Articles
On accountability, confession, brotherhood, and following Jesus in the real world.
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September 24, 2026
Questions to Ask an Accountability Partner (and Five to Stop Asking)
The best accountability questions don't extract a confession. They receive one and go deeper. Twenty questions for men's groups, sorted by purpose, plus five to retire.
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September 22, 2026
What Does the Bible Actually Say About Accountability?
Search the Bible for "hold each other accountable" and you won't find it. Here is what Scripture does say about accountability, and why the difference matters for Christian men.
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Giving Account · Chapter 1 companion
What to Say When a Man Asks You to Hold Him Accountable
A man in your group says "hold me accountable." Here is how to honor the instinct, decline the impossible job, and hand him one he can actually do.
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Giving Account · Chapter 10 companion
Your First Monday: How to Start a Brotherhood of Account
A practical launch plan for a small men's group built on giving account, including how to invite, what to do on the first night, and formats for a 30-minute call and between-meeting check-ins.
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Giving Account · Chapter 2 companion
Close the Books: What the Month-End Report Teaches About Accountability
In every business, the man who managed the money writes the report. Auditors review it. Scripture uses the same pattern, and it changes how men give account.
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Giving Account · Chapter 3 companion
The Second Clause: A Field Guide to Hearing Your Own Excuses
Adam's excuse had a shape, and it still does. Learn to hear the second clause in your own confessions, and how to cut it.
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Giving Account · Chapter 4 companion
Burden or Load? What Galatians 6:2 and 6:5 Actually Say
"Bear one another's burdens" and "each will have to bear his own load" sit three verses apart. They are not a contradiction. Two Greek words explain why.
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Giving Account · Chapter 5 companion
Five Things a Brother Can Do, and How to Get Better at Each
Ask, listen, tell the truth, refuse to flatter, share the weight. A practical skills guide for the men on the receiving end of an account.
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Giving Account · Chapter 6 companion
How to Be Nathan Without Becoming the Police
Sometimes a brother goes quiet and you have to go after him. A practical guide to pursuing a man with truth, following the pattern of 2 Samuel 12 and Matthew 18.
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Giving Account · Chapter 7 companion
Vague, Managed, Preemptive: Three Confessions That Aren't Quite Accounts
Some confessions feel honest and still keep something hidden. How to recognize the three counterfeits from Chapter 7, and how to turn each one into a real account.
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Giving Account · Chapter 8 companion
Writing Your Four Lines: Examples of a Weekly Self-Report
The four-question self-report from Giving Account, with weak and strong examples across anger, money, drinking, honesty, and lust.
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Giving Account · Chapter 9 companion
Giving Your Final Account in Installments
Every believer will give account before Christ. For the man who has been walking in the light, that day is not a threat. Why honest weekly confession is rehearsal for it.