Being a Man
16 April, 2007 at 8:01 pm (Men)
Here is a helpful article for men on perfect manliness. It is not an attack against Biblical femininity, but rather a exhortation for men to stand strong as men.
There has been an enormous amount of activity in evangelicalism in recent years to address the gender gap in the church. If we look at evangelicalism today, it seems that evangelicalism today is committed to feminine truths. If men will embrace a feminine approach to relationships and spirituality then they are welcome in the church. Everything, even the tone of the preacher, is expected to be soft—more-suited to the sewing circle than anything else. Accuracy and plain speaking has been devalued, and replaced with a love affair for things like the seeker-sensitive movement.
Where does the “seeker-sensitive” movement fit into the biblical description of what the church should be? It doesn’t. It is an effeminate approach to Christianity and the biblical depiction of the church. And it is about to get worse with the emerging church — where truth is not held with courage and conviction. What we see today, instead of reflecting biblical Christianity, is a movement toward ear-tickling, truth-softening, and effeminization.
