REAL DEAL MANHOOD: 5/27/12

Monday, May 28, 2012

Act Like Men: A Titanic Lesson in Manliness
by Dave Brown, WACMM Director and Pastor

Churches cannot thrive if there’s not a solid core of men leading them who are Gospel-driven followers of Christ.

When men are absent, lackadaisical or weak when it comes to God and the things of God, churches atrophy and eventually die. If men become ensnared in therapeutic moralism now rampant in many churches, they will become self-focused rather than living sacrificially for the sake of others. And churches will atrophy and die.

Among the many distinguishing characteristics of men who live out of their God-assigned roles and responsibilities are boldness and courage. Godly men - men of true valor - are supposed to fight for their families, the gospel, for the weak, innocent and vulnerable who are being threatened or oppressed by evil and danger.

100 years ago - April 14th, 1912 - the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg with 2,223 people on board. In the midst of that disaster, courageous men sprang into action to ensure that women and children would be saved. Today authentic manhood seems to be sinking. This is one of the most significant issues of our time.Interestingly it is being seen as such by more and more secular analysts and academics but not by most churches. Check out this trailer of a new film called Act Like Men - HERE

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Some Quotes About Men, Manhood and Faith

"Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong."
1 Cor. 16:13

“At the heart of mature masculinity is a sense of benevolent responsibility to lead, provide for and protect women in ways appropriate to a man’s differing relationships."
John Piper, pastor/theologian

"Give me one hundred men who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergyman or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon the earth.”
John Wesley

"What we do in life, echoes in eternity."
Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator

"Every man dies. Not every man really lives."
William Wallace in Braveheart

"When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die."
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."
Jim Elliott

If you are going to be the kind of man that you are suppose to be, you have to be connected with other men who can speak into your life, who can call out the best in you, who can cheer for your success, admire your efforts, and be your friend".
Robert Lewis

“Christianity is the story of how the rightful King has landed, you might say in disguise, and is calling us all to take part in His great campaign of sabotage.”
C.S. Lewis

"The essence of Adam's sin was that he put himself in God's place. The essence of Christ's obedience is that He put Himself in our place. Because of His life in our place, and His death in our place, we are freed from our sins."
Trevin Wax

"One of the greatest uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time."
John Piper

“Conversion is the creation of new desires, not just new duties; new delights, not just new deeds; new treasures, not just new tasks.”
John Piper