Missing the Target: Some Brief Thoughts on Target’s Cultural Capitulation
Over the weekend, Target became the next corporate power, after Amazon, to rid themselves of all gender designations and labels for children’s toys and bedding. In the corporate rush to not be the...
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 ArticleInterview with Evan Lenow
Evan Lenow talks to Scott Corbin about why Christians thinking ethically matters for worship, the importance of friendship, and why Supreme Court decisions matter for religious liberty. ***********...
View ArticleThe Potential Fail of a Gender Neutral Oscars Category
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominees for the 88th Academy Awards on January 14, it made waves throughout popular culture. Many took to social media or to blogs to...
View ArticleJBMW 21.1 | David Bowie, Glam Rock, and Gender Rebellion
Candi Finch | Assistant Professor of Theology in Women’s Studies Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Fort Worth, Texas As many in the world mourn the passing of musical icon and innovator David...
View ArticleBanning Christian Orthodoxy in California
David French has a must-read article over at National Review about a troubling development coming out of the California General Assembly. In short—and this is not alarmist langue, it is actually what...
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Does America Need Another Phyllis Schlafly?
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from the April 2019 edition of the CBMW Newsletter, a monthly ministry update that features exclusive editorial content from CBMW Executive Director Colin...
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 ArticleBritish Legal Reasoning Takes Us Through the Looking Glass
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so...
View ArticleCongressional Committee: Your daughters should be required to register for...
Should our daughters be required to enlist for the United States military draft? This question — once reserved for theoretical ethics and water-cooler arguments about the implications of male-female...
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The Air Force Erases Cadet’s Rights…
By Michael Berry: “We live in fame or go down in flames. Hey! Nothing can stop the U.S. Air Force!” These ominous words conclude the first stanza of the U.S. Air Force’s official song. Ironically, it...
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The Leading Edge – Week of April 7, 2014
The Leading Edge is a weekly look at what we’re reading, what we think you should read, and articles of interest on marriage, gender, and the policy, politics, and culture that surrounds them. Have an...
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Two Thoughts About Elane Photography and a Question to Consider
By Jeremiah G. Dys, Esq. Today, the Supreme Court of the United States “denied cert” on an appeal by lawyers for Elane Photography, the New Mexico photographer who was sued several years ago for...
View ArticleDon’t Waste Your Family Meal (Part 1)
by Steve Watters Did you know there’s one simple thing you can do in your home that can ensure your kids will be less likely to become overweight or obese, more likely to stay away from cigarettes,...
View ArticleDon’t Waste Your Family Meal (Part 2)
by Steve Watters Considering part 1 of this article, how should we then eat? “[M]any parents insist on maintaining regular family dinners and feel guilty when they fail, given the list of...
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The High Honor of a Weaker Vessel
By Derick Dickens Filing for divorce twice as often as men, women most often say it is due to ‘mental cruelty’ (Source: Why women leave men). It seems that in most all statistics, women are worse...
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The Leading Edge – Week of April 21, 2013
The Leading Edge is our weekly look-over-our-shoulder at what we’re reading around this Internet thing. Want to participate? Send us what you’re reading by tweeting it to us – @CBMWEdge. You...
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A Response to Matthew Vines: Have Christians Been Wrong All Along?
The following is an excerpt from a free ebook from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Edited by Dr. Albert Mohler, with contributions from Dr. Jim Hamilton and Denny Burk (editor of the CBMW...
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Heed Not the Siren’s Song
“Ulysses and the Sirens,” by Thomas Moran, 1900 By Jeremiah G. Dys Greek mythology tells us of the irresistable songs of the Sirens, mythological figures whose voice and song were so lovely that...
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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The Leading Edge – Week of April 28, 2014
The Leading Edge is our weekly look-over-our-shoulder at what we’re reading around this Internet thing. Want to participate? Send us what you’re reading by tweeting it to us – @CBMWEdge. You...
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...
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Cinco de Mayo, a Miscarriage, and Why I’m Pro-Life
Editor’s Note: This blog entry was first written on May 7, 2012 and published by the Family Policy Council of WV. While written in the present two years ago about news I and my wife received on May...
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...
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Hope for the Homeless Soul: the Gospel and the ‘Genderqueer’
I read a great deal. I read books — actual books and also on a kindle — websites, blogs, and newspapers. In a certain sense, as a pastor/church planter, I read out of delight, but I also read out of...
View ArticleA Vision for Biblical Complementarity
By Colin J. Smothers In Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, John Piper speaks about two methods that can be used to commend a vision for biblical complementarity—the teaching that God has...
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BOOK REVIEW | Counter Culture, By David Platt
By Scott Corbin February 11, 2015 A book review on David Platt’s newest book, Counter Culture A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery,...
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Let Boys be Non-Medicated Boys
By Greg Gibson Monday, March 2, 2015 Even the goodness of boyhood energy is broken by the fall. But in most cases, what if we are getting the diagnosis wrong? What if ADHD seems more like God-given...
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Contra Rob Bell, there will be no surrender
By Greg Gibson Tuesday, March 3, 2015 The Church will not surrender the biblical view of marriage despite opposition and the prediction of a former megachurch pastor. CBMW President, Owen Strachan,...
