Masculine Mandate, The: God's Calling to Men

In this book, Richard D. Phillips cuts through the cultural confusion, highlights God's calling for men, and encourages readers to join him on a journey of repentance and renewal. Beginning in the Garden of Eden, he draws foundational teaching for men from the earliest chapters of God's Word. Christian men today need to examine their hearts and embrace their God-given role. Only then will they be able to recognise their high calling, and by God's grace, serve faithfully in whatever context God has placed them.

220 pages

Contents
Foreword
Preface
PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING OUR MANDATE
1 Man in the Garden
2 The Masculine Mandate
3 Man’s Sacred Calling to Work
4 Man as the Image of God
5 Man as Shepherd-Lord
PART TWO: LIVING OUR MANDATE
6 God’s Astonishing Design for Marriage
7 Marriage Cursed and Redeemed
8 Marriage and the Masculine Mandate
9 To Work: The Discipling of Children
10 To Keep: The Discipline of Children
11 Men in Friendship
12 The Masculine Mandate in the Church
13 Servants of the Lord
Notes
Index of Scripture
Index of Subjects and Names

"Egalitarian and chauvinistic thinking have corrupted our ideas about godly manhood. With boldness of heart and pastoral wisdom, Rick Phillips leads us back toward biblical manhood - masculinity grounded in the cultural mandate, the cross, and the ordinary means of grace."
- Eric C. Redmond, Senior pastor, Reformation Alive Baptist Church

"... Rick Phillips lays out the biblical mandate for men to work and keep the world around us. This book carefully avoids stereotypes and legalistic rules, while unfolding with clarity and practical simplicity the biblical vision of men..."
- Iain M. Duguid, Professor of Religion, Grove City College