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Manhood Marred: Is Male Supremacy Biblical?
By Adam Griffin It didn’t take me long as a child to form the primitive hypothesis that boys were better than girls. It was easy to prove since we were stronger, faster, funnier, and most importantly...
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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,...
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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...
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Manhood Marred: The Curse of Cynicism and the Hope of the King
By Greg Gibson It has been said that a cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing. An arrogant negativity, as it were. There are also other characteristics that...
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How Should the Church Respond to the Transgender Question?
By Greg Gibson The transgender issue has found itself in the cultural spotlight this week. Time Magazine’s bold cover of Laverne Cox—a transgendered woman—brings this issue directly onto center...
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Preparing Yourself for the Second Shift
By Greg Gibson There was a point in my life when the evening hours were solely used up in whatever I wanted to do with them. If I wanted to see a movie, then I would see a movie. If I wanted to visit...
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Balancing the Most Important Shift
By David Sons Thirty-five year old Floridian, Nik Wallenda, has been nicknamed ‘The King of the Wire.’ Wallenda is a high-wire artist most well known for his dangerous tight rope acts done without a...
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Being the Spiritual Leader During the Most Important Shift
Joey Cochran Every family has a different rhythm. Some fathers have the pleasure of coasting home at five o’clock. Other fathers return home as the sun rises. Still, others have an office in the...
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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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Embracing Community in Your Second Shift
By Whitney Clayton The word community serves as an excellent example of confusion from overuse. It has become one of those Christian catch all words that you hear a lot and understand very little....
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It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere: Loving Your Neighbor During the Most Important...
By Raymond Johnson Right before I take the left turn onto my street, I say a quick prayer. I pray because I know that patience will be required as it takes several minutes to get inside my house...
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Packing Up: How to Fight For Your Family in Transition and Change
By Tim Sweetmen If you asked me a few years ago if in the span of three years I’d get married, graduate college, have a baby, live in three states, and work three different jobs — well, I’d probably...
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5 Reasons Why Getting Married Young is Still a Good Thing
By Greg Gibson Not to beat the proverbial dead horse, but getting married young is still a good thing. Aye, it is an incredible thing. A noble thing. A thing to be admired from the mountaintops. So,...
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Second Shift RECAP
By Greg Gibson Over the month of July, we have posted several articles here at Manual in a series called, “Second Shift.” One of the hardest things—I think—in which for men to excel at as...
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Will the Real, Masculine Jesus Please Stand Up?
By Mark Singleton Put a Christian manhood book into this blank (___________). It doesn’t matter which one. We all remember when we read that one manhood book. It gave us something that the...
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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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Why I Read Jane Austen
By Corey Poff I’m sure we’ve all heard it at one time or another: the first response most men reach for when asked whether they’ve read Jane Austen: “No,” they say, with a tinge of smug...
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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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Picturing Fatherhood and the Father
By James K. Forbis Jr. I am not a father. I start there, because most people who write on fatherhood are in fact fathers. I am a son to a phenomenal father, Kevin Forbis, who modeled for me what a...
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