Synopsis
The Five Aspects of Man course provides men with a framework for understanding themselves and other men as the masculine creatures God created them to be.
Product Details
Format: 20 lessons, 173 pages, 3-hole punched, 8.5"x11"; 16 text transcripts, 105 pages, three-hole punched, shrinkwrapped, 8.5"x11" (binder not included)
Book/transcripts are interdependent, not available for separate purchase
Full Description
Five Aspects of Man is not so much about how-to-be a man as it is about how-to-see a man from God's viewpoint. This study will not offer a recipe for manhood. Rather, it will provide a framework, within which you can rightly understand yourself and other men as the masculine creatures God created you to be.
The aspects of man are drawn from five Bible passages, selected as starting points for organizing the Bible's teaching about masculinity. Each of these "gender passages" says something basic about males and females and how they relate to one another. Here are the passages along with the male aspects drawn from them:
- Lord of the Earth (Gen. 1) Man is created in the image of God to rule and subdue the earth for God.
- Husbandman (Gen. 2) Man is created to cultivate the persons and things within his realm, so they fulfill their potential within God's creation.
- Savior (Gen. 3) Man is created to war sacrificially against evil and injustice until they are vanquished.
- Sage (Prov. 1-9) Man is created to be trained by mature men, to gain skill and insight, to take his place among wise men, doing work which counts forever.
- Glory of God (1 Cor. 11; Eph. 5) Man is created to display something of God's glory in his bearing, roles, and activities. Made for God and sharing masculinity with God, man relates to nature, women, and other men in ways characteristic of God's power, righteousness, grace, and love.
