In my previous post I suggested that being a man is about taking responsibility, and that this responsibility has a two-fold dimension: responsibility for a task; and responsibility for people. Today I want to suggest that taking responsibility in turn has its own two-fold shape, summed up by two great moments in Scripture
In this second session from the Biblical Parenting conference held on September 19-20 at Mars Hill Church, Ted Tripp shares how to give your kids a passion for God’s purpose for our lives - to glorify him.
The heart of being a man is not to be ‘wild’, rather it is, under God, to take responsibility for his good creation. This has a two-fold dimension. It is responsibility for a job, and it is responsibility for people: for humanity’s task, and for humanity itself.
I recently wrote about conducting my first Funeral Service for a friend’s Father who had suddenly died. In the week leading up to the Funeral, each of my kids asked me various ranging from what you do at Funerals, whether being cremated (Dad - what does being “cromated” mean?) is better than being buried, and whether my friend’s Father was in now in heaven.
For Manhood to be the new black we have some work to do. On his recent visit to Australia Mark Driscoll said that Australian Christian men were the most immature Christian men he had come across. Rather than quibble let’s admit two things
