It’s Good To Be a Man (Michael Foster)

It’s Good To Be a Man

A Handbook for Godly Masculinity

Men were made to rule. They always have and always will. Nothing can change that. Nothing will. It is not a question of whether men will be ruling, but which ones and how.

Our modern society has called for us to “smash the patriarchy,” and the church has not done much better. Instead of telling men how they can hone and refine their aggressive traits, the church has told men that they should aspire to be meek servant-leaders, and when a man shows any signs of independence, he is shown to the door.

This leaves most young men lost. They don’t know what to do or how to improve, so they watch Jordan Peterson videos on YouTube to learn how to grow in their masculinity and sense of mission.

In It’s Good To Be a Man, Michael Foster and Dominic Tennant seek to remind men that their natural aggressive instincts are gifts from God that are meant to be used for the kingdom. Men are supposed to establish households, join brotherhoods, and work towards a mission. This book offers men a quick guide to where they are and how they can get better. God made men to be strong and aggressive risk-takers. This is not a flaw; it’s God’s plan.

Contents

Introduction
1 The War between Patriarchies
2 Masculinity Is Very Good
3 Sex Is Very Good
4 The War on Sex
5 Spiritual War & Spiritual Worship
6 Toxic Sexuality
7 The Church Effeminate
8 No Father, No Manhood
9 No Gravitas, No Manhood
10 Gravitas through Duty
11 How to Bear the Weight
12 Manhood through Mission
13 The Necessity of Fraternity
14 The Excellence of Marriage
Afterword

About the Authors

Michael Foster is a serial entrepreneur who has been in bi-vocational ministry the better part of his adult life. God has blessed him with a beautiful wife and seven children. He is the pastor of East River Church (CREC) in Batavia just outside Cincinnati, and co-hosts the It’s Good to Be a Man podcast.

Dominic Bnonn Tennant has a background in writing, design, apologetics, and theology. He lives in New Zealand with his wife and four children, works freelance as a copywriter and web designer, and likes learning to build things.