"It's Good to be a Man" - Christian book bestseller

[Bible Thumpin n Gun Totin]

A fairly new book out called "It's Good to be a Man" by Michael Foster. In my opinion it's excellent.

https://www.amazon.com/Its-Good-Be-...s=it's+good+to+be+a+man&qid=1644119913&sr=8-1

It has several chapters that stood out to me including:
1. The War Between Patriarchies - Basic idea: God made men to take dominion. Men will always take dominion, it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of who. When bad men take over you have men dominating women sports and dictatorships. When good men take over you have what used to be the "West". There is Good Patriarchy and Evil Patriarchy.

2. The Church Effeminate - Chapter that calls out the feminization of the Christian Church. This chapter ranges from modern CCM "Boyfriend Jesus" music to modern preaching.

3. Multiple Gravitas Chapters - What Gravitas is, how men earn it, what it looks like. There is an excellent sentence in the book that I would paraphrase as "When an older Christian man walks into a room he should have such gravitas that the gravity of such pulls the younger men towards him". That is an EXCELLENT way to put the idea of older, experienced men guiding the younger.

 

[Bible Thumpin n Gun Totin]

No idea if it is or isn't. I don't recall that being in the book. How many reviews did you find that on and what is the average review rating for the book. It is a #1 Christian Men's bestseller on Amazon.

Whoever said or wrote that quote, you can't argue with the Exodus verses. God lets men discipline slaves. God lets men discipline children. I would imagine in the old testament that extended to wives comitting sin.

In the New Testament Christ's relationship to the Church is the example. Christ does discipline the Church, so the husband is to discipline the wife. A Christian will need to discern what that discipline looks like to his children, and to his wife.

I don't think that extends to spanking for wife discipline. I think it does extend to natural consequences. For example, if my wife has been reminded about something several times, but brushes it off I will stop reminding her and let her be in her sin. When she eventually recalls it in town, when she's 30 minutes from home then she will have to drive back and get whatever it is that she didn't want to be reminded about. That does more teaching in my opinion than spanking.

I do know a guy, older than I, who once spanked his wife for something extremely egregious she did to the children. That was a one-time thing as far as I know. I don't think children discipline forms should extend to wife discipline forms in most cases.

 

[Scarlett O.]

Since you don't know, I'll delete the post. I'm going to Books-A-Million this week. I'll just check there.

 

[canadyjd]

No idea if it is or isn't. I don't recall that being in the book. How many reviews did you find that on and what is the average review rating for the book. It is a #1 Christian Men's bestseller on Amazon.

Whoever said or wrote that quote, you can't argue with the Exodus verses. God lets men discipline slaves. God lets men discipline children. I would imagine in the old testament that extended to wives comitting sin.

In the New Testament Christ's relationship to the Church is the example. Christ does discipline the Church, so the husband is to discipline the wife. A Christian will need to discern what that discipline looks like to his children, and to his wife.

I don't think that extends to spanking for wife discipline. I think it does extend to natural consequences. For example, if my wife has been reminded about something several times, but brushes it off I will stop reminding her and let her be in her sin. When she eventually recalls it in town, when she's 30 minutes from home then she will have to drive back and get whatever it is that she didn't want to be reminded about. That does more teaching in my opinion than spanking.

I do know a guy, older than I, who once spanked his wife for something extremely egregious she did to the children. That was a one-time thing as far as I know. I don't think children discipline forms should extend to wife discipline forms in most cases.

The husband “spanking” his wife. I suspect if she filed criminal charges against him she might end up with an order of protection and custody of the children.

I knew a woman, in her 40’s, that told me her father, in his 80’s, was visiting her once and “spanked” her with his belt because she had slapped her adult son’s face for cussing her.

I was stunned she, and her husband, allowed it to happen. Just a very different mindset, I suppose.

As for me, I don’t have to humiliate and physically assault my wife to prove I’m a man.

peace to you

 

[Bible Thumpin n Gun Totin]

As for me, I don’t have to humiliate and physically assault my wife to prove I’m a man.

That's a good thing, it would be sinful. Fortunately I have never heard of any man that does so.

 

[canadyjd]

I said:

The husband “spanking” his wife……

As for me, I don’t have to humiliate and physically assault my wife to prove I’m a man.

peace to you

You responded:

That's a good thing, it would be sinful. Fortunately I have never heard of any man that does so.

But you said in post #2:

……
I do know a guy, older than I, who once spanked his wife for something extremely egregious she did to the children. That was a one-time thing as far as I know. I don't think children discipline forms should extend to wife discipline forms in most cases.

So, you do know a guy who “spanked” his wife. You must not think “spanking” your wife is humiliating and physical abuse.

You also allow for “children discipline forms” toward the wife in some cases, since you say it shouldn’t extend to the wife in “most cases”.

Your attitude toward women is sickening.

peace to you