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It’s not a new crisis. In 1858, Walt Whitman, now considered a great American poet, decried the state of manliness in the nation. He said, “There is no doubt, as things now are, among the young men of modern civilised life, in cities, that a healthy manly virility seems to be almost lost – seems to have given place to a morbid, almost insane, pursuit of women…” That was 150 years ago. Thought leaders were concerned with the state of manhood and the hearts of men. It’s something we’ve dealt with since the Garden and Adam. Is it worse today?...

The first time I surfed a wave, really stood up and surfed to the end of the break, I could not explain it. It was a stunning feeling. I’m sure I told my friends, “That was so stoking!” But I couldn’t put it into words. I still can’t. Can you explain how you felt the first time you climbed a mountain, or sold a big deal or the first time you told your girlfriend “I love you”? Can you explain how you felt the first time you held your child, or said goodbye to a wonderful friend who had passed,...

For almost two years it was drilled into our heads, “Trust the science.” But it wasn’t always authentically scientific. That is, unless you look at it as the science of perseveration. To perseverate is to repeat something so often that it becomes a fixation. Lies repeated so often they become our source of truth. Or the science of dissembling, which is the art of covering something up as to not reveal true intentions. Or the science of obfuscation, which is to intentionally make something so obscure the source of it is concealed. I have one scientific result that can always...

It’s always about relationship. The day after the July 4 killer floods hit Texas, Walt Landers and his team at The Life Church in hard-hit San Angelo moved into action working on relief and rebuilding their area up the Guadalupe River. Downriver, the 24-hour news showed the tragedies that unfolded in Kerr County and other places along the river. At the same time, Paul Vargas at the Dream Center in Phoenix saw on the news the tragedy unfolding in Texas. He started making calls. We connected Walt and Paul, and within 72 hours, Paul had 12 men driving from Phoenix...

Everyone arrives in Ziklag at some point in their life. You’ve been there – you might be there now. It’s the place you arrive when you make a bad decision. Bad choices lead to the wrong destination. King David was anointed by God, had defeated Goliath, but walked straight into a season of fear and doubt. In 1 Samuel 17, we read that he began to “think to himself," or "take his own counsel." He didn’t have someone to talk to – he acted out of fear and didn’t listen to anyone. In the shallow region of his own wisdom,...