In my conversations with men, I sometimes say, “If you let me hang around you

long enough, I could determine what you really treasure in life. Even if you tried to fool, sidetrack or mislead me, the truth about your treasure would eventually show up.” What do you treasure? It shows up in your conversations and schedules, your close friends and spending habits.

 

  Submit is a verb. Submitting is a voluntary action. That means it is something we ourselves do. It’s not something we make someone else do.

Just as we can’t force another person to love us, we can’t force someone to submit to us either. Of course we can make that person do what we want. But then that’s not true submission.

  We must supply
our young men with healthy, noble visions of manhood, and the figure of the knight, in this regard, is without equal.

In the knight we find a conception of manhood that can lift, inspire, and challenge our young men to new heights of achievement and nobility. One authority asserted: "Not all knights were great men, but all great men were knights." According to Will Durant, chivalry and knighthood gave to the world one of the "major achievements of the human spirit.".

  Turning to the "manual" that comes with children (the Bible).

Best selling author Steve Chapman shares the principles and life wisdom that shaped his attitudes about being a dad and guided him to raising a respectful son dedicated to the Lord. Encouraging fathers to actively engage in the training of their sons, Steve shares some of the parental advice he's garnered through experience and God's Word. Packed with biblical guidance, personal stories, and humorous insights, this book offers men practical information and suggestions for helping their sons become men of God and men of honor.

  When men get married and have children, they take on the role of becoming a father and husband. Do we really know what that role means. What are husbands? What are fathers? Do you and I know how to be either? These articles are here to provide insight on how the Lord calls us to fulfill these roles.

The Family Policy Maker
The Family Priest
Family Worship: A Father's Highest Duty
The Father As Intercessor
The Father's Heart: God's #1 Priority
The Headship of Husbands
The Family Program Director
A Father's Beatitudes
The Head of The House

  Like a long-forgotten work of art, marriage is often undervalued and unappreciated.

But beneath the grime, created by a culture that says to care only when it's convenient, lies a beautiful masterpiece designed by God Himself. The Marriage Masterpiece takes a fresh appraisal of the exquisite design God has for a man and woman.