<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Reforming Men]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reforming Men]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 09:42:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.reformingmen.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[When Shepherds Follow]]></title><description><![CDATA[" The LORD is my shepherd...He leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake." 													 Psalm 23:1, 3 I can’t remember the first time I heard the phrase, l ead, follow, or get out of the way.  It may have been in the military, in a movie, or in conversation. Whenever it was, it stuck. For years I thought that I had to choose one over the others.  Books on leadership are plentiful, even periodicals dedicated to posting articles on leadership. What about followship?  There are...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/when-shepherds-follow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a860fdf1929985ec9466dc</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal Piety]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:50:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_11d50228f8c742719b579faffbaa209d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Randy Williams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Father and His Children: Pitfalls and Practices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction This chapter examines the foundation of Christian fatherhood. I am speaking from the perspective of Christian experience and how a man lives out his role as a father. This article assumes the work of God in regeneration, justification, adoption, and the other monergistic graces. Here, the role of the Christian father is considered as part of God’s work of sanctification, or the process of being made holy as fathers. The Basic Task of Parenting The parent-child relationship is one...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/the-father-and-his-children-pitfalls-and-practices</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699f335bdcfe76b0f2d2ddb5</guid><category><![CDATA[At Home]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:38:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_219b4b0eb69d4832bca6279553eaed16~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Geoff Gleason</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gospel for Y'all]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rural America needs the gospel. This statement may seem obvious, but I would like to take a closer look at the needs of small towns and how the church can respond.  The plight of rural America My first ministry position was as a part time youth minister at a rural Southern Baptist church in Lincoln, Arkansas. For 2 ½ years, I labored in a town of 2,200 people that is known for its history of apple orchards and chicken farms. The culture is rooted in the agrarian traditions one will often find...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/the-gospel-for-y-all</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6995dae8efa15866f1ef0e97</guid><category><![CDATA[In the Church]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:50:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_7ba156af7b4f47b1b4d2534e4141ee54~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Billy Eddy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men, Do Something Hard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Modern life has made it remarkably easy for a man to avoid difficulty. Climate-controlled rooms, automated conveniences, instant entertainment, and endless distraction allow a man to pass entire days without exerting himself physically, mentally, or spiritually in any meaningful way. Nothing in his body aches. Nothing in his soul is tested. And over time, something in him quietly withers. Men were not designed for perpetual ease. From the beginning, God placed man in a garden  to work it and...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/men-do-something-hard</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698c8c16e952b7bb6a1d8d87</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal Piety]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:23:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_69c11bc8e68b4e3d8691e77e2db609e0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Adams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Father and His Children: Introduction and Framework]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction The question I want to consider over the next number of installments deals with the Law of God and its use for the Christian husband and father. Many think that since Christ fulfilled the laws of the Old Testament, they have limited application for the New Testament believer. It is true that the Christian must understand the Law in light of Christ’s fulfillment of it. However, that does not dismiss the Law altogether. To think rightly of the Law, it is necessary to consider both...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/the-father-and-his-children-introduction-and-framework</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69837cfd131f188df5617056</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal Piety]]></category><category><![CDATA[At Home]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:36:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_219b4b0eb69d4832bca6279553eaed16~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Geoff Gleason</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hardship of the Christian Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[How do you deal with discouragement as a Christian? I don’t mean “discouragement” as in “work has been busy lately,” or “my favorite sports team hasn’t been playing well.” I mean the soul-crushing, never-ending, hope-devouring kind of “discouragement.” You could call it “trials” or “hardship.” What do you do as a Christian when it seems like everything in your life is crumbling around you? What do you do when it seems as if your marriage is falling apart, your children are straying from the...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/the-hardship-of-the-christian-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697a4d754c1c36a19b75630f</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal Piety]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:06:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_ab07020e0ed94560bb3646f127703aa3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jared Dean</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Singing of Christian Men]]></title><description><![CDATA[On December 4th, 1685, John Nisbet was sent to the Lord by the executioner’s hand. It was during the killing times in Scotland where the tyrannical Anglicans were seeking to bind the consciences of the Scottish Presbyterians.  