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Leadership, Coaching & Personal Growth

Clear thinking, resilience, and better decisions for leaders and professionals.

Coaching & LeadershipMaybe Life Isn’t Supposed to Go Your WayCoaching & LeadershipWhen Success Stops Feeling Like SuccessCoaching & LeadershipName and Tame Your MonsterCoaching & Leadership3 Ways to Think Much ClearerCoaching & LeadershipThe Powerful Man’s Greatest Danger May Be the Person Who Always Agrees with HimCoaching & LeadershipThe Stupidity Paradox: Why More Information Makes Us Dumber

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Men's Issues

Straight talk on providing, courage, marriage, and fatherhood — grounded in research.

Men's IssuesWe Killed the Provider Role. Now We Wonder Why Men Are Failing.Men's IssuesWhy "Toxic Masculinity" Is Keeping Your Son WeakMen's IssuesMarriage Isn't Supposed to Make You Happy — And That Lie Is Killing YoursMen's IssuesFatherless Boys Don't Become Men. They Become Something Else.

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AI & Personhood

What artificial intelligence can and cannot be — and what it means to be a person in the age of the algorithm.

AI & PersonhoodThe Emptiest Relationship in America Runs on Wi-FiAI & PersonhoodThe Algorithm Doesn't Bear God's Image. You Do.AI & PersonhoodNobody's Home Behind That 'I Love You'AI & PersonhoodForget the Turing Test. Here's the Question That Actually Matters.

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Philosophy & Faith

35 essays and interviews on the evidence for God, the problem of evil, worldview, and meaning.

Does God Exist? 14 articles

Does God Exist?Is It Logical to Worship God? Exploring the Attributes of GodDoes God Exist?A Universe from Nothing: Did Everything Come From Nothing?Does God Exist?Can We Be Good Without Believing in God?Does God Exist?Is Faith Blind? Blind Faith vs. Reasonable FaithDoes God Exist?The Fine-Tuning of The Universe: Evidence for Design in NatureDoes God Exist?What Even God Cannot Do: Understanding God's OmnipotenceDoes God Exist?Good God: Interview with David BaggettDoes God Exist?Hell, the Soul, and Evil with Richard SwinburneDoes God Exist?3 Logical Reasons God ExistsDoes God Exist?The Problem of Evil: What the Death of My Son Taught MeDoes God Exist?Reason, God And The Meaning Of Life: Dr. Chris Firestone, PhDDoes God Exist?Science vs God — Are We All Here by Chance?Does God Exist?The Shadow of Doubt: Why Absolute Certainty in Faith Is ImpossibleDoes God Exist?What Is God? The Attributes of God, a Philosophical Lecture

Defending the Faith 4 articles

Defending the FaithIs Islam a Religion of Peace? The Foundations of Christianity vs IslamDefending the FaithHe Has Risen: 4 Ways the Resurrected Christ Jesus Changed the WorldDefending the FaithScience and Religion (Plus Evolution) With Dr. Hugh RossDefending the FaithUnity of Truth and the Plurality of Faiths

Christian Living 9 articles

Christian Living4 Unexpected Ways to Address Marriage ProblemsChristian LivingC.S. Lewis's The Four Loves: A Humble SummaryChristian LivingIs Love Unconditional? What Scripture, Philosophy and Psychology SayChristian LivingCan Men and Women Really Be Just Friends?Christian LivingKierkegaard's Three Stages of Life: An AnalysisChristian LivingName Your Monster: What Rumpelstiltskin Can Teach UsChristian LivingStop Seeking Happiness: Finding the True Purpose of LifeLFEssayChristian LivingSigns Your Girlfriend Isn't Wife MaterialChristian LivingThe Unexamined Life Is Boring: Plato's Allegory of the Cave & WisdomChristian LivingTruth Does Not Care About Our Feelings: Interview with Paul Copan, PhDChristian LivingWhat To Do With My Life? Finding Spiritual Direction

Faith & Culture 9 articles

Faith & CultureAmusing Ourselves to Death Summary: A Christian Cultural CommentaryFaith & CultureFreedom of Speech: 8 Ways to Address the Lack of Free SpeechFaith & CultureConfirmation Bias: Is an Open Mind Dangerous?Faith & CultureIs Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder? A Dialogue on Objective BeautyFaith & CultureRed Flags When Hiring an Executive CoachFaith & CultureThe Myth of Scientism: 3 Reasons Science is Not What You Think It IsFaith & CultureThree Worldview Questions We Cannot IgnoreFaith & CultureTruth: What You Thought You Knew About It Is WrongFaith & CultureWhat Am I? What Does It Mean to Be Human?

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SubstackWhy Loneliness Feels Like HellSubstackWhat They Do not Want You to Know about AILFEssaySubstackWhat to do in the first 10 Seconds of a Difficult ConversationSubstackI Finally Found a Good Wife: Here Are the 3 Things I Had to Learn FirstSubstackThe Dangerous Lie of "Happy Wife, Happy Life"SubstackGod never promised you to a soulmate.SubstackMy Son Died in My Arms. Here Is Why I Still Believe God Is Good.SubstackThe Longing You Cannot ExplainSubstackSuffering Is Not Always Evidence Against God. It May Be a Clue That He Exists.SubstackThe 8th Deadly SinSubstackWhy the Supreme Court Was Right About Speech in the Counseling RoomLFEssaySubstackHow to fight the DarknessSubstackThe Question That Has Haunted Theologians about God for 2,400 YearsSubstackWhat They Do Not Tell You About HeavenSubstackWhy Americas Are Losing their MindsSubstackWhy Her Body Count Matters and Costs More Than Men’s: The Biological Truth Feminism Lies aboutSubstackWhy Socialism is the most dangerous political movement in the history of the worldSubstackShame, Family, and FaithSubstackStop Pretending: Race, Crime, Equality, and the Courage to Tell the Whole Truth

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