Culture
Restoring Masculinity: The Balance of the Wise
For the past 6,000 years, since the sin of Adam and Eve, we have lived in a fallen world.
I told a worship leader recently she would be wise to never blame God for bad stuff that happens in life. Blame it on a fallen world and always trust in the perfectly good character of God.
Part of our fallenness stems from life out of balance. We swing pendulums this way and that, being too lenient or being too firm, too hot or cold, or thinking norms now are the way things always were (they’re not).
One such area of imbalance today is the roles/expressions of masculinity and femininity. This is a very recent phenomenon.
Here are some thoughts on restoring masculinity—even in worship.
The Poison of Profanity
We live in a time of words–in person, print, on radio and television, and throughout the Internet.
I receive about 50 promotional emails, respond to scores of personal inquiries, participate in 10-20 phone conversations , and probably send out 30 texts every day. That’s besides all the personal conversations, scanning and watching the news/TV, and wondering how those celestial satellites can handle trillions of spoken words simultaneously.
We are awash in words in the 21st century–many laden with the poison of profanity.
What can we do about it?
America Voted Out the “Kings” in 2024
There is so much to pray and talk about these final weeks of spring.
The most dangerous hotspot is the Israel–Iran War where the State of Israel is committed to denuding the terrorist regime of nuclear weapons. I will share my perspective next week as more unfolds.
Today let’s unpack the “No Kings” rallies in U.S. The rallies had it backwards. We voted out the “Kings” in 2024.