manhood

Based on ‘Fighting Shadows’ by Jefferson Bethke and Jon Tyson. The lies men believe: there is nothing worth giving yourself for, nothing really worth living for, and ambition is for personal success. The truth sets men free.

A warrior is not someone who fights for himself. He fights for those entrusted to him. Jesus modeled this - facing temptation, the flesh, self-glory, and greed - and winning every battle.

Jesus is the only perfect man. In Him, the patterns of Adam - hiding, blame, rejection, unfruitfulness - are broken. Our identity as sons of God changes everything.

Between toxic masculinity, passive masculinity, and progressive masculinity - men are drowning in conflicting definitions of manhood. The only reliable foundation is what God says.

Adam was present but passive. His silence was not neutrality - it was a failure of leadership, protection, and trust in God. And many men today are still silent in the same ways.

Exploring Genesis 1-2 to understand what God originally intended men to be: a foundation, a cultivator, a teacher, a provider, and a protector