Young Christians Ask: What Does Manhood Mean?

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My son came to me carrying the New Testament given to him by a popular men's ministry. Sandwiched inside the pages were pictures and biographies of "great" Christian men. They were all rough-and-tumble men; Olympic champions and professional athletes. He was in art school. "If this is the definition of a godly man," he said, "I don't have a prayer. Where are the artists, the musicians, the authors?"

She was attracted to him because there weren't many interesting young men in her church. He had a good job and seemed to take his faith seriously. She thought they had agreed to get together on Friday night, but when he hadn't contacted her by Thursday she gave him a call. He said, "No, you misunderstood. I would never go out on a Friday night. That's my video game night with my friends. Nothing could ever get in the way of that."
A local private university spends a couple days of its freshman orientation week on gender and sexuality clarification issues. These exercises are meant to help recent high school graduates discover who they really are, without the constraints of what they've been told they are supposed to be.

The US Census Bureau reports that one of every three children in the United States is being raised without a father present. Millions of boys grow up without a dad to pass down what only dads can.

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