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4:20 - Exploration of Christian freedom in differing beliefs and conscience, rooted in Galatians and Acts

8:31 - Struggles with legalism and freedom in Christian practices and beliefs

12:52 - Pressure to conform to anti-Christmas beliefs due to influence

25:27 - Emphasizing acceptance, unity, and consideration in matters of Christian Liberty

38:18 - Discussion on Christian liberty and obedience to Christ's commands in the New Covenant

42:23 - Balancing modesty and responsibility in exercising Christian liberty for the sake of others

51:27 - The greater danger among Christians: Christian Liberty vs. License to Sin

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In today's episode, Steve interviews Nancy Pearcey, who is the author of The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes, as well as Love Thy Body, The Soul of Science, Saving Leonardo, Finding Truth, and Total Truth. She is professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian University. She has been quoted in The New Yorker and Newsweek, highlighted as one of the five top women apologists by Christianity Today, and hailed in The Economist as "America's pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual."

(You can learn more about her book here:)

The Toxic War on Masculinity: https://www.amazon.com/Toxic-War-Masculinity-Christianity-Reconciles/dp/0801075734

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Professor Nancy Pearcy
*Scholar in Residence at Houston Baptist University.

*Author (9X on Wiki) Total truth.

We’re here today to discuss her most recent, best selling book - (Hold it up - get it at Amazon)

The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes - Grounded Ep. 28

• Let’s start here - People often accuse evangelical Christian men of being oppressive patriarchs, prone to abuse. But you make the surprising claim that they test out as having the lowest levels

of abuse and divorce. Please explain. Why impt.

• But don’t we often hear that Christians divorce at the same rate as the rest of society?

• Your book says men are being torn between two competing scripts for masculinity. What are they?

• Men are falling behind in education, employment, health, and even life expectancy. Why are people

ignoring the real problems men face today?

• Why should we worry about men? Don’t they still occupy most positions of power?

• Your book says criticisms of men began much earlier than most of us think. Where did the idea of “toxic

masculinity” come from?

• As American society grows more secular, how does secularization contribute to a negative script for

masculinity?

• Today’s public rhetoric often casts men as villains and women as victims. Where did these stereotypes

come from?

• Your book says the Darwinian theory of evolution normalized many traits in men that today are labeled

toxic. How so?

• The long-term strategy for preventing toxic behavior in men is for fathers to invest deeply in their sons. But the media portrays fathers as incompetent idiots. Where did that negative image come from?

• What practical steps can fathers take to be more involved with their sons—and their daughters?

• At the end of your book, you address the problem of abuse in Christian homes. How can churches

respond more effectively?

• How can people connect with you and purchase a copy of The Toxic War on Masculinity?

Nancy's website: https://www.nancypearcey.com/

The Toxic War on Masculinity: https://www.amazon.com/Toxic-War-Masculinity-Christianity-Reconciles/dp/0801075734

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Why’d you write Hold the Line? Address what problem?How’s reception been? (Endorsements - Joe Rigney, Megan Basham).
General - diagnosis. what’s sick, ill, weak in our day in churches?

Pg. 4 - onslaught of cultural pressure to conform to beliefs and practices that others deem acceptable. What cultural pressures?How great is the pressure?Where’s the pressure coming from? Outside church, or inside? Inside? How?

Pg. 10 - The last several decades reveal a decline in christian convictions on what were once broadly-held orthodox beliefs. What? What convictions?
(Gender roles in home and church. LGBTQ+. Gender. Abortion; Scripture.)

Pg. 22 - talking about Jesus, John 6 (I’m preaching through). Talk to us about Jesus and the seeker church thing. Was Jesus a church growth guru? Did Jesus develop and work a methodology for attracting & keeping a large crowd?

Pg. 24 - allegiance to Jesus produces conflict w/i families, marriages, and societies (SH - and churches).” Talk about. What? Why?
Then you write about the cost of being a disciple. Talk about it. What is the cost of being a disciple?

