There are a few books that stay in my revolving library, the books that I go back to often because they have a fair depth to them that seems to grow and encourage me wherever I am in life. "Future Men" by Doug Wilson is one such "go to" book.
Here is an excerpt from the chapter Doctrinal Meat
" Our boys need to learn humility, and they also need to learn boldness and courage. The only way to accomplish this in balance is through a grasp of who God is. Because we have ceased teaching that God is our father, with the attributes of a divine father, we have lost an understanding of imitative masculinity. Because of this, our boys veer into one of two ditches. Either they embrace humility without boldness, which in boys is effeminate, or they embrace boldness without humility which is destructive. "
Feel free to interchange "boys" with "men" and it will be just as accurate. As Christian men we need to lead our families with boldness, which is difficult, as a wife with any sort of consciousness can see our faults. And we must lead with humility because Christ has redeemed us. And He is our perfect example.
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