Sunday's message tapped into something in our community.
Seriously, I have never experienced this much feedback on a message series.
Not only is it all positive feedback;
it's "I-needed-this-swift-kick-in-the-rear" feedback.
Not just from wives and girlfriends.
From men.
Hungry for a spiritual challenge.
We unpacked a term coined by Darrin Patrick - the Ban.
Think of Will Ferrell: prolonging adolescence as a hybrid boy-man... a Ban.
Bans are created by a North American church culture that fails to point to a BIG Jesus who demands awe, reverance, and worship from men created in His image.
Jesus sets the bar and guards the bar by defining biblical masculinity.
Our handout included this rich quote from Arnold Dallimore:
"And what manner of man will they be? Men mighty in the Scriptures,
their lives dominated by a sense of the greatness, the majesty of God,
and their minds and hearts aglow with the great truths of the
doctrines of grace. They will be men who have learned what it is to
die to self, to human aims and personal ambitions;
men who are willing to be 'fools for Christ's sake,'
who will bear reproach and falsehood, who will labour and suffer,
and whose supreme desire will be, not to gain earth's accolades,
but to win the Master's approbation when they appear before
His awesome judgement seat."
The message in its entirety is available for free via iTunes.
Invite some buddies this weekend as we unpack relationships with women.
Let's raise the bar.
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