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Defining Men: The Afterword

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Quote from “Reflections on the Psalms” by C.S. Lewis

After publishing Part Five: Who are Men of God?, I received a comment from someone which, on the surface, seemed innocent enough. As the “conversation” progressed, it became obvious (although they denied it) that the person had ulterior motives. Perhaps a Christian man or men in a church hurt them in some way, or they have bought into the idea that Christian men are in general bad.

I decided not to tolerate such an attitude, but in retrospect, I realized that not all Christian (or Jewish or Muslim or any man of faith) men are good. Some do hide behind certain scriptures to justify their gad and ungodly behavior, so there is that. Also, as Christians, if we have done someone harm, we need to seek out their forgiveness.

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Defining Men, Part Five: Who Are Men of God?

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A Man praying holding a Holy Bible. DUNCAN ANDISON/ADOBE STOCK

So far in this series, I’ve been addressing how to define a man, his purpose (from part four) and the struggles of men from mostly a secular viewpoint. I’ve also been leaning heavily on feminism because, in spite of what fourth stage feminism and general progressivism says, it’s very hard to bring one group up without tearing another group down.

Certainly, there has been a great need in some areas to support women but as I’ve previously said, any effort to “dismantle the patriarchy” ends up dismantling men as individuals and a group as well. One example is changing the Boy Scouts of America from a boys/men only group aimed at building and nurturing the next generation of men to an equity for all poster child, including girls/women because anything “all male” is always deemed “non-inclusive,” “patriarchy,” and “misogynistic.”

In other words, many of the goals of feminism are resulting in creating the toxic masculinity they are trying to exterminate.

But what can be done to help men?

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