{"title":"Weekend Bookshelf — 18% Picks","description":"\u003cp\u003eA private weekend offer on selected editions, through Monday, October 26. Your offer applies to eligible editions with your private discount code.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"critique-of-modern-youth-ministry","title":"Critique of Modern Youth Ministry","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"Why are the young people leaving the church? Maybe because we are trying to entertain them instead of make them mature Christian adults.\"}' data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":513,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"12\":0}'\u003eWhy are the young people leaving the church? Maybe because we are trying to entertain them instead of make them mature Christian adults\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;We tend to think being \\\u0026quot;stressed out\\\u0026quot; is a normal state of affairs, and that contentment means sitting back and just bottling things up. For the Christian, however, contentment is something we must apply, work at, and make our own in every circumstance, because anxiety and frustration are not neutral behaviors.\\nIt is certainly easier to go with our natural impulses when times are very hard or even just \\\u0026quot;annoying,\\\u0026quot; but contentment is an important part of our Christian life. Even the apostle Paul had to \\\u0026quot;learn\\\u0026quot; contentment. So we shouldn't wonder why we're still in spiritual kindergarten—repeating the same lessons over and over again—if we haven't given ourselves to study contentment. Thankfully, every test God gives on contentment is open book (even the pop quizzes!). In Learning Contentment, Nancy Wilson looks to the Bible and Puritans like Jeremiah Burroughs, Samuel Rutherford, Thomas Watson, and Charles Spurgeon to help us develop the practical, spiritual strength and the perspective that comes from contentment's deep satisfaction with the will of God. This encouraging little book follows after Nancy Wilson's Virtuous: A Study for Ladies of Every Age. Learning Contentment includes concise explanations, application questions and assignments that will involve and challenge everyone, and lots of biblical wisdom for individuals and groups.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #6fa8dc;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/G-101.pdf?2620\" title=\"Critique of Modern Youth Ministry Look Inside the Book\" style=\"color: #6fa8dc; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLook Inside the Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e or \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff9900;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/B078YF7ND9\/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-105508\u0026amp;ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_105508_rh_us\" style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Critique of Modern Youth Ministry on Audible\"\u003eListen on Audible\u003c\/a\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, everybody seems to be trying desperately to reach out to young people in the church, even as they increasingly flee from it. This is largely because the church today does not expect what it ought to from children or their parents, and this can be attributed, at least in part, to a flawed concept of youth ministry. This need not, and should not, be so.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrief but striking, this booklet by Dr. Chris Schlect traces the historical origins of present-day youth ministry and sifts through the people and ideas that contributed to its development. It also provides an honest, biblical starting place for discussing the nature and purpose of youth ministry. Above all, the intent of this booklet is to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can also purchase this as an audiobook here, on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/B078YF7ND9\/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-105508\u0026amp;ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_105508_rh_us\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/A-Serrated-Edge-A-Brief-Defense-of-Biblical-Satire-and-Trinitarian-Skylarking-Audiobook\/B07D9385RR?qid%3D1562178701%26sr%3D1-12%26pf_rd_p%3De81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe%26pf_rd_r%3D4NY941T4SQVHPRE8THD1%26ref%3Da_search_c3_lProduct_1_12\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1562266018989000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHlwufl2BIUvNxEgG3714Uy6mIeow\" title=\"Critique of Modern Youth Ministry on Audible\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eaudible\u003c\/a\u003e,* on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/audiobook\/407655445\/Critique-of-Modern-Youth-Ministry\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/audiobook\/407655342\/A-Serrated-Edge-A-Brief-Defense-of-Biblical-Satire-and-Trinitarian-Skylarking\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1562266018989000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHkdcW8851hG_fe5TTlqF_Ayih21g\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSCRIBD\u003c\/a\u003e, and wherever audiobooks are sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e* All purchases made through this link will earn us a small commission through Amazon Associates, an affiliate program.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhat People Are Saying:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This was a surprising gem. If you take his thesis on generational interaction and run with it, this applies to many, many things more than just youth ministry. Succinct and important.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Christopher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Takes about 15 minutes to read and it's straight to the point. Fathers and mothers are wholly responsible for bringing up children in godliness. If youth groups act as a surrogate we have gone terribly wrong.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Aaron\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Christopher Schlect\u003c\/strong\u003e, PhD in history, is a fellow of history and director of the graduate program in Classical and Christian Studies at New Saint Andrews College.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e He has also taught introductory and advanced courses in US history and Ancient Rome at Washington State University.  