Chapter 4 is titled, A Vision For Manhood.
It starts with a story about rival knights one when one died, the other praised him because of how he lived. So the author then went into why this dead knight was praised by even his enemies, and he talked about the process that made him so well known. The life he lived. The author talks about how this knight became a man because he had a clear vision of what a man was.
Summarizing it with this quote:
Boys become men in the presence of a clear vision for manhood.
The question is then asked, “Where can a young man find a healthy, masculine identity – a vision for manhood – in today’s culture?”
Source 1: Community
Source 2: Family
Source 3: Church
Next the author talks about Adam and Jesus. Two defining men in the Bible. He then goes to define authentic manhood by comparing the differences between these two men.
1. A Real man rejects passivity.
2. A Real man accepts responsibility.
3. A Real man leads courageously.
4. A Real man expects the greater reward.
Over all a very good chapter about what becoming a man takes, and what being a man means. I have to say that even while re-reading this today I feel I’m a real man, but I am feeling passive about a decision in my family and I’m afraid to leave courageously toward what I think God is calling me to do. I accept responsibility for my life and I do expect a greater reward, but am I willing to lead courageously again?
[Initially Written: 2.22.2009]
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