Chapter 3 - “Low Bar Christianity”, and the seeker movement. Talk to us about it. What is it? What’s wrong with it?
(Not interested in biblical preaching. Marriages, finances, parenting. They’re the customer, we tailor it all to them. Do not say or do anything they'll find offensive or confrontational.
“Moralistic therapeutic deism.” Who said that? How large is this movement?
Evaluate preaching in USA. I visited your site - love your preaching. And that’s kinda rare.

Pg. 33 - our culture has shifted rapidly, dramatically. (Slow, then fast. We’ve just witnessed fast - tipping point).

Pg. 41 - woke. What is? Showing up in churches? How? (CT, Frankfurt, Columbia U in NYC.)
oppressed/oppressor. How affect churches? (misogynist).
*One branch is feminism. How is fem showing up in churches?

Pg. 47 - “progressive lite.” what is?Talk about… Chapter 5 - contend for the faith. Pg. 58 - Churchill’s famous speech - we shall fight on the beaches. (I read “the last lion” all 3 vols, and have a pic of on my wall. Debbie and I visited London, wanted to go down to Chartwell, didn’t get to.
Why mention? Why’s that get a place in your book? What do you want Christians to learn from this?

Pg. 65 - Contending for the faith is an “all skate” activity.

Pg. 77 - many who affirm these truths in word don’t practice them in deed. Many say the Bible is God’s word, but do not live with the Bible as their ultimate authority. Talk about that.
Chapter 7 - boldness. P91 - “lost people need christian men and women, boys and girls, to speak the truth in a world of lies.”

Pg. 93 - Live not by lies.

Bonus Question: Recent tweet - meeting with businessmen/entrepreneurs in your church, who are actively seeking ways to increase their revenues and launch new businesses for the sake of funding ministry and vision in your church.

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1. The state of things in the world - Factfulness (Hanz Rosling / Bill Gates)

2. The Curse (Genesis 3:16)

3. The dangers of pregnancy and other things concerning health.

4. Technology, specific to improving the average woman’s condition.

5. How should we process life these changes alongside God’s word? (1 Timothy 5:9-10)

6. Birth rate decline (Elon Musk, Peter Zeihan, God's cultural mandate - Gen. 1:26-28; Gen 2:15)

7. Model after Proverbs 31, yes work outside and inside the home is good. How best to do life?

8. Single is also just as good and perhaps better (1 Corinthians 7)

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1) Defining our terms - Modesty defined,(1 Cor 12:2, 1 Tim 2:9)

2) Why is modesty a bigger issue today? - Feminism (Proverbs 7:10, rape culture, Mark 7)

3) Rebranding - Current Christianity tends to rebrand unsavory parts of the faith/Bible

4) What can't we say? - Men are not part of the conversation (Paul addresses only women directly on this issue in 1 Tim 2:9-10)

5) Are there different types of modesty? - Financial, status, sexually.

6) God says so - (Gen 3, 1 Tim 2)

7) How should Christian women dress? - Proverbs 11:22

8) God is critical of those who dress as prostitutes - Proverbs 7:10

9) Humility - It's humble not to flaunt gifts, that includes physical ones.

10) Love - Love thy neighbor as thyself (Matt 22:39, Rom 13:10, Phil 2, Girl Talk: Carolyn Mahaney, 1 John 3:17, Gal 6:2)

11) Is she in any way responsible? - No, lust is clearly on the offender (Luke 6:45, Feminism)

12) Is there a verse that specifically talks about a woman's lack of modesty causing a man to sin? - No, but it can contribute (Rom 13:10)

13) Jesus taught about lust - Addressed only men (Matthew 5:27-28, Job 31:1)

14) Can we apply what Jesus said about lusting with our eyes to women? - (Isaiah 3:16, modern day statistics of pornography viewing)

15) What is the root issue involved in modesty? -

There are multiple:
a) Desiring acceptance
b) Desiring to be noticed
c) Not submitting to God
d) Not respecting our bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit
e) A lack of humility
f) Not loving others
g) Not understanding how we are made with differences

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