He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Christian Worldview and Apologetics\u003c\/em\u003e and an official history of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches. He is also a teaching elder at Trinity Reformed Church in Moscow, Idaho. He and his wife, Brenda, have five children and one grandchild.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/G-101.pdf?2620\"\u003eLook Inside the Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAUTHOR: Christopher Schlect\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePAGE COUNT: 28 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIZE: 5.50x8.50\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 10: 188576703X\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781885767035\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePUB. DATE: June 1, 1995\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris Schlect","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":22797500284976,"sku":"G-101","price":6.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":23069306814512,"sku":"AV-G101","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/products\/chris-schlect-books-critique-of-modern-youth-ministry-7350589751344.jpg?v=1565284868"},{"product_id":"is-christianity-good-for-the-world","title":"Is Christianity Good for the World?","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\"Put two contrarians together and shake well.\"\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #6fa8dc; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/I-115.pdf?2662\"\u003eLook Inside the Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gloves come off in this electric exchange, originally hosted by \u003cem\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/em\u003e, as leading atheist Christopher Hitchens (author of \u003cem\u003eGod Is Not Great\u003c\/em\u003e) and Christian apologist Douglas Wilson (author of \u003cem\u003eLetter from a Christian Citizen\u003c\/em\u003e) go head-to-head on this divisive question. The result is entertaining and provocative—a glimpse into the ongoing debate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhat People Are Saying:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}' data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;\\\u0026quot;This is a joyful book. Both men clearly love the subject, love wrestling with it and each other, and do so with an evident—and expressed—sense of gratitude. Whatever side of the debate you align yourself with, my guess is that you find that as refreshing as I do, given how joyless so much of the discourse on both sides of this debate tends to be.\\\u0026quot; ~Jonah Goldberg, author of Liberal Fascism (from the foreword)\\n\\\u0026quot;Christopher Hitchens, one of the world's great polemicists—he's taken on Mother Teresa and Kissinger—emerges as the latest, and most eloquently effective, religious debunker.\\\u0026quot; ~Martin Levin, The Globe and Mail\\n\\\u0026quot;That’s the question Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson debated recently at Christianity Today. I expected Hitchens to win the debate while disagreeing with his position. I was wrong on both counts. By the end of the debate, the question had narrowed down to: Can any moral propositions be affirmed without affirming theism?\\\u0026quot; ~Ramesh Ponneru, National Review\\n\\\u0026quot;Put two contrarians together and shake well.\\\u0026quot; ~Christianity Today\u0026quot;}\"\u003e\"This is a joyful book. Both men clearly love the subject, love wrestling with it and each other, and do so with an evident—and expressed—sense of gratitude. Whatever side of the debate you align yourself with, my guess is that you find that as refreshing as I do, given how joyless so much of the discourse on both sides of this debate tends to be.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Jonah Goldberg, author of \u003cem\u003eLiberal Fascism\u003c\/em\u003e (from the foreword)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}' data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;\\\u0026quot;This is a joyful book. Both men clearly love the subject, love wrestling with it and each other, and do so with an evident—and expressed—sense of gratitude. Whatever side of the debate you align yourself with, my guess is that you find that as refreshing as I do, given how joyless so much of the discourse on both sides of this debate tends to be.\\\u0026quot; ~Jonah Goldberg, author of Liberal Fascism (from the foreword)\\n\\\u0026quot;Christopher Hitchens, one of the world's great polemicists—he's taken on Mother Teresa and Kissinger—emerges as the latest, and most eloquently effective, religious debunker.\\\u0026quot; ~Martin Levin, The Globe and Mail\\n\\\u0026quot;That’s the question Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson debated recently at Christianity Today. I expected Hitchens to win the debate while disagreeing with his position. I was wrong on both counts. By the end of the debate, the question had narrowed down to: Can any moral propositions be affirmed without affirming theism?\\\u0026quot; ~Ramesh Ponneru, National Review\\n\\\u0026quot;Put two contrarians together and shake well.\\\u0026quot; ~Christianity Today\u0026quot;}\"\u003e\"Christopher Hitchens, one of the world's great polemicists—he's taken on Mother Teresa and Kissinger—emerges as the latest, and most eloquently effective, religious debunker.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Martin Levin, \u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}' data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;\\\u0026quot;This is a joyful book. Both men clearly love the subject, love wrestling with it and each other, and do so with an evident—and expressed—sense of gratitude. Whatever side of the debate you align yourself with, my guess is that you find that as refreshing as I do, given how joyless so much of the discourse on both sides of this debate tends to be.\\\u0026quot; ~Jonah Goldberg, author of Liberal Fascism (from the foreword)\\n\\\u0026quot;Christopher Hitchens, one of the world's great polemicists—he's taken on Mother Teresa and Kissinger—emerges as the latest, and most eloquently effective, religious debunker.\\\u0026quot; ~Martin Levin, The Globe and Mail\\n\\\u0026quot;That’s the question Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson debated recently at Christianity Today. I expected Hitchens to win the debate while disagreeing with his position. I was wrong on both counts. By the end of the debate, the question had narrowed down to: Can any moral propositions be affirmed without affirming theism?