Restoring Real Masculinity in the Church with Chase Davis
Conversations That Matter
Jon Harris
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Jon Harris sits down with Pastor Chase Davis to discuss his new book Offensive Christianity Restoring the Strength of Men in a Feminized Age. They examine the roots of weakness in the modern church, the failures of both seeker sensitive evangelicalism and neo pagan responses, and what authentic biblical manhood looks like rooted in theology, biology, glory, and dominion. Full of practical wisdom for Christian men of all ages and strong encouragement for intergenerational mentorship and courageous faith.
00:00 Welcome and Guest Introduction
00:02:10 Chase Davis Book - Offensive Christianity
00:04:55 Chase’s Background and Father’s Influence
00:09:20 The Crisis of Masculinity in the Church
00:13:45 Theological Anthropology and Biblical Manhood
00:18:30 Young Restless Reformed Years and Influences
00:23:50 Failures of Modern Evangelicalism
00:28:40 Neo-Pagan Right Critique and Resentment
00:33:20 Bitterness vs Agency - What Men Should Do
00:38:45 Intergenerational Mentorship in the Church
00:44:10 Practical Men’s Ministry at The Well Church
00:48:30 Competition, Strength, and Glory for Men
00:53:10 Weightlifting, Adventure, and Active Faith
00:57:40 Final Thoughts and Where to Get the Book
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Conversations, That Matter podcast. I'm your host, John Harris. We have a special guest today who's been on the podcast, I believe once before. That is Pastor Chase Davis. He is pastor at the Well Church in Boulder, Colorado. If you ever get near Boulder, what a beautiful place Boulder is. What a crazy liberal town, though. But Chase is obviously one of the lights in that area, trying to spread the good news of the gospel and also just biblical thinking in general. He just came out with a book called Defensive Christianity. I'm holding it in my hand, |
| 0:43.4 | restoring the strength of men in a feminized age. You can also check out his website, which is, |
| 0:47.7 | he's got a few, but Offensive Christianity Book.com, if you want to check out the book, or go to commonplace.com, where you can look up all kinds of cool stuff on our forebears, what |
| 0:54.0 | puritan and reform thinkers thought about various topics and issues. |
| 0:58.1 | So with that, Chase, thanks for coming on the podcast and talking to us a little bit about your book. |
| 1:02.9 | Happy to be here, John. |
| 1:04.0 | Glad to come back and appreciate your endorsement on the book. |
| 1:06.8 | It means a lot to me. |
| 1:07.7 | I really respect the work you do. |
| 1:09.2 | So I'm really glad to be here today. |
| 1:10.3 | I didn't make the back cover. |
| 1:13.5 | So I was very offended, but if you look at the beginning, though, there's my name there. |
| 1:19.3 | Somewhere, there it is. |
| 1:20.7 | They're right there. |
| 1:21.3 | It's right there. |
| 1:22.4 | So, right, between Doug Wilson and Eric Con. |
| 1:25.9 | So, yeah, I mean, you got a lot of people together to |
| 1:29.1 | endorse this. How long did that take you? Just out of curiosity because like I was like, wow, |
| 1:34.1 | there's a lot of names on this. Yeah. I mean, I just, you know, made friends with a lot of people |
| 1:39.9 | over the last five years looking for guys that were showing courage, that were speaking to |
| 1:44.1 | issues that I thought were important. And so I worked on this book. over the last five years looking for guys that were showing courage that were speaking to issues |
| 1:44.5 | that I thought were important. And so I worked on this book last year, starting last March, |
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