on Huckabee to talk about religious freedom in the public square, particularly for Christian organizations...
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Stand Against the Tide a Huge Success
By Grant Castleberry This summer we launched a giving campaign called Stand Against the Tide. The campaign was started when a donor offered to give $25,000 if other ministry partners would match the...
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ERLC National Conference
By Grant Castleberry We are excited to announce that we are sponsoring and exhibiting at the ERLC National Conference, which is right around the corner on October 27-29, 2014. We are thrilled about...
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Getting a Ph.D. in Your Wife
By Dave Jenkins From the beginning of my relationship with my wife Sarah, I determined we would have a date night. We would often go on a date to a restaurant and then to a movie. The rest of the week...
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Hail and Farewell
By Grant Castleberry Summer is often a time of change. It is a natural time to end an old job and start a new one. Some summers bring more change than others. This summer for CBMW was a summer of...
View ArticleThe Gospel and 14-Hour Workdays
By Nick Abraham Yesterday I was at work for 14 hours. That is not a common occurrence in my job thankfully, but it made for a really long day. Among the realities of a day like that are that I didn’t...
View ArticleOrganic Catechizing
BY JOSHUA TORREY I worked on a Catechism for the church at which my family served. This Baptistic Catechism is a derivative of multiple Presybterian Confessions. Some days it pained me more than others...
View ArticleCBMW West Coast 2019 Media
Earlier this month, CBMW hosted our annual West Coast conference at Compass Bible Church with Pastor Mike Fabarez in Orange County, California. Video of all of the main sessions as well as all of the...
View ArticleFathers, love your family through family fun and worship
Fathers, love your family through family fun and worship As a father of five, it is easy for me to get discouraged about my personal failings as a dad. I don’t spend enough time with my children; I...
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Is the Nuclear Family a Mistake?
Editor’s Note: The following editorial is from CBMW’s March newsletter. Readers can subscribe here to receive our monthly ministry updates in your inbox. “There has never been a time when the family...
View ArticleGod, Family Worship, and Gender: An Interview with Marty Machowski
In this episode, CBMW executive director Colin Smothers talks with pastor and author Marty Machowski about family worship, parenting, and gender. The resources mentioned in this podcast by Mart...
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