Hey, happy summer. It's Owen Strand. I'm back. Except right now, Grace and Truth is on a short

summer break. There's a lot going on in my life. My family is moving from one state to another,

and we may even be enjoying just a few days of this summer. And so this episode is one we have run

previously, but it's one that our audience, my audience has responded to very strongly. And so we're representing it to you in hopes that it will be a

blessing in some small way to you. We'll be back recording and releasing new episodes very soon.

Until I return, enjoy your summer, and God bless you. Does a godly man take dominion of his wife? Does he dominate her? Does he take

dominion of his children? These are all questions we are going to ask and answer today on grace and truth.

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on all relevant platforms. In their book, A Biblical Guide to Taking Dominion and Discipling Nations,

Andrew Torba and Andrew Isker say this. They call men to, quote, take dominion of your wife and children, end quote.

This is from two figures who are associated, of course, quite prominently with the movement called Christian nationalism.

I have been something of a critic of Christian nationalism, at least from some angles. I agree with its

desire to get Christians involved in the public square. I understand where the movement is coming

from because in evangelical circles, a good number of Christians have basically abandoned public

theology, and that has not been a good thing at all. However, sometimes the cure can be worse than the disease, or at least as bad as it.

And I want to evaluate today this idea that I find here in specific form in a biblical

guide to taking dominion by Torba and Isker, but you find more broadly in what we call the

Red Pill Manhood sphere online.

Red Pill Manhood is basically an attempt to assert traditional manhood unapologetically.

In a feminist and even pagan age, red pill manhood emphasizes that men need to be strong and men need to step up and take responsibility.

Christian Red Pill Manhood, or I guess a form of that, tries to emphasize those things, but link it up with what scripture teaches. I'm going to critique

this idea that men take dominion of their wife and children specifically today in this episode.

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