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BOOK REVIEW | From Here to Maturity, by Thomas Bergler
By Scott Corbin March 5, 2015 A book review of Thomas Bergler’s 2014 book From Here to Maturity: Overcoming the Juvenilization of American Christianity. —————- In the Spring of 2012, American...
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Complementarianism as a Movement
By Grant Castleberry Monday, March 9, 2015 For the last 30-years, complementarianism has been a movement. Where is it headed in the near future, especially as it concerns manhood, womanhood, and...
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City Church and the Affirmation-only Gospel
By Owen Strachan Wednesday, March 18, 2015 City Church of San Francisco recently announced that it would no longer require people who identify as “LGBT” to remain celibate for life. CBMW’s response...
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Understanding Transgender Identity
By Greg Gibson Friday, March 20, 2015 We are seeing a profound tension between God’s design for manhood and womanhood and Satan’s attacks on this design. Here is President Strachan writing towards...
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Gay-Straight Alliances: The Sky is Falling In!
By Gavin Peacock Wednesday, March 25, 2015 —————- Chicken Little is about a bird who gets hit on the head by an acorn while walking one day and he suddenly thinks that the sky is falling in. He...
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15 Principles True Christianity Teaches
By Grant Castleberry Tuesday, March 31, 2015 —————- Amidst the current mass-media storm involving religious freedom, many are charging Christians as the worst of cultural offenders because of their...
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Can We Have a Politically Correct Strategy on Gender?
By John Benton Friday, April 17, 2015 Should we affirm a politically correct affirmation of gender as evangelicals? In doing so, should we overlook 1 Timothy 2:12? —————- This is ‘non-political.’...
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Studies | A Referendum on Depravity: Same-Sex Attraction as Sinful Desire
By Owen Strachan | President The Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Assistant Professor of Christian Theology and Church History Boyce College and Southern Seminary Louisville, Kentucky —————-...
View ArticleEssays & Perspectives | Biblical Theology and Sexuality Crisis
R. Albert Mohler | President The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky Western society is currently experiencing what can only be described as a moral revolution.1 Our society’s...
View ArticleStudies | What is Gender Reassignment Surgery? A Medical Assessment
Craig Kline M.D. | General Surgeon Southwestern Medical Clinic St. Joseph, Michigan David Schrock | Assistant Editor The Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Seymour, Indiana INTRODUCTION The...
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Jesus’ View of Women is Bigger than What Feminism Can Offer
By Courtney Reissig Wednesday, May 13, 2015 —————- It seems our society is regularly debating the value of feminism, both within Christianity and in the larger culture. And there is often a lot of...
View ArticleGender, Sexuality, and Complementarianism in Brazil
Recently, I had the privilege of traveling to Brazil to teach a weeklong, seminary-level class to Brazilian pastors and seminarians. Apart from the fact that I had to leave my family for a week, I had...
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JBMW | The Not-So-Unified Narrative of the LGBT Movement
By Evan Lenow Thursday, June 4, 2015 —————- Many Americans see the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) movement as a unified whole marching toward an end-goal of equality, acceptance, and...
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How Should the Church Respond to the Transgender Issue?
By Greg Gibson Tuesday, June 9, 2015 —————- The transgender issue found itself in the cultural spotlight again last week. At this time last year, it was Time Magazine’s bold cover of Laverne Cox. Last...
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The Supreme Court Has Ruled: What Should Christians Do?
By Owen Strachan Friday, June 26, 2015 —————- Same-sex marriage is now legal in all 50 states, per the ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. What should Christians think and do in response? 1. We should...
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CBMW Standing Firm on Marriage: The SCOTUS Marriage Round Up
By Scott Corbin Monday, June 29, 2015 —————- In the wake of last week’s SCOTUS rulings, many questions have arisen: how ought Christians react? What should we do? Moreover, how should Christian...
View ArticleBUILDING A MARRIAGE CULTURE | Wives, Serve Your Husbands
I’ve never been super creative, or good at baking, or particularly good at ironing. I lack a certain attention to detail for ironing and baking, and all my creative juices are wrapped up in writing, so...
View ArticleOpposing Netflix’s Outrageous Exploitation
One of the most harmful and perverse aspects of contemporary American culture is the sexualization of our children, especially our young girls. While not new, this trend seems to be snowballing through...
View ArticleRapid-Onset Revolution
Editor’s note: The following article is an excerpt from CBMW’s May 2021 newsletter. To receive our monthly newsletter in your inbox, you can sign up here. Rapid-Onset Revolution Moral change requires...
View ArticleIt Is Time to Get Ready for Persecution: Thinking Theologically and...
Bill C-4 “An Act to Amend the Criminal Code” (Conversion Therapy) has passed the Canadian Parliament and has been given royal assent. It is now law. There is grave concern that it is so broad and so...
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Building a Life-Affirming Church Culture: A Challenge to Pursue a Biblical...
Editor’s note: This essay was originally published by Barnabas Magazine: https://www.sgfcanada.com/barnabas/home#CURRENT_ISSUE. Republished with permission. June 24, 2022, was a momentous day for...
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