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The Masculine Mandate: God’s Calling to Men is unavailable, but you can change that!

There is a crying need in the church today for men to be men. But competing visions for what a man is to be—some growing out of popular culture and others arising from flawed teaching in the church—are exacerbating the problem. Rev. Richard D. Phillips believes the problem and the inadequate solutions being put forward demand sound exegesis of biblical passages relating to masculinity. The Bible...

When David rejoices, “I shall not want,” it is largely because of the guidance he receives from God: “He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.… He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake” (Ps. 23:2–3). For sheep, of course, life is all about having grazing grounds that are safe and lush, that can be arrived at and returned from safely, and that have fresh water nearby. The shepherd does not stumble upon such locations by
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