Weekend Kindness
Reaching Others Through Kindness

There have been a lot of calls in recent years for the return of the ?real man.?  We say that he went missing, replaced by the ?meterosexual? or the feminized man.

And now, everyone?s out there trying to define what a real man is.  They define it by hobbies?does he like to fish or hunt?  Some define it as grooming habits.  Others define it by what it?s not: getting facials, botox, etc.

However, all of these are just shots in the dark, as it were.  The truth is that the whole dynamic between men and women have changed, and few want to go back.

It?s been said that both men and women want a wife.  In the poem, I Think You Want a Wife the author tells single women that if they?re truly looking for a husband, they won?t be looking for the qualities that are supposed to be found in a wife, and what you will be as a wife.

The problem is that few people actually believe these roles are worthwhile.  They look at them as cast offs?things from a long dead era.  In order for the ?real man? to return, the ?real wife? would have to return.  In order for the ?real man? to return, a lot of the influence of feminism would have to be erased.

And I?m not sure we truly want the ?real man??we probably just want what we believe surrounded him?we remember him with nostalgia.

Join me as we look into the roles of men and women from a Biblical perspective, and central to this discussion is whether the roles that the Bible has for men and women are applicable any longer, and if they are, what should we do about them?

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