Dang it, maybe I am chickified

After carefully selecting my perfect summer pick of Starbucks beverage, I was mortified to hear the Barista call out my order in full hearing of the cafe:

Hazelnut Frappuccino with extra whipped cream.
I almost didn’t claim it.
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You’re a very pretty princess!

The church says “we need to man up, we need to appeal to men”; the Scripture says “if it helps, He does think you’re a very pretty Princess”.
Go and read Daniel Blanche’s post NOW. 
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Some manly things Jesus did

 

Three pictures of manliness in the gospels:
ONE.  Jesus, pictured as the father in Luke 15, (seriously the father is Jesus.  Just straightforwardly and obviously Jesus.  It’s demonstrable beyond any question of refutation.  Really).  Where was I?  Oh yes, Jesus, pictured as the father, is turned in his stomach with compassion, hitches up his robes, runs to [...]

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Chicklit is not porn for women

Chicklit and chick flicks are not pornography for women, pornography is pornography for women.
Ros Clarke writes on the two-fold error of saying popular romance functions as porn for women. 
A) One in three visitors to porn sites are women.
B) Stop dissing romance – it’s at the very heart of the gospel!
She says it much better though – [...]

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What real men look like…

I’ve discussed many times on this blog what real masculinity looks like.  Here it is…

I’m not even joking.

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Is the fruit of the Spirit too sissy for ‘real men’?

Quote:
Real manliness is defined by Christlike character, and not just the Gentle-Jesus-meek-and-mild-style character, but the full-orbed fruit of the Spirit rounded out with strength, courage, conviction, strong passions, manly love, and a stout-hearted willingness to oppose error and fight for the truth—even to the point of laying down your life for the truth if necessary.
From [...]

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He said – She said

She said: This morning I was really blessed by this Scripture… which got me thinking about… and then I was praying through the whole issue of… which reminded me about the verse where it says…
He said: Yeah, it’s that whole theme of… isn’t it interesting how Paul says…
She said:  Hm. (tight lipped, looking out window)
What’s [...]

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Models of masculinity

It’s an age-old question, but it’s taken the Flight of the Conchords to pose it again with aching poignancy:
What man?  Which man?  Who’s the man?
When’s a man a man?
What makes a man a man?
Am I a man?
Yes… technically I am.
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On reflection there were two models of masculinity on show at the London [...]

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Larry Crabb conference notes – 2

Some more thoughts from Crabb’s School of Spiritual Direction…
Image of God:
Crabb very strong on ‘male and female’ being integral to image.  The united plurality of humanity imaging the trinity.  But he first unpacks image according to four aspects:
Personal being – longing
Rational being – believing
Volitional being – choosing
Emotional being – feeling
But all four are deeply perverted.
Femininity
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