\\\u0026quot; ~Ramesh Ponneru, National Review\\n\\\u0026quot;Put two contrarians together and shake well.\\\u0026quot; ~Christianity Today\u0026quot;}\"\u003e\"That’s the question Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson debated recently at \u003cem\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/em\u003e. I expected Hitchens to win the debate while disagreeing with his position. I was wrong on both counts. By the end of the debate, the question had narrowed down to: Can any moral propositions be affirmed without affirming theism?\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Ramesh Ponneru, \u003cem\u003eNational Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}' data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;\\\u0026quot;This is a joyful book. Both men clearly love the subject, love wrestling with it and each other, and do so with an evident—and expressed—sense of gratitude. Whatever side of the debate you align yourself with, my guess is that you find that as refreshing as I do, given how joyless so much of the discourse on both sides of this debate tends to be.\\\u0026quot; ~Jonah Goldberg, author of Liberal Fascism (from the foreword)\\n\\\u0026quot;Christopher Hitchens, one of the world's great polemicists—he's taken on Mother Teresa and Kissinger—emerges as the latest, and most eloquently effective, religious debunker.\\\u0026quot; ~Martin Levin, The Globe and Mail\\n\\\u0026quot;That’s the question Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson debated recently at Christianity Today. I expected Hitchens to win the debate while disagreeing with his position. I was wrong on both counts. By the end of the debate, the question had narrowed down to: Can any moral propositions be affirmed without affirming theism?\\\u0026quot; ~Ramesh Ponneru, National Review\\n\\\u0026quot;Put two contrarians together and shake well.\\\u0026quot; ~Christianity Today\u0026quot;}\"\u003e\"Put two contrarians together and shake well.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RLbVhAS5KFs\u0026amp;t=1s\"\u003eWatch the trailer for the film version HERE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe data-dashlane-frameid=\"1997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RLbVhAS5KFs\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/I-115.pdf?2662\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eAUTHORS: Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePAGE COUNT: 67 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIZE: 5.50x8.50\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePAPERBACK ISBN 10: 1591280699\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePAPERBACK ISBN-13: 9781591280699\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHARDBACK ISBN-10: 1591280532\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHARDBACK ISBN-13: 9781591280538\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePUB. 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Fifty years later, the need of the hour remains: Men that take responsibility for themselves. Men that love their wives. Men that raise their own children. Men with insatiable economic libido.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eBad news, America.\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eNearly half of your men are unmarried.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe single man:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eis a spendthrift\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emasturbates alone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehas a propensity to kill himself\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eis a slave to his passions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe married man:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehas more money and invests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehas more sex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elives longer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erules over his appetites.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMeet your Sage against the Machine.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Gilder is an icon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is one of the leading economic and technological \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethinkers of the past fifty years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMen and Marriage\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis his seminal work on the family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe wrote the global bestseller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWealth\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eand Poverty,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e which was Ronald Reagan’s most quoted book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe predicted the iPhone, in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife After Television.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife After Google\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eblew up in China, and his newest book is\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLife\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is a polymath and an influential venture capitalist. Today he lives with his wife in western Massachusetts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sage Box\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe machine wants you atomized, renting forever, chasing handouts, gawking free porn, stunted in business and in bed. Rage against the machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTake the Gilder pill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCivilization will not build itself. So get this box to sagehood. With it, recover the wisdom of the ages. Learn clear-eyed defiance against moral collapse. And steady your faith with a nuclear family against Oppenheimer-odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhat's in the box:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cimg height=\"360\" width=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/MenAndMarriage_3D-1-1_480x480.png?v=1690227676\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTHE NEW HARDBACK\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf only we listened to George 50 years ago. . