A Prism of Manhood

The Andrew Tate interview by Tucker Carlson. The Sound of Freedom movie. 
The SBC vote on clarifying the pastorate. 
What do these 3 recent societal events have in common?

They form a prism of manhood that discerning people (men and women alike) cannot help but notice.  Three perspectives on the manhood problem facing modern culture.  I believe we have more of a manhood problem than a womanhood problem which is why both men and women have long noticed the foundational issues (decades in the making in the West).  Fix the root of a manhood problem and the fruit of a womanhood problem in large measure goes away. 

This prism’s three lenses of manhood might be labeled:
Accountability, Action, and Authority.

Titus 2:2 Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance… 6 Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. 7 In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness 8 and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.

If you’re interested in these aspects of manhood and want to see the Andrew Tate interview, you can watch it here.  Irrespective of what you think of him, his Muslim background, and accusations against him, the interview is worth every bit of the 2 hours and 30 minutes.  Over the next few installments on this topic, you’ll see what I mean.

If you haven’t yet heard of The Sound of Freedom, the story of Tim Ballard’s efforts as Operation Underground Railroad, rescuing human-trafficked children, you can buy movie tickets and view the trailer of the Angel Films movie starring Jim Caviezel here. 

And the SBC had its own input to the culture through an amendment to the SBC constitution clarifying that women cannot serve as pastors.  It passed on a vote of around 80% of attendees at the SBC’s Annual Meeting. The amendment will become permanent if it gains majority support at the SBC annual meeting in 2024.  I won’t send you anywhere to read this because most sites take a side on women in the church and I don’t want to go there because, again, I believe the Church has long had more of manhood problem than a womanhood problem.

Questions for further thought:

Why are young men critical to the spread of Christianity?

One out of every 3 young men is being raised in a fatherless home.  When young men have no role models at home or in the Church, where do they find acceptance?

What is the Church doing to inspire young men to manhood as Titus admonishes us?