Of church and feminization

Today I picked up a book sitting out called “Why men hate going to church”, by David Murrow. What I read was very interesting; and this excerpt here is just another picture of how our culture has been feminized:

“Today’s church is all about safety. What’s our top prayer request? “God keep us safe. Keep our kids safe. Watch over us and protect us.” God’s job is to keep our well-ordered lives flowing smoothly.”

“If we want to shed our reputation as a place for little old ladies of both sexes, we must recapture the challenge of following Jesus. The Christian life is not about becoming a nicer person. It’s a quest. When men see other men living the adventure, they’ll want in. When young adults see church as the place to find abundant life (the challenging life), they will come back.”

“There are wise churches that are taking risks, dreaming big, and bringing a measure of adventure back to Christian life. These churches are built on values that men can relate to. The set high standards and ask much of their members. Their people are encouraged to rock the boat, challenge one another, and take risks. In short, these churches have guts. The biblical translation of the word guts is “faith”. Read any book on the church growth: the congregations that are reaching the unchurched are sticking their necks out and accomplishing great things. Men are drawn to churches (and Christians) with guts.”

This is the case not only in our churches today, but in many situations in which men were traditionally the leaders, movers and shakers, women have replaced the need for lazy, halfhearted males to do the job. And that would explain the steady decline of levelheaded diplomacy among liberal democrats today.

America has lost it’s men: but the home-schoolers today are working to bring back an image of masculinity and challenge into our culture and religion… and I know that with time we will!