America's Lost Boys
Young men are looking for a definition of masculinity. Christianity can provide that
My latest World column is on America’s lost boys. A key excerpt:
More and more young men are lost, lacking sufficient guidance and purpose. On the one hand, there is the dismissal or hatred of men offered by the extreme left. On the other hand, there is the reaction to this cultural emasculation, the perverted YouTube machismo of shameless online provocateurs like Andrew Tate. In this world, strength is measured by sexual license and shameless mockery of the vulnerable.
Our young boys need the clear vision of masculinity that Christianity offers. In God’s economy, men are neither disposable accessories nor bronze-age perverts. Instead, it calls me up from foolishness into a rich life of hard work, faithfulness, and self-sacrifice. The bravest men in the community are not the insecure dude-bros on YouTube, but the dads pulling up to church in the minivan on Sunday, the dads who refuse to leave when life gets hard, the dads courageous enough to sublimate their fleshly desires to the Lordship of Christ.
I also talk about my father, but you’ll have to read the whole article to see that.
While I am not a paid subscriber to just one little word, ID think you should clarify your statement about the bravest men. I would take issue with the fact that your sentence states I would take issue with the fact that you were examples of all deal with the brightest men being dead.