Raising Real Men

The Knoxville News-Sentinel reports that the last surviving German machine gun captured by Sgt. Alvin York in World War I has been discovered in the attic of a Massachusetts public library. …York pulled off one of the great feats of any combat soldier of any time. He single-handedly annihilated a German machine gun battalion on Oct….
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This morning in family devotions we were talking about the love of God for His people. Explaining it to our five year old, I said, “Do you know how much your Daddy loves you?” “Oh yes!” she replied. “Does your Daddy take care of you and keep you safe?” She heartily agreed. “Well, God loves…
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The husband of an aid worker in Haiti drove a hundred miles in answer to his wife’s call for help, then dug her out from underneath a foot of concrete rubble.  The Associated Press story is here. One does wonder where the men in the neighborhood were.  A hundred mile drive in Haiti isn’t like I-95…
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After our eldest, John Calvin, read his dad’s Ten Moments in Manhood list, he sent us a link to an incredible YouTube video. In this 3D animation of Captain Sullenberger’s Hudson landing, you can see it all happen up close. What I found most fascinating was listening to the actual audio while being able to…
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Since the annual “Year in Review” and “Top Ten” articles are appearing in the media this week, I thought I’d take a quick look at ten stories that illustrate what it means to be a real man – or what can happen when you abandon that ideal.  These may not be the biggest and greatest…
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The November/December Home School Enrichment features an article, “Who’s His Hero?”, condensed from the book, Raising Real Men. The article starts on page 40 of the current issue.

In the first chapter of Raising Real Men, “Someone To Look Up To,” we talk about the importance of giving your sons worthy heroes to emulate. One of the things that has helped our boys understand the manly virtues and gain real heroes from the great men of history is reading the novels of G.A….
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What kind of heroes do our sons have? Do we help them apply Christian principles to their entertainment? What about ourselves? Dr. Albert Mohler of Southern Baptist Seminary has a review of the book behind this summer’s movie, Public Enemies. He observed that stories about crime, criminals, and police work form much of our entertainment…
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Henry Allingham of Birmingham, England, died recently at age 113, officially designated the oldest man living at the time.  He was one of the founding members of the Royal Air Force and spent the later years of his life reminding this generation of the sacrifices of the men in “The Great War”: The scenes he witnessed…
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