Gentlemen: You are not boys. Women are not objects. Christ is most assuredly King. I’ve noticed a trend in young men who relinquish their God-given role as spiritual leaders in their families: childish, selfish, pride–filled immaturity. Some of them have been married for several years now. Others have children out of wedlock. But that is […]
Starting with Headship: Chauvinism, Culture, and Service, we began a look at the Biblical concept of headship. In this post, we discuss the “Cultural view” of headship, where it comes from, and some of the problems associated with it. Cultural At the other end of the spectrum (as two related heresies so often are) is
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. (Eph 5:22-24) Ask
Starting with The Old Spice Guy, Metrosexuals, and the Man-card, we interrupted our Living Like a King series to do a reality check and take a look at what God, as laid out in the Bible, expects from us as men. The essence of manhood is taking responsibility. Not taking blame – taking responsibility. When a
Starting with The Old Spice Guy, Metrosexuals, and the Man-card, we interrupted our Living Like a King series to do a reality check and take a look at what God, as laid out in the Bible, expects from us as men. Real men cherish. They don’t chauvinistically condescend. They don’t use women and children to
This afternoon I had the honor of being one of the many men to participate in a manhood ceremony for Joshua, a young man in our church who has recently turned 13. Similar to the Jewish tradition of Bar-Mitzvah, our church holds a special ceremony for each young man as they reach the age of
Starting with The Old Spice Guy, Metrosexuals, and the Man-card, we interrupted our Living Like a King series to do a reality check and take a look at what God, as laid out in the Bible, expects from us as men. Work. It’s a four-letter word for many of us. As men, we’ll spend most
It occurs to me, as we bandy around topics like Christian manhood and how we as men ought to live, that the idea of “Christian Manhood” can be dangerously subjective and ambiguous. Finish the sentence for me: Real men _____. Can’t say “quiche.” Wear pink. Drive a Ford. Spit the farthest. Belch the loudest. Cry.
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