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November 20, 2006
Okay...one more link
My friend Brent has a great post on the issue of masculinity, especially as it has been bantered about regarding the Mark Driscoll situation. Brent's post is appropriately titled, Chopping Off Heads and Crying on Shoulders. One of the reasons I appreciate Brent's words is that because I know that he and I have some different views theologically, yet we are both disturbed by some of the ideas of masculinity in our culture, especially when they are taught in the church.
Brent says:
The problem is that much of this call to masculinity imports its ideas more from the world than from Scripture. I have no interest in organized sports, which, by many modern assessments, decreases my masculinity ratio dramatically. However, that does not mean that I am not masculine and we must not only renew biblical masculinity, we must properly define it.
I would go even further and ask: Is there a Biblical masculinity? Or can it be defined? I'm not sure, I'm just asking these questions and wondering out loud. Should we be thinking about what it means to be human, rather than simply masculine or feminine? I will leave it here for now as I think more on this issue.
Posted by rhett at November 20, 2006 11:03 AM
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Earlier this year, I pondered the notions of biblical femininity and masculinity (in response to a Biola Connections article). There I used Proverbs 31:1-9 as one place to find a biblical masculinity.
http://lauraswritings.blogspot.com/2006/08/what-is-biblical-notion-of-masculinity.html
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at November 21, 2006 01:16 PM
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