Good day on a summery day in Chicagoland! Each Sunday I do what I can to indicate the topics for discussion, and today is no different. So here we go. But if you have some books you’d like me to consider discussing on this Substack, speak up in the comments below. I’ve made the comments available for all.
Nancy Pearcey’s, The Toxic War On Masculinity, would possibly balance what seems like an unending attack on male leadership in the home or in church. She quotes from highly respected sociologists researchers such as Fred Wilcox, who wrote in the NY Times “evangelical Christian women who hold to conservative gender ideology and attend church regularly with their husbands are the happiest wives in America”
I am listening (reading actually) to what you and others are saying because I sense a reality to it. But I’m hearing little to counter what sometimes seems like cultural tidal wave of antagonism against any sort of male leadership.
Yes, women should be able to exercise their gifts of leadership, including preaching, and yes there are lots of male chauvinists jerks. But is it possible that many good men are being sucked into the undertow?
Book suggestion -
The Other Half of Church: Christian Community, Brain Science, and Overcoming Spiritual Stagnation
https://a.co/d/iURO5UV
Neuroscience and spiritual formation is fascinating. Geoff Holsclaw does a blog on this topic for more information.
https://www.amazon.com/Asking-Better-Questions-Bible-Wounded/dp/B0BSVJYGRM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
Either A More Christlike God or Out of the Embers, both by Brad Jersak.
Been reading John Blake’s “More than I imagined” - very interesting reflection on race and contact theory with implications for the church.
Nancy Pearcey’s, The Toxic War On Masculinity, would possibly balance what seems like an unending attack on male leadership in the home or in church. She quotes from highly respected sociologists researchers such as Fred Wilcox, who wrote in the NY Times “evangelical Christian women who hold to conservative gender ideology and attend church regularly with their husbands are the happiest wives in America”
I am listening (reading actually) to what you and others are saying because I sense a reality to it. But I’m hearing little to counter what sometimes seems like cultural tidal wave of antagonism against any sort of male leadership.
Yes, women should be able to exercise their gifts of leadership, including preaching, and yes there are lots of male chauvinists jerks. But is it possible that many good men are being sucked into the undertow?