{"id":7424,"date":"2004-04-23T11:56:54","date_gmt":"2004-04-23T11:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/04\/manhood_redux.html"},"modified":"2004-04-23T11:56:54","modified_gmt":"2004-04-23T11:56:54","slug":"manhood_redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/04\/manhood_redux.html","title":{"rendered":"Manhood, Redux"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Disputations<\/a> (scroll down)<\/p>\n

The problem: How do we get men to stop thinking of church as something for women?<\/p>\n

My suggestion: Preach the Gospel.<\/p>\n

I mean, you can dress Christianity up as manly man’s work like saving the womenfolk from the world, the flesh, and the devil, plus a monthly beer and bowling night, but in the end the Church is about being crucified, and then being happy forever with God. That’s not really a matter of psychology; it’s a matter of faith. If you try to use psychology to arrive at faith, you’re holding the stick on the weak end, and it’s liable to snap off in your hand.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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