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Evangelicals Need to Stop Shaming Men: They need to stop delivering hectoring "Man up!" lectures that simply drive men away
Aaron Ren.com ^ | October 26, 2023 | Aaron M. Ren

Posted on 11/03/2023 3:07:30 AM PDT by C19fan

Welcome to those of you who just joined after seeing me on Dr. Steve Turley’s show. Thanks so much for signing up. I cover a lot of topics here but the main focus is the intersection of the future of the evangelical church with men’s issues. I recently wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about why men turn to online influencers instead of traditional authorities. And I just finished a five part series digging a bit deeper into some of the reasons I highlighted.

What Jordan Peterson Can Teach Church Leaders (in the Wall Street Journal)

By Men For Men

Treat Men Like They Matter

The Quest for Male Community

The Problem With Servant Leadership (An Aspirational Vision of Manhood)

News Men Can Use

Wouldn’t you know it, this week in World magazine’s opinion section, Nathanael Blake from EPPC wrote an essay arguing that an aversion to marriage by men is unmanly. He writes:

(Excerpt) Read more at aaronrenn.com ...


TOPICS: Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: divorce; letmenbemen; manup; marriage; men; respectformen; respectindividual; servantleader; shaming
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To: C19fan
Marriage is not every man's vocation but it is the preferred state of man as per the Lord in Genesis.

A man needs to work to find a good woman and eventually a wife who is also God fearing.

21 posted on 11/03/2023 7:40:36 AM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: Socon-Econ
What about men who really do need to man-up? We all know a few.

They are at home worshiping sports and primarily football on Sunday instead of worshiping the Lord.

Sports are great but they have been setup as an idol and now even worse, sports gambling is going full force. Not good.

22 posted on 11/03/2023 7:44:01 AM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: Brookhaven
Pastors continually ignore Paul’s advice that it is better not to marry.

And if St. Paul's advice is taken by any man he is called to serve the Lord and celibacy if he remains single. Otherwise, it is better for him to marry then to burn.

23 posted on 11/03/2023 7:54:10 AM PDT by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: frogjerk

So much religious subculture embraced the sports subculture in my lifetime.


24 posted on 11/03/2023 8:38:11 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: C19fan

This all sounds like a load of crap from “organized religion”.


25 posted on 11/03/2023 8:43:31 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: C19fan

Masculine men exist in individual churches. In those churches, they do not so much talk or scold about it, but they just quietly live it. It’s a culture.


26 posted on 11/03/2023 9:33:18 AM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

27 posted on 11/03/2023 9:56:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: fini

Inspite of my training and preparation I never was able to afford a family so by default most women are going to reject a guy like that outright.

I am 56 but apparently in the lingo of younger generations, I am in street terms what they call a “black pilled omega males”. It is lower than beta.

Guys in that genre do not ever secure marriage and rarely even girlfriends for that matter.


28 posted on 11/03/2023 2:21:35 PM PDT by MachIV
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To: Openurmind

Is this going to turn into one of those threads wherein fake Christians will claim that God wants men to marry non-virgins (to low-ball it)? Would we even have a surplus of leftover women if we maintained biblical directives regarding STONING?


29 posted on 11/03/2023 3:10:45 PM PDT by Brass Lamp
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To: Socon-Econ

I read on Facebook where a student asked his Sensei why he talked about peace while training them to be violent. The Sensei replied that he would rather have warriors working in a garden, then a gardener in a war.


30 posted on 11/03/2023 5:11:10 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: MachIV

Roger. It was inconsiderate of me to state that my path is the “truth.”


31 posted on 11/04/2023 4:03:35 PM PDT by fini
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To: fini

No worries. Good to hear from you. Have a good rest of the weekend.


32 posted on 11/04/2023 5:08:19 PM PDT by MachIV
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To: C19fan

Fortunately, most animals know how to treat Adam 2.

They don’t even want a divorce.

The others, not much so....%


33 posted on 11/04/2023 5:45:25 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( See"War byc🙏🙏 the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite prayer warriors. 10.5.6.5)
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