Why Christian Men Have the Wrong Jesus
Dear Pastor,
As we announced a couple of weeks ago, we are beginning a new ministry venture reaching out to men, specifically. Below is our latest teaching effort on YouTube.
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Video Notes: The modern church has accidentally produced two false Jesuses. The Soft Jesus of evangelical drift — endlessly accommodating, never confrontational, essentially a therapist with a beard. And the Angry Jesus of certain online corners of Christian masculinity — the warrior, the culture-fighter, the one who is mostly remembered for the temple and the whip. Both are caricatures. Neither is the actual Christ of Scripture.
In this teaching from Anvil & Word, we walk through Revelation 5 — where John is promised the Lion of the tribe of Judah and instead sees a wounded Lamb. Same Christ. Both at once. The strength and the tenderness are not in tension. They are the same thing, expressed differently.
Three things to see: the two false Jesuses, the Lion-and-the-Lamb paradox at the heart of heaven, and what it means for Christian men who have been told to be one without the other.
This is a teaching for Christian men who are tired of being asked to choose between half a Christ and half a Christ.