Hey guys, my name is Johnny Artivantis and this is Dialin.

In this series, Big Questions, Biblical Answers, we're seeking to provide resources and content

to some of the most fundamental and prominent questions that many people ask about God,

the gospel, the Bible, and how that pertains to life and culture.

In this episode, I sit down with Paul Washer and ask him the question,

what is biblical masculinity

and why is it so important? Let's dial in.

Paul, thanks again for being with us. I want to ask you about biblical masculinity. The idea of biblical

masculinity is disappearing in today's culture, and yet we see that it is so important as we look

at the scripture. Talk to me about biblical masculinity and why it's so important.

Well, first of all, there is a difference between a man and a woman.

I know that in today, that's shocking.

But, you know, Paul told the Corinthians act like men.

There had to be a basis for that.

But here's what we need to understand.

Let's say that my father's generation and for the most part my

generation the idea of being a man was John Wayne okay and if you watch some of

the John Wayne movies there was a lot of things noble about that but there were

a lot of things that weren't noble so John Wayne and that type of thing isn't

the model the arch type of what a man is to be.

And then if you go to the other extreme, which you seem to find today, it's the very opposite of that person.

A very passive, delicate man, a fearful man. It's like his psyche is broken and he just crumbles. Part of that we need to

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