When They Leave God Out
There are some men’s sites out there, trying to do some good work, trying to “get” at the heart of manhood. You may be familiar with The Art of Manliness, the National Fatherhood Initiative or maybe you’ve seen some footage recently on The Good Men Project – I’ve seen them all over the internet and videos of their TV appearances. I’m glad these sites, projects, books and resources are out there for men. However, when they leave God out, they’re leaving out THE important piece. Without God, faith in God and love for God, a male simply cannot fulfill his role as a man. Plain and simple.
Watch this video, and note, starting around 1:23, the attitude about “manhood being up for grabs” and “at a turning point”. And again, starting around 2:10, “there’s no good answer” – in reference to what makes a man “good”. And one last specific time to notice, 4:28 where again the notion of manhood is ever-changing and up to every one’s own interpretation.
I highly disagree with this line of thinking. There IS a standard, a definition. There is a specific way that a man can be a “good” man. It’s called virtue! Same with the *interesting* preacher from two posts ago, they’re missing the essential pieces about manhood. God guides us, strengthens us, enlivens us. Without God, we can’t live TrueManhood.
Man up!
"Take Time to Be a Dad Today"
Today, I was running at the gym and saw a commercial on ESPN for the National Fatherhood Initiative. I was really impressed, especially to see it on ESPN – a channel dedicated to sports and encouraging men to sit and watch them every hour of the day (boooo). I came home and searched for it, finding the website and some commercial clips. Check out the main National Fatherhood Initiative site. To see the commercials, click Public Service Announcements. (Note: they’ve gotta be great, considering that the voice overs are from Darth Vadar’s voice – James Earl Jones and from Magnum P.I. – Tom Selleck.) They’ve got a great slogan: “Take Time to Be a Dad Today”. Sometimes, that’s all it takes – time.
Here are two of them:
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Man up!
