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 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...
View ArticlePlan 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...
View ArticleBUILDING 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...
View ArticleMeeting 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....
View ArticleThe 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....
View ArticleFamily, 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...
View ArticleFamily 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,...
View ArticleThe 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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