Ancient Wisdom for Modern Manhood, Part 1: Living a Mythic Life

The Bible has come to life for you in ways you’ve never experienced before. It’s almost like you’re seeing Genesis 1 and 2 for the first time, realizing that we’re made to be makers, commissioned to be God’s image bearers by taking up our God-given labor of culture-making. It’s as if someone gave you a new decoder ring for reading the prophets. You

Here’s my take: a man is an image bearer and son of God entrusted with power and the responsibility to create, cultivate, care, and defend, for God’s glory and the good of others.

If authentic manhood revolves around three primary responsibilities, then the wise father will train his son to embrace these with enthusiasm: a will to obey (God’s will as revealed in the Scriptures), a work to do (not just in the work of his job, but also the work in his home, church, and community), and a woman to love (his wife). If he is going

A social and spiritual competence can be summarized in three phrases: A vision for manhood A code of conduct A transcendent cause These are the building blocks of real manhood!

If you think the call to manhood is a call merely to heavy responsibility and dutiful sacrifice, then you’ve completely missed the example of the second Adam. Yes, real manhood is at times rigorous; it demands courage and requires sacrifice. Nevertheless, it is primarily a call to life!

We call them the 4-W’s. If you’re intentional about these four things, you’ll become a better man, one who:

1. Courageously follows God’s Word.


2. Loves and protects God’s woman.


3. Excels at God’s work.


4. Improves God’s world with his children.