Mostly New Calvinists (Calvinistic evangelicals in the YRR mold). Reformation21 is more the hangout of the Old Calvinists. But on the article itself (1st paragraph), how did football and hunting ever become so indelibly linked with masculinity in our culture? And how much damage and confusion has that caused? I hate both. In ancient China, tea, poetry, holding hands, and public weeping were associated with masculinity. Yet they were much less confused about issues of gender and sexuality than we. This guy seems like a Christian brother, but I think he’s still incredibly confused about masculinity.
…to see what some see as objectionable here. I write as someone who was won to Christ by people who weren’t afraid to reach out to me, much like the author. So I see at least a goodly kernel of truth in what he writes.
Regarding Andrew K’s question about football and hunting, my take is that we’ve so lost track of what real masculinity is—fatherhood, leadership, provision, and the like—that we’re trying to cling to whatever real men of the past did to “prove” we’re masculine when in fact we’re hopelessly lost in it. I think this is part of why “The Combover” is doing so well in the polls—his womanizing superficially resembles masculinity. It’s why powerlifting and kettlebell training is big, and it’s why Cabela’s has gone from reselling Filson outerwear to almost cartoonish camo that one uses three days per year, and it’s why pro sports are so big.
(for reference, I don’t think my joints would handle powerlifting well, but I love kettlebells, my Mackinaw, and I abandoned football after Eli Lilly put Cialis on the market….some concepts I really am still not ready to explain to my kids!)
The cool news is that with such confusion on what real masculinity is, if the church figures it out—it is of course the choices that I’ve made, ha ha—we have a great chance to reach people for whom real masculinity is a cool drink of water in a parched land.
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NewMostly New Calvinists.
Mostly New Calvinists (Calvinistic evangelicals in the YRR mold). Reformation21 is more the hangout of the Old Calvinists.
But on the article itself (1st paragraph), how did football and hunting ever become so indelibly linked with masculinity in our culture? And how much damage and confusion has that caused? I hate both.
In ancient China, tea, poetry, holding hands, and public weeping were associated with masculinity. Yet they were much less confused about issues of gender and sexuality than we.
This guy seems like a Christian brother, but I think he’s still incredibly confused about masculinity.
NewThe author is seriously ...
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Jim's Doctrinal Statement
NewI'd be interested....
…to see what some see as objectionable here. I write as someone who was won to Christ by people who weren’t afraid to reach out to me, much like the author. So I see at least a goodly kernel of truth in what he writes.
Regarding Andrew K’s question about football and hunting, my take is that we’ve so lost track of what real masculinity is—fatherhood, leadership, provision, and the like—that we’re trying to cling to whatever real men of the past did to “prove” we’re masculine when in fact we’re hopelessly lost in it. I think this is part of why “The Combover” is doing so well in the polls—his womanizing superficially resembles masculinity. It’s why powerlifting and kettlebell training is big, and it’s why Cabela’s has gone from reselling Filson outerwear to almost cartoonish camo that one uses three days per year, and it’s why pro sports are so big.
(for reference, I don’t think my joints would handle powerlifting well, but I love kettlebells, my Mackinaw, and I abandoned football after Eli Lilly put Cialis on the market….some concepts I really am still not ready to explain to my kids!)
The cool news is that with such confusion on what real masculinity is, if the church figures it out—it is of course the choices that I’ve made, ha ha—we have a great chance to reach people for whom real masculinity is a cool drink of water in a parched land.
Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.