From Manger to Manhood

From Manger to Manhood
Author: Tom Cox
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2011-08
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1449721826

Did God give Mary and Joseph a plan for raising Jesus? Can we find and follow the same plan? Will it make a big difference? The Answer to all the above is a huge "es!" Come explore new evidence of Jesus' upbringing that will inspire you to follow God's blueprint to raise your children as Jesus was raised. Author Tom Cox reveals to us God's parenting guidelines for Jesus and our children today: - A must-have handbook for new parents, grandparents, and caretakers - A unique "Science of Salvation" chapter that offers proof that Jesus was qualified by God's own physical and spiritual laws to be the perfect "Lamb of God" - A devotional read that will excite you to get started employing the same God-ordained principles with your own children and grandchildren - A "weapon of faith" for when you encounter skeptics

Why Men Hate Going to Church

Why Men Hate Going to Church
Author: David Murrow
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2011-10-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0849949815

“Church is boring.” “It’s irrelevant.” “It’s full of hypocrites.” You’ve heard the excuses—now learn the real reasons men and boys are fleeing churches of every kind, all over the world, and what we can do about it. Women comprise more than 60% of the adults in a typical worship service in America. Some overseas congregations report ten women for every man in attendance. Men are less likely to lead, volunteer, and give in the church. They pray less, share their faith less, and read the Bible less. In Why Men Hate Going to Church, David Murrow identifies the barriers keeping many men from going to church, explains why it’s so hard to motivate the men who do attend, and also takes you inside several fast-growing congregations that are winning the hearts of men and boys. In this completely revised, reorganized, and rewritten edition of the classic book, with more than 70 percent new content, explore topics like: The increase and decrease in male church attendance during the past 500 years Why Christian churches are more feminine even though men are often still the leaders The difference between the type of God men and women like to worship The lack of volunteering and ministry opportunities for men The benefits men get from attending church regularly Men need the church but, more importantly, the church needs men. The presence of enthusiastic men is one of the surest predictors of church health, growth, giving, and expansion. Why Men Hate Going to Church does not call men back to church—it calls the church back to men.

Meanings for Manhood

Meanings for Manhood
Author: Mark C. Carnes
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1990-11-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780226093642

The stereotype of the Victorian man as a flinty, sexually repressed patriarch belies the remarkably wide variety of male behaviors and conceptions of manhood during the mid- to late- nineteenth century. A complex pattern of alternative and even competing behaviors and attitudes emerges in this important collection of essays that points toward a "gendered history" of men.