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe trad-con's bible into the apocalypse. Jet fuel for feminazi dogfights and psyops. The booster shot America needed 50 years ago to engineer men who would've made us the Jetsons by now. Instead, those men watched 36,000 years of porn in 2022. Don't waste your strength for the next 50 years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg height=\"347\" width=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/Group344_1_480x480.png?v=1690227721\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2 STICKERS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor gym bottles, diesel tank doors, bump stocks, the office door of your Women's Studies Professor, and any Ayn Rand book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg height=\"276\" width=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/Koosie_1_480x480.png?v=1690227746\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE KOOSIE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLawns are tamed. The marketplace has been disciplined with your canoe paddle. The kids are in bed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's time to crack a cold one. Keep it cold in your militant minivan koosie.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg height=\"449\" width=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/C_toSage_1_480x480.png?v=1690227786\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eACCESS TO THE NEW DOCUMENTARY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Canon Plus exclusive documentary is out!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/canonplus.com\/tabs\/search\/video-series\/11476\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSage Against the Machine: The Life and Work of George Gilder\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H161tIbUL9M?si=6Djip30wyMnZuJz8\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForbes calls George a “prophet who is \"so consistently farsighted in fathoming the future of high technology.” Decades in advance, he called the iPhone 15, working from home with Zoom, and the rise of Netflix over cable's dead body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStream the Sage on all your screens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg height=\"302\" width=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/Asset-3men-and-marriage-1-1_480x480.png?v=1690227827\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE SAGE SHIRT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe commies went with Che. We're going with George.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this shirt, we do a little taking responsibility for ourselves, we love one woman, and our children occupy the gates of our enemies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e “[Gilder is] the Nation’s leading Male-Chauvinist Pig Author”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Time Magazine\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Controversial, passionately argued, and vitally important, George Gilder's Men  and Marriage reminds us of timeless truths that undergird healthy civilizations. To the precise extent we ignore his message, we will fall into a state of inexorable societal decline.” — Ben Shapiro, Editor Emeritus, Daily Wire, Host of \"The Ben Shapiro Show”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“If I didn’t have my brain, I’d want Gilder’s.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Rush Limbaugh, Host of The Rush Limbaugh Show\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“There are a few writers in this country who stand head and shoulders above the rest of us and one of the most brilliant is George Gilder. Men and Marriage is one of the classic books on marriage of all times. I have recommended it for more than 30 years.” \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— James C. Dobson Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Men and Marriage . . . is an outstandingly important and well-argued book.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— National Review\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The genius of George Gilder is that he can venture into the heart of this tempestuous rage aware that tis fury is about to break full force on our heads, and yet send back this calm, rational, even hope-filled message in a bottle. The question is: Will we read it? And, even more important, will we heed it?”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Christianity Today\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“George Gilder's book Men and Marriage is an extraordinary achievement precisely because it is today as simultaneously prescient and relevant as when most of it appeared fifty years ago. Can we imagine? It is that very deepest of encouragements that reality stubbornly remains reality, or more specifically that the foundational nature of that thing we call human biology — especially in the concomitant traditional and complementary roles of men and women — is as undeniable as ever, precisely because it really is reality, and not some vanishing social construct, as the madmen have over and over blithered. Just as Newton in the 17th century told us how gravity works — and still works and always will work — Gilder told us in the 20th century and tells us\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eagain now how men and women and marriage work —  and still work and always will work. To be reminded of these particular eternal verities — as they continue to be attacked by the sour souls of our own day — is needed and deeply heartening and generally wonderful.” \u003cbr\u003e— Eric Metaxas, author of \u003cem\u003eBonhoeffer\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIs Atheism Dead?\u003c\/em\u003e, and founder and host of Socrates in the City.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Any book that begins with a foreword from Douglas Wilson should be taken seriously. So should this: right now the average 25 year-old American male is more likely to still be living with at least one of his parents than with a wife and child. That is the Death of the West quantified. You can tell a lot about a culture by the state of its men and marriages, and the current state of both is sorrowful. Which is exactly why Gilder’s formative work is rightfully being reloaded for a new generation before it sadly becomes America's final one.