Hey everyone!  So glad you're here!!  On this episode, we wanted to take an honest look at some of the challenges, struggles, and ideologies that our culture is immersed in regarding what it means to be masculine.  In an age of questioning the past traditions in hopes of a better tomorrow, we who follow Jesus ought to be on the cutting edge of conversations that describe the roles, responsibilities, and philosophy of manliness.  In a world that has perverted and even manipulated what it means to be a man, husband, and father, it is our conviction to turn to the Scriptures as our one and only source of Truth in understanding manhood.  While the world forces husbands to be either dominating or pacifying in their marriage, the Bible gives a tertiary option to be a servant-leader.  While the world tells fathers to either straighten up their kids with harsh beatings or simply sit back and let your child parent YOU, the Word of God says to discipline in love, without provoking your children to anger (or trauma).  We only scratch the surface of the ways society has influenced manhood in this episode, but we hope it serves as a starting point for conversations in your own context.  As always, we are so grateful to God for your love and support!  It is mutual on our end, too.  For the glory of God alone! Compassion International Be a part of releasing children from poverty in Jesus’ name at compassion.com/myhouse  *We are working on a HUGE initiative with Compassion in Tanzania to raise $1.1M to meet critical needs and ask that you would prayerfully consider donating to care for those in extreme poverty while also bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to them.  Check out the above link for more info! Follow us on IG and share us on your IG stories for a chance to win coffee on us this week! @asformeandmyhousepodcast @milenaciciotti  @jordanciciotti Subscribe to As For Me and My House Podcast and Milena’s Channel on YouTube Join our Facebook Group: As For Me and My House Podcast A loving environment to talk all things podcast, share prayer requests and praise reports! This is a place where we can build a community beyond a weekly podcast episode. Check out our good friends at Grace Coffee Co. for some awesome coffee plus an even better mission: Grace Coffee aims to fill both the mugs and hearts of people across the globe. Our subscription gives you the benefit of drinking premium, organic fair-trade coffee, while helping rescue a child from extreme poverty. Verse of the Day: "A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." - Proverbs 15:1 --- You can also make a direct contribution to support this podcast, which will be reinvested in our mission to share the grace and truth of Jesus with our audience here: https://anchor.fm/asformeandmyhousepodcast/support--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/asformeandmyhousepodcast/support