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A rich farmer was once rebuked for having his sons work in the fields when they didn't have to. His reply was apropos to this discussion. He wasn't raising corn, he explained, he was raising boys. Boys therefore should be learning to be patient, careful, and hardworking.
Douglas Wilson
Future Men (p. 9). Canon Press1.9K
But in our day, many of these designed masculine traits are drilled or drugged out of him by the time he is ten. Faith resists this ungodly process and defines sin by the Scriptures and not by pietistic traditions.Future Men (p. 6). Canon Press
There is no hint in the Bible that your aggressive instincts are a result of the fall. You are not, in other words, a defective woman. Your desire to conquer and to subdue, to hew down and to build up, to form and to shape, has nothing to do with the curse. It is man's natural, pre-fall, created purpose. You yearn to bend the world to your will because Adam was created to bend the world to his will. Where things go wrong is not with our natural yearnings, but with our wills themselves. Adam was made to exercise his will on behalf of God.It\'s Good to Be a Man: A Handbook for Godly Masculinity (pp. 25). Canon Press.
The reason that God creates man on the earth, according to Genesis, is for productive, representative rulership. This is what it means to exercise dominion: to fruitfully order the world in God's stead.It\'s Good to Be a Man: A Handbook for Godly Masculinity (pp. 20). Canon Press.
Because as a man goes, so goes his household; as a household goes, so goes the Church; and as the Church goes, so goes society.It\'s Good to Be a Man: A Handbook for Godly Masculinity (pp. 16). Canon Press.
Technological and environmental shifts have resulted in men having such low testosterone levels that their grip strength is weaker than that of women from a generation ago. The ubiquity of porn has led to erectile dysfunction in men not even out of their twenties. Social media and dating apps have made the "relational marketplace" so extraordinarily competitive that some men just give upIt\'s Good to Be a Man: A Handbook for Godly Masculinity (pp. 11-12). Canon Press.
We are living in a world of fatherless males who don't know how to rebuild the walls of society. They have become clueless bastards. They know how to build, explore, and conquer—in video games. They must turn to YouTube to learn how to jump-start a car, tie a half-Windsor knot, and do a push-up. Social skills are even harder for them. They scour the internet to learn how to stand up for themselves, make friends, and talk to women. The knowledge that is normally transmitted from father to son has been lost. They have to rediscover it for themselves.It\'s Good to Be a Man: A Handbook for Godly Masculinity (pp. 11). Canon Press.
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Men who are hooked up like junkies to the dopamine drip of virtual fornication and fake dominion are worthless for the task of being fruitful in real life and imposing genuine order on their worlds.It\'s Good to Be a Man: A Handbook for Godly Masculinity (pp. 8). Canon Press.
Men were made to rule. They always have and always will. Nothing can change that. Nothing will. It is not a question of whether men will be ruling, but which ones and how. This is what patriarchy is: the natural rulership of men. The term comes from Greek and means simply "father rule." It\'s Good to Be a Man: A Handbook for Godly Masculinity (pp. 1-2). Canon Press.
Nations are headed by men because they are made up of households that are headed by men. In the same way, before there were churches, there was the original worshipping family—headed by Adam. Churches are headed by men because they are made up of households that are headed by men. Indeed, a man may not rule in the Church unless he can manage his own household well—for how else can he be competent for the greater task of managing the household of faith (1 Tim. 3:4)?It\'s Good to Be a Man: A Handbook for Godly Masculinity (pp. 3). Canon Press.
So it is with patriarchy. Male rule is natural, and so it is inevitable—but when it is not governed by God's law, it will be wicked. Because it is natural, it cannot be destroyed—but it can be twisted.It\'s Good to Be a Man: A Handbook for Godly Masculinity (pp. 5). Canon Press.
Boys must learn to say, regularly to God, to others, and to themselves that they were wrong when they were wrong, and that they were responsible when they were responsible. When they do this, they will discover that authority naturally flows to those who take responsibility. That same authority naturally flees from those who seek to shift the responsibility or the blame.Future Men, 16
Men who follow Jesus Christ, the dragon-slayer, must themselves become lesser dragon-slayers. And this is why it is absolutely essential for boys to play with wooden swords and plastic guns. Boys have a deep need to have something to defend, something to represent in battle. And to beat the spears into pruning hooks prematurely, before the war is over, will leave you fighting the dragon with a pruning hook. The Christian faith is in no way pacifistic. The peace that will be ushered in by our great Prince will be a peace purchased with blood. As our Lord sacrificed Himself in this war, so must His followers learn to do. Boys must learn that they are growing up to fight in a great war, and they must consequently learn, as boys, to be strong, sacrificial, courageous, and good.Future Men
Men are created to exercise dominion over the earth; they are fitted to be husbandman, tilling the earth; they are equipped to be saviors, delivering from evil; they are expected to grow up into wisdom, becoming sages; and they are designed to reflect the image and glory of God. Some of these following terms may seem somewhat cumbersome, but let's call them lords, husbandmen, saviors, sages, and glory-bearers.Future Men (p. 8). Canon Press
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