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Steve Deace, BlazeTV host The Steve Deace Show\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Our culture is deeply confused about the character and purpose of men and masculinity in the twenty-first century. George Gilder offers an incomparably incisive and thought-provoking meditation on men today, especially the ways in which marriage matters for men. This book deserves your attention, whether or not you agree with his vision.” \u003cbr\u003e— Brad Wilcox, Director of the National Marriage Project, University of Virginia\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Centuries ago Jean-Jacques Rousseau observed that \"the two sexes have so strong and so natural a relation to one another that the morals of one always determine the morals of the other,\" but then he clouded his analysis with the idea that people were naturally good. George Gilder's Men and Marriage provides an unblinkered, unromantic look at how the creation of a new woman under our feminist regime has brought about a new, less responsible, weaker, man. Modern rulers do not want anyone to notice, but Gilder\u0026amp;#39;s recovery of old wisdom on sexual\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003erelations is indispensable for understanding our situation and for a way forward.”\u003cbr\u003e— Scott Yenor, Professor of Political Science at Boise State, Washington Fellow at the\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eClaremont Institute. Author of The Recovery of Family Life.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The first time the Bible ever says something is not good is when Adam did not yet have a wife. Just as in physics, the greatest release of explosive cultural power comes not from fission, but from fusion. Through marriage women transform men into the most powerful force in all creation. Gilder’s book shows that this is not just one option among many but a fixed law of the creation order. To ignore it is both sexual and civilizational suicide.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Jerry Bowyer, President of Bowyer Research, and author of ‘The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics.’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Men and Marriage is that most rare book where time has transformed clear observation, fresh thinking, and compelling writing into terrifying prophecy. When I first encountered George Gilder’s concept of ‘sexual suicide’ over forty years ago, the moral confusions and vast dangers of ‘the sexual revolution’ launched in the 1960’s became clear. In 2023, an America long distinctive for its marriage-centered and child-rich ways now records astonishingly low marriage and fertility rates and the public celebration of homosexuality, transsexuality, and other forms of sterile existence…all foreseen in George Gilder’s analysis. He fairly parcels out blame for this social, cultural, and religious failure. Given their direct assault on the sexual distinction and fruitful marriage, the feminists are prominent here. However, George Gilder also indicts those high-status men whose embrace of easy divorce and ‘trophy wives’ equally violated the vital ‘sexual constitution’ undergirding ordered liberty. His central argument—that\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efull recognition of the physical, mental, and operational differences between men and women lies at the core of a healthy society—has only gained in relevance.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— Allan C. Carlson, author of \u003cem\u003eThe American Way: Family and Community in the Shaping of the American Identity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo writer makes me say to myself “I wish I’d written that” as often as George Gilder. That is nowhere truer than with Men and Marriage and its opening sentence: “The crucial process of civilization is the subordination of male sexual impulses and biology to the long-term horizons of female sexuality.” It makes no difference what priors you bring to Men and Marriage. You cannot read it without having been made wiser about how the world works.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e — Charles Murray, Hayek Emeritus Scholar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Oh George, you brute! Some men would have been satisfied to batter feminism just once, collect their royalties, and move on to grander things, like Wealth and Poverty. But George Gilder has once again taken up his cudgel, marshaled his instructive tales of baboon society and human ghetto life and come up with a retread of his 1973 screed against women’s liberation, Sexual Suicide. Not to worry, though, Men and Marriage is no less floridly idiosyncratic than the original.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— LA Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“George Gilder is the great American Bard of the cyber world, learned and melodious.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e— William F. Buckley, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Gilder\u003c\/strong\u003e is an icon. He is one of the leading economic and technological thinkers of the past fifty years. \u003cem\u003eMen and Marriage\u003c\/em\u003e is his seminal work on the family. He wrote \u003cem\u003eWealth and Poverty\u003c\/em\u003e, the global bestseller and Ronald Reagan's most quoted book. He predicted the iPhone in \u003cem\u003eLife After Television\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eLife After Google\u003c\/em\u003e blew up in China, and his latest book is \u003cem\u003eLife After Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a polymath and an influential venture capitalist. Today he lives with his wife in western Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eAUTHOR: George Gilder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eBINDING: Hardback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003ePAGE COUNT: 360\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eSIZE: 5.5x8.5\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eISBN 10: \u003c\/span\u003e1-95-790558-1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eISBN 13: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e978-1-957905-58-7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003ePUB. 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