The Road to Hell …
It’s been said, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” With the busyness arranged for us by Satan (or that we’ve brought on to ourselves), the deceiver knows we’ll probably keep those good intentions right where they are. And he’s just fine with that. If we […]
Posted on December 24th, 2007 by Jeff Purkiss
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God, the Father - Jesus, the Son
Why is it that we refer to God as the Father and Jesus, the Son of God? To be honest, I’m not sure I can offer a qualified answer, but I do know this: we, as fathers, can draw from this model for our own relationship with […]
Posted on December 18th, 2007 by Jeff Purkiss
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John Eldridge, in Wild at Heart, sums it up:
Masculinity is bestowed. A boy learns who he is and what he’s got from a man, or the company of men. He cannot learn it any other place. He cannot learn it from other boys, and he cannot learn it from the world of […]
Posted on December 18th, 2007 by Jeff Purkiss
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The Elementray Classroom
I once introduced a Bringing Up Boys teaching topic by quoting from the book’s author, Dr. James Dobson. He had masterfully built on his teaching point with a clear and logical explanation. But Iwent straight to his punch line: “Elementary classrooms … are designed primarily by women to fit the temperament and learning […]
Posted on December 13th, 2007 by Jeff Purkiss
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The Fellowship of Men
What if a boy is invited into the fellowship of men? What if he is treated like a man? He is expected to act like a man. Not a brute or wimpy version, but Christ-like - courage, strength, and love all wrapped into one. Can he live up to all this? […]
Posted on December 4th, 2007 by Jeff Purkiss
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