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Hello, friends, and welcome back.

We are close to concluding our series on masculinity.

One thing that is impossible to deny, culturally speaking, is that something is stirring within the rising generation of young men, some extremely encouraging trends, and some concerning trends. But what is undeniable

is that manhood is trending. For reasons we have discussed at length in this series,

masculinity has undergone a cultural attack leading to a cultural crisis.

And this series is my attempt to speak into the crisis with what I hope is a compelling Christian vision for men.

We spent a considerable amount of time exploring God's original design for masculinity, then the

devastation of sinful masculinity, and in the past few episodes we have been discussing the redemption

of masculinity. Last episode, I tried to demonstrate that the long arc of Christian moral influence, though admittedly complicated

and often duplicitous, even still, has proven to be the most effective remedy to the

world's dilemma of harmful male domination.

And you'll recall that I did not just make that claim, I backed it up with

data from the social sciences. Statistically speaking, devout Christian men rank highest by a wide

margin in every metric that defines a healthy man, healthy husband, healthy father. But there is a catch to that data.

The worst men in society, statistically speaking, also identify as Christians. So here's the

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