Biblical Masculinity: Empowered to Build & Protect

On a recently released episode of The Mark Prater Podcast , Mark reviewed a recent regional men’s conference on the topic of Biblical Masculinity. The following is a portion of the podcast, but you can click the button below for access to the full video, audio, and transcript.

”There are many in our society right now, our culture, if you read, that are saying we have a crisis of masculinity in our culture today. And there would be some stats that would back something up like that; men feel undervalued because of changing gender roles. They wonder about if they going to have less economic opportunity, etc., etc. Some pundits will talk about how suicide rates among young men are up - all those pointing to a crisis of masculinity.

But, I think for the Christian, we don't really have a crisis of masculinity.

Not that we don't have struggles and issues. What I mean is that scripture gives us clarity about what it means to be a man, clearly defined in scripture. There's not a searching for definition or even identity as a man because we have God's word in a world that's very confused about gender right now - with masculinity being one of those areas where they're confused.

I'm very grateful for Darrel Schiel, the regional leader here, for putting this conference together because he just wants to strengthen men in Christ.

And part of a biblical understanding of masculinity is that it's centered in Jesus Christ.” - Mark Prater