I used to joke about a “blood relative” rule when it came to taking an interest in the lives of children who weren’t mine, and although it was largely driven by fear of incompetence with respect to kid’s ministry, I now think the joke was unchristian and indeed unmanly.
The last verses of the Old Testament look forward to a time when ‘Elijah’ would turn ‘the hearts of the fathers to their children’ (Malachi 4:6).
The God fearing father in Israel was concerned for more than himself and his time. He knew the importance of passing on the ‘decrees’ of God and the story of Israel, so that the nation might ‘always prosper and be kept alive’ (Deuteronomy 6:24). Personally he looked forward to the blessing of seeing his children’s children (Psalm 128).
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Let me pose a question: What is a good age to get married?
Now I’m assuming that a good number of us are already married, so to avoid this question being purely hypothetical let me rephrase: What is a good age for your children to get married? Most of us I think will answer something like “mid-twenties”. And if we were to be asked whether we thought it was a good idea to get married at 18 most of us would answer “No”.
Behind these answers I think are two thoughts about maturity; one about its timing, and one about its goodness. Before I am misunderstood, let me clarify:
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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.
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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
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