Eric Mason. Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole. Nashville, TN: B&H, 2013. 224 pp. $14.99.
Review by Aaron Armstrong
As a rule, I don’t like books about being a “biblical man.” Too often they resort to describing a specific kind of guy: one who’s wild at heart and wants to slay a dragon, climb a mountain, and play with power tools.
I am none of those things.
In fact, I’m forbidden from using power tools because I’m so inept. So if these are the sort of things that define being a biblical man, what does that make me?
Fortunately, Eric Mason doesn’t resort to trite depictions of being a man of God. He understands that men aren’t ultimately motivated by declarations, covenants, and promise rings to do more and try harder to be better men. Manhood needs to be transformed by the gospel, and Manhood Restored is about how the gospel does exactly that.
Mason, lead pastor of Epiphany Fellowship in Philadelphia, tackles four broad subjects: God’s original intent for mankind and sin’s distortion of it; “daddy delinquency” and the destruction of the family; Jesus as the restorer and supreme example of biblical manhood; and a restored manhood’s effect on worldview, sexuality, vision (think leadership), family, and the church.
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