The Nisbet family tree had committed themselves to the Covenant. And a handcopied New Testament passed down through the generations convinced them of the Gospel. John Nisbet had fought and been wounded in many battles. He had lost his wife and daughter to exposure when...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/the-singing-of-christian-men</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6967ca5f6ae8988b73fadc05</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal Piety]]></category><category><![CDATA[In the Church]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:19:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_f211b14a2fec40f1bd8a7416674c5c4b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Parks Turner</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts on the "Managerial Revolution" and the "Feminization of the Church"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the last century, American institutions have been reshaped by what sociologists call the ”managerial revolution.” If you’ve never heard of that term, it is the replacement of substantive, convictional leadership with procedural and bureaucratic control. The shift is visible everywhere. We have witnessed government agencies expand while statesmen become passive, corporations prioritize compliance over courage, and universities value administrators more than professors. Furthermore, this...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/thoughts-on-the-managerial-revolution-and-the-feminization-of-the-church</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6942c15e411cb57fce2501b9</guid><category><![CDATA[In the Church]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:09:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_a7b0e1e9ffd94d2ca875c48c18c62732~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Adams</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Mosaic Call to Fearlessness: Part 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of my favorite elements to The Lord of the Rings  trilogy is the theme of fellowship and friendship. After the Fellowship of the Ring begins to break apart, Gimli, Legolas, and Aragorn chase after the hobbits Merry and Pippin who have been taken to Isengard by the Urukai. They are faithful to the Fellowship by fighting for each other. And as Aragorn leads the men of the West into the final battle near the black gates of Mordor, what does he famously say before charging ahead into the...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/a-mosaic-call-to-fearlessness-part-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69398812648729fef527971a</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal Piety]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_a7b85fd9d9034370a864f423416975d4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nate Xanders</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Mosaic Call to Fearlessness: Part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the first installment of this three-part series, we reflected upon Deuteronomy 3:1-22, in which the Lord reminds Joshua that He is fighting their battles for them. And this resonates with us because we love kings that lead from the front. We love Leonidas. We love Theoden. We love Aragorn. We love kings like Gustavus Adolphus, a protestant who died to keep other protestants free from catholic rule. We love King David. We love them because they lead from the front and fight for their...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/a-mosaic-call-to-fearlessness-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69303d269b06fc064bd98a88</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal Piety]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:42:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_a7b85fd9d9034370a864f423416975d4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nate Xanders</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Men of Prayer and Thanksgiving]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week is Thanksgiving. On this day, Americans have traditionally celebrated the things for which they are thankful. Nowadays, most people simply say they are thankful or express a vague sense of thankfulness without actually knowing to whom they are thankful. Being thankful requires someone or something to whom you direct your thanks. As Christians though, the object of your thankfulness is God. The Apostle Paul writes in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/be-men-of-prayer-and-thanksgiving</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69273229cb45ab7844d93e83</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal Piety]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:08:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_10ae0b89de88486d815c3ad9694f2df2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jared Dean</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Mosaic Call to Fearlessness: Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was a young man, there was no shortage of action films drawn from fictionalized versions of history. One such film was Troy , in which Brad Pitt portrays the legendary Achilles, who is not a big fan of the king that he serves (Agamemnon). Agamemnon uses Achilles to settle wars by way of one-on-one combat. In one such scene, Achilles walks away from the tyrant king to fight Boagrius. Achilles remarks: “Imagine a king that fights his own battles. Wouldn’t that be a sight?” Well, in the...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/a-mosaic-call-to-fearlessness-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691e06234380ae0a50881ae3</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal Piety]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 18:08:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_a7b85fd9d9034370a864f423416975d4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nate Xanders</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Biblical Call to Stewardship of Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brothers, what is your priority? There are many things that may vie for your attention, but what are the things you must get to? There is no singular answer to that question if dealing with the specifics. Life circumstances such as being single or married, or having children or not will set the demands and priorities of your time. Personality and preference will change areas of interest. Even location will change available activities. However, in a general sense there are identifiable...