The Mighty Meekness of Masculinity: Part 6 - The History of Fallen Masculinity
Every Square Inch Podcast
Christ for Kentucky
4.9 • 557 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
If God designed masculinity to be beautiful, where did it go wrong? Well, as you’ll see in this episode, it’s gone wrong many times over the course of history. But as Robert walks through this history of fallen masculinity, you’ll also see glimmers of redemption and hope through Christ and his Church.
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| 0:39.3 | and we hope you enjoy this episode of every square inch. Hello, everyone. We are back after a couple weeks off where I enjoyed a much needed vacation. |
| 1:06.0 | Hopefully it allowed everyone the opportunity to catch up on the series. We are hosting on masculinity. |
| 1:11.9 | We have explored in depth the God's original design for masculinity, and it is time to move on |
| 1:21.1 | and discuss the disaster of fallen masculinity. But first, one quick follow-up note from my previous podcast. I discussed the |
| 1:33.9 | role of men within the covenantal institutions of marriage and church. I said that only within the |
| 1:42.4 | covenant do I believe there are formalized roles of male |
| 1:47.7 | leadership. And I define that leadership as subversive, sacrificial leadership modeled after the |
| 1:54.7 | cross of Jesus Christ. And I offhandedly mention that while male leadership is formalized only within a covenantal |
| 2:04.7 | arrangement, I do believe there is an informal role that masculinity plays within greater |
| 2:11.9 | society, meaning just because I reject historic patriarchy that institutionalized male-only leadership across |
| 2:21.8 | society, that doesn't mean that I don't think there is a crucial, informal role for masculine |
| 2:27.8 | leadership in service to the common good of a culture. Well, I should have known that an offhanded comment always leads to |
| 2:37.2 | questions because it did. So let me clarify what I meant by that. I do not think a society can |
| 2:44.2 | flourish, fully flourish, unless its men embody sacrificial strength. Simply put, the informal role that men ought to play |
| 2:54.5 | within a society is chivalry. A Christianized culture, which we now take for granted, is one where |
| 3:02.2 | the strongest sacrifice themselves for the most vulnerable. Historically, the vulnerable were exploited by the |
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