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Comedian Jeff Foxworthy might be best known for his \u201cYou might be a redneck if\u2026\u201d routine, but he\u2019s opening up about one thing he doesn\u2019t find funny. Foxworthy was speaking at the \u201cConversation on Biblical Manhood<\/a>\u201d put on by The Church of Eleven22 in Jacksonville, FL. Other notable speakers included Tim Tebow, who is in his first year of fatherhood, and Pastor Matt Chandler of Texas. Foxworthy opened up about his own struggles in becoming a biblical father and man, noting how the failings of his own father put him behind the mark. \u201cHe was married six times, drank, smoked, cussed, told dirty jokes. I didn’t know how to be a good husband. I didn’t know how to be a good dad \u2013 but I could see guys that were good husbands, and I could see guys that were good dads, and I knew enough to go pick their brain,\u201d he said. He sought help from these good fathers and husbands on how to \u201cstay married\u201d and be a good dad.<\/p>\n

Foxworthy seems to have bucked the trend of his own father, having been married to his wife Pamela for over forty years<\/a>. The couple have two grown children and a growing brood of grandchildren, with Foxworthy often gushing on social media about \u201cgrandpalife.\u201d During the discussion, he shared that in his Bible he keeps a card with the words \u201cPlease break my heart with the things that break your heart.\u201d \u201cAnd I think God is brokenhearted the way manhood has kind of crumbled,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

He agreed with host pastor Joby Martin\u2019s warnings against the \u201cdude\u201d phase of manhood. \u201cAnd in the last 80 years, 100 years, there’s a new classification we call adolescence \u2013 or a dude. And a dude is a dangerous thing \u2013 and there’s nothing more dangerous than boys trying to bestow manhood on other boys,\u201d said Martin. \u201cIt’s the freedoms of adulthood with the responsibilities of childhood, and we\u2019ve got a bunch of guys locked right in there with that, and it’s not a good combination,\u201d said Foxworthy. Experts have warned of younger generations staying in \u201cperpetual adolescence,\u201d with both men and women in their 20s and their 30s putting off traditional adult activities, such as getting married, buying a house, and having children. Foxworthy said that in order for men to move forward, they need to admit: \u201cI need a savior.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy might be best known for his \u201cYou might be a redneck if\u2026\u201d routine, but he\u2019s opening up about one thing he doesn\u2019t find funny. Foxworthy was speaking at the \u201cConversation on Biblical Manhood\u201d put on by The Church of Eleven22 in Jacksonville, FL. 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