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/the-biblical-call-to-stewardship-of-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6914a0c95e10fffe9cc76dd3</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal Piety]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:10:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_1e8257fff676445086c3d68e00872337~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Geoff Gleason</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christian Meditation Part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[As promised in my previous article, let us look at some practical applications of our meditation. Look back at our verse, Joshua 1:8, where we find some clues in the first and third phrases of the verse. “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth,” and “so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it.” Meditation is to focus on how we can glorify God in Christ. Men of God, our faith in Christ is much more than just a profession and a promise. If all that...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/christian-meditation-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">690b5732a0cae0bc2509fc96</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal Piety]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:56:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_4bb84c54892d4648ac6f03f23830ea29~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Zavadil</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[God Never Changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[God Never Changes and That’s Our Hope Nothing in life stays the same for long. Your body is changing, your kids are growing, your job is shifting, and the world feels like it’s spinning faster every day. Even the things we think are solid: our routines, friendships, and plans. These eventually get disrupted. If that unsettles you, you’re not alone. Men crave stability. We want to know that there’s something firm we can build our lives on. Scripture says there is only one truly unchanging...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/god-never-changes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">690220fd15073ecb9432f3ad</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal Piety]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:51:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_6442ad0b9048468aadb172b8ce423910~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ben Ratliff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Godly Men, Godly Care: Leading with Biblical Wisdom]]></title><description><![CDATA[I entered a long-term pastoral internship in late 2008 under a very serious pastor. Nicknamed "The Captain" and known as "Arch,” he was a former Navy Pilot and project manager for the Sidewinder missile project. I didn't know it at the time, but I was part of his retirement plan. He would train me and recommend that the congregation offer me a pastoral call. His plan worked, but it took a lot of effort on both of our parts.     He showed another side of himself, however, during a dinner at...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/godly-men-godly-care-leading-with-biblical-wisdom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f91b7e56c9bb64e4800206</guid><category><![CDATA[At Home]]></category><category><![CDATA[In Marriage]]></category><category><![CDATA[In the Church]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:07:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_9e9b743e7ddd4131b7bd810f29c7dd22~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jesse Crutchley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rituals Without Robes]]></title><description><![CDATA["What is the chief end of Ellie?" "To glorify God and enjoy Him forever." "And how are you going to do that on the course?" "By doing my best and having fun." This is the short exchange you’ll hear between me and my daughter at the starting line to every one of her cross country races. I do the same with my son when it’s his turn to start. This is an essential moment at each race. None of us could imagine otherwise. This little back-and-forth does more than just calm the kids’ nerves. It...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/rituals-without-robes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68efa23c50873aaf5dac8b43</guid><category><![CDATA[At Home]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:43:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_e260af96ba5f49dc8c77891bec77631d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kenny Silva</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stand at the Gates: A Call to Christian Manhood]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the ancient world, the city gates were more than an entrance. They were the heart of public life. Elders gathered to render judgment....]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/stand-at-the-gates-a-call-to-christian-manhood</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68e660fda062988b0374fdcd</guid><category><![CDATA[At Home]]></category><category><![CDATA[In the Church]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:12:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_b64f6b63bbce4e5999c197aff3f6cacb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Robert J. Pacienza</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christian Meditation]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few years ago, I read a book called “Deep Work” by Cal Newport. It was written for those in the business world, writers, artists, and,...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/christian-meditation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68dbe79b1ec392fa9843658d</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal Piety]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_4bb84c54892d4648ac6f03f23830ea29~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Zavadil</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sportsball]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s August as I write this, which means college football is upon us and Major League Baseball is about to enter the two most exciting...]]></description><link>https://www.reformingmen.com/post/sportsball</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d435f545cc4b94d67d954f</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal Piety]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:33:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c70854_4a19cbeb6e7b4044994ddc41954d591a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nate Xanders</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>