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  1. PJ
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    The Christian man
    September 11, 2019
    PJ
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    I received a free copy of this book to review from Dave Armstrong, our local Area Director from Man in the Mirror and I was a bit skeptical with so many books like this on the market but I was pleasantly surprised when I started reading. As a pastor who is passionate about making disciples I was happy to see a tool like this that can be practically used as you minister to men. The layout is easy to read and the author is truly authentic. I would recommend this for individual or small groups of men to read and challenge each other together. A special bonus is that I gave it to my 21 year old son and he was really challenged by it to. Definitely a book worth not only having but passing along to others.

  2. QkTreasures
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    "The Christian Man" 10 Issues Men Say Matter Most
    January 30, 2020
    QkTreasures
    Excited to start reading this, Hopefully it helps with my Focus and Anxiety Issues also I struggle with being Obedient to God. Received mine for Free from www.maninthemirror.org/radio God's Blessing's Ron.
  3. Artee
    1 Stars Out Of 5
    Spiritually Dangerous for Men - Read the author's words and decide.
    August 6, 2020
    Artee
    Pat Morley got 24 men together and questioned them about issues they said matter most. He used these conversations as the basis for this book, The Christian Man. Pat seems to be a nice guy who desires men to turn to Christ. His tone throughout is conversational and friendly, like a guy that comes alongside you and wants to show you a better way because he is in the trenches with you.

    Unfortunately, The Christian Man reads like a book put together by committee, too formulaic where it need not be formulaic, too vague were more clarity is needed, and outright dangerous at points.

    I am a pastor of a church in the Midwest, around the age that this book is meant to speak to. I see the type of men this book is meant for week in and week out.

    While there are a few parts of this book that are well written and biblical, I cannot recommend it as a whole. The bad parts are bad, and they overshadow any good left in the book. There are better, clearer, and more biblical based resources to point people towards.

    First, some good things. Both of the next sentences are direct quotes, though I had to remove some of the contractions in order to publish this review.

    Pg. 50, you have all the time you need to do everything God wants you to do.

    Pg. 57, We do not use our personal experiences to interpret our Bibles; we use our Bibles to interpret our personal experiences.

    Ch. 4 on marriage is generally helpful, especially the idea that you (and your spouse) are not going to meet your expectations for the other all the time, and the call of a husband to sacrificially love his wife.

    I appreciate the Theology of Work section, pgs. 192-204. I would recommend that this section be turned into a little booklet. It is clear, concise, and supported by Scripture every step of the way.

    Second, the unwise, unhelpful, or just bad things.

    Paying your kids to do devotions. In the chapter on children Pat says he paid his kids to do devotions growing up. While this is certainly a personal preference issue, I cannot make sense of why anyone would do this. Seems like you are setting up your kids to be rewarded materially for a spiritual activity. Though not unbiblical, seems unwise.

    Using the story of Lazarus and people removing his bandages and saying this is akin to men needing friends that help change our own spiritual grave clothes. Linking the story of Lazarus to friendships is a stretch biblically, and I just found the analogy forced.

    The rest of the chapter on work and finding a satisfying job was not as helpful as the Theology of Work section. While I affirm that God generally wants men to find enjoyment in their work, God may not want you to have a satisfying job for a season of life.

    Here is the reason why I would NEVER recommend this book to anyone...the chapter on Lust. Does Pat say some true things about how to deal with lust. Absolutely. But he also says some AWFUL things.

    When talking about lust, masturbation is an uncomfortable but necessary subject to talk about, and Pat addresses it. In a section on masturbation, pg. 229, he writes the following sentence:

    You can masturbate and not sin.

    Really. How does that work. How could a person sin sexually and gratify themselves without lusting. I understand that in theory it could be done, but is it ever done without lusting.

    Pat, what you wrote is at best careless and irresponsible, and it gives Christian men a loophole for sexual sin.

    Please think about this: the bar you are setting for Christian men includes masturbation. Is that really where you think Christ wants the bar set.

    If this were not distressing enough, he follows on the same page with the following two sentences which are direct quotes.

    Men are going to masturbate for pleasure. That is all there is to it.

    After reading these two sentences, I had to walk away from this book for a moment.

    Pat, If your conviction for what God wants for Christian men includes lusting and masturbation as a part of the Christian life, then I would ask you to rethink your ministry model. You are not calling men to complete freedom in Christ from sexual sin.

    I would not recommend this book to anyone because of the weak section on lust and masturbation. I do not understand how any of the other reviewers could read this section and still think this was a good book to recommend to others, especially if you are a pastor and recommending to your flock. It leads me to believe they never really read this book at all.

    Pat, please get this book out of circulation and edit the chapter on Lust. What you have put out is spiritually dangerous for men.

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