tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post2087608819989529228..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Book review — The Masculine Mandate, by Richard D. PhillipsPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-26756051146304962982015-02-20T08:29:43.186-08:002015-02-20T08:29:43.186-08:00I listened to the interview Lee linked. He had som...I listened to the interview Lee linked. He had some interesting things to say but I was disappointed about his views on protection of others(basically told his son that protecting his little brother should mean getting his fists bloody; I'm not exaggerating, though he may have been). Despite that, it certainly seems like a nice alternative to Driscoll's caricatures or Eldredge's poor handling of Scripture. <br /><br />I do feel there's a lack of Biblical resources on the topic. That's a concern for me, given I'm in a place of doubting my own maturity and capacity in regards to being a man. I can probably talk the talk well enough, but when it comes down to it I find myself getting nowhere fast. Guess that's my own fault, really. Advice(and prayer) is still welcome, though.Zac Dredgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02814074040708083807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-14482279399690414662013-11-27T06:49:22.567-08:002013-11-27T06:49:22.567-08:00As I mentioned in the review, it's nothing abo...As I mentioned in the review, it's nothing about defending some antiquated idea of gender roles, and all about developing the Biblical idea of gender roles. <br /><br />And seeing what God's will is for married men has everything to do with you as a single man. If you want to see that developed at great length Biblically, here you go: http://bit.ly/1aDNc7o.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-82674241775476408032013-11-27T06:45:39.533-08:002013-11-27T06:45:39.533-08:00I tried to read this book but as a single man foun...<br />I tried to read this book but as a single man found the whole emphasis on family and man as the head of a family more than a little alienating, also how much of this about defending some antiquated idea of gender roles? <br /><br />I have no problem with gender as a physical fact but how some treat the social aspects of it seems honestly backward, this doesn’t seem like one of those books but I don't find much in them that I'm able to relate to as a single is all. Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09436011893893390711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-63711654070139342452013-11-26T22:44:44.922-08:002013-11-26T22:44:44.922-08:00Well I am eager to read this book. Thank you for ...Well I am eager to read this book. Thank you for the great review. There are some thoughtful comments on here as well. I am enjoying a book on aging and growing older called, "Rich in Years" by author Johann Christoph Arnold. <a href="http://www.richinyears.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.richinyears.com</a> This is a faith-based inspirational book to encourage people as they go through the process of growing older. I’m terrified of becoming helpless. Show me that life will still be worth living!Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15028995686620389572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-22479750720890701392013-11-26T21:02:26.888-08:002013-11-26T21:02:26.888-08:00Rob,
I am a 62 year old missionary who depends on ...Rob,<br />I am a 62 year old missionary who depends on support from others. I do not plan to retire myself, nor think I will be able. But there does seem to be some Scriptural precedent for retirement. The Levites were to serve in the tabernacle from 25/30 until they were 50. I am not saying that this is what we go by today, but in terms of retirement in the Scriptures this is one place where men were limited to a certain age.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11810869221371568939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-7795557205467001802013-11-26T16:27:02.801-08:002013-11-26T16:27:02.801-08:00So I have 'The Masculine Mandate' on Kindl...So I have 'The Masculine Mandate' on Kindle but haven't read it yet, and my copy of 'God's Wisdom in Proverbs' arrived in the mail today. Which one should I read first?Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03841699891221562804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-76699004316963124682013-11-26T12:37:46.989-08:002013-11-26T12:37:46.989-08:00I read this book a few months ago, and highly reco...I read this book a few months ago, and highly recommend it as well. You can get off to a worse start than mocking the sheer idiocy of John Eldredge. Before this my favorite men's books were probably some Stu Weber ones, but this I thought was clearly better.<br /><br />One point I remember being particularly striking because I don't think I had ever heard a pastor advance it before: sometimes you may have to work long hours and travel and be away from your family. Warnings against workaholism are as plentiful as lice at an Occupy rally, and the message seemingly always comes across as "If you're not home every night for family dinner promptly at 5:30, don't tuck your kids into bed every night, and ever work on a weekend, you're a failure of a man who's destroying his family for mammon." This book is the first I can recall arguing that work is hard (Gen 3:17-19), there's not enough time for everything you want to do (Economics 001), and sometimes the demands of hard work trump family time.<br /><br />Should it be a perpetual way of life? Of course not. But is the occasional work trip, 100-hour week, or Saturday night job a family-killer? Of course not. Thankfully Phillips provides a voice of reason on this, starkly opposed to the lazy entitlement generation that thinks the world will end if they have to work past 5 some days.<br /><br />It's Bibley, direct, forceful, mocks Wild at Heart, and slackers will hate it. You should read it.trogdorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452996348717802065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-88184373339830100542013-11-26T07:37:28.814-08:002013-11-26T07:37:28.814-08:00Years back, slightly before that book was publishe...Years back, slightly before that book was published, Reformed Forum interviewed Rev. Phillips on that subject. It's really good.<br /><br />http://reformedforum.org/podcasts/ctc87/lee n. fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01652025469454858807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-21528002236025549732013-11-26T06:15:11.258-08:002013-11-26T06:15:11.258-08:00On the subject, we had a pastor once who spoke on ...On the subject, we had a pastor once who spoke on Genesis and man's calling to work, and one of his memorable points was that there isn't really anything about retirement described Scripturally, and thus man should be expected to continue to work until he no longer can (none of this age 59/401k retirement stuff.) That's still a long ways off for me, but was any mention made in the book of the masculinity of retirement?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068196575763786944noreply@blogger.com