{"id":7179,"date":"2022-06-07T09:40:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T14:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/?p=7179"},"modified":"2022-06-07T09:41:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T14:41:11","slug":"not-just-another-article-on-biblical-manhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/not-just-another-article-on-biblical-manhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Just Another Article on Biblical Manhood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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by Stephen Arterburn, teaching pastor at Northview Church, Carmel, Indiana; founder and chairman of New Life Ministries; editor, Every Man\u2019s Bible<\/em>; <\/em>and coeditor, The Life Recovery Bible<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there anything that has not been written about biblical manhood? Books, articles, and videos abound with calls for men to demonstrate character, integrity, authenticity, and especially \u201cservant leadership.\u201d In an attempt to not write what has already been written over and over again, I present the following ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First, the term servant leadership<\/em> is an inaccurate and inadequate description of Paul\u2019s instructions to men in the fifth chapter of Ephesians. A \u201cservant leader\u201d stoops to serve only when he chooses to do so; it is a very tidy role with a narrow focus on serving others. Yet it is already obvious to most Christian men that they need to avoid misinterpreting Scripture as a call to biblical demandhood<\/em> instead of manhood<\/em>. They understand that Paul\u2019s words set a standard far beyond that of servant leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biblical manhood calls us to \u201cDie to Yourself Leadership,\u201d and it is not easy or tidy, which is perhaps why it is not taught in leadership seminars. It is not about coming in from a day of golf and helping with the dishes after dinner. The biblical mandate calls for sacrificing being the fourth man in the foursome outing whenever the family needs us to be present with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not just being willing to pay for a child to get Christian counseling; it is also getting help for ourselves so we can lead the way by modeling the humility and willingness required to obtain help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Biblical manhood goes beyond playing catch with the kids and showing up for their games. It is showing up and supporting a son who would rather rock climb, bowl, dance, or sing because he doesn\u2019t like contact sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being a provider and protecting the family are important, but being present is a far greater priority. When we are with them, we need to be fully there, engaged and connected, rather than glued to a television screen, laptop, or cell phone. We need to be eyeball-to-eyeball with family members, downloading love to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDie to Yourself Leadership\u201d refuses to be a donor to the fatherless generation. Even when we\u2019re tempted to abandon our families and let our kids be raised by their mother, we don\u2019t follow through with it. We stay and work through the problems to prevent all sorts of new problems and traumas that come with divorce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Biblical manhood requires us to do what we don\u2019t want to do exactly at the time we don\u2019t want to do it. We courageously do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, no matter the consequences\u2014because it is the right thing for any man to do. All our actions are based on the truths of the Bible\u2014not popular philosophy, current culture, or feelings that would keep us from going beyond being just a man<\/em> to being God\u2019s man<\/em>, daily dying to self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read an excerpt from the Every Man’s Bible<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Stephen Arterburn, teaching pastor at Northview Church, Carmel, Indiana; founder and chairman of New Life Ministries; editor, Every Man\u2019s Bible; and coeditor, The Life Recovery Bible Is there anything that has not been written about biblical manhood? Books, articles, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":7190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[91,4,15,22],"tags":[401,403,49,402,400],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7179"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7193,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7179\/revisions\/7193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/tyndalebibles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}