In 2013, over six thousand men \u2013 and only men \u2013 gather in Hamilton, Ontario for the \u2018Act Like Men\u2019 conference. They\u2019ve come to learn how to be real Christian men. To reclaim a sense of biblical masculinity. To be told that, to be strong, they must not act like women. He is alive like lightning, casting sharp, electric, verbal bolts. A wave of nuclear frisson that moves through the crowd as he yells into his mic about Abraham and Abraham\u2019s father \u2014 about the generations of the godless before Abraham who are \u201cstacked like kindling for the eternal fire.\u201d Shaking his chains \u2013 he\u2019s brought real metal chains on stage with him \u2013 making them look weightless though you can hear their heavy clanking through his mic. To him they are light. They weigh nothing compared to God\u2019s judgment.<\/p>\n A real revivalist preacher, a \u2018bro,\u2019 and easily the most charismatic speaker here. A prophet shouting out in the desert of secularism, the spiritual desert of \u201cpussified men,\u201d of soy milk, and organic honey. And what is his prophecy?<\/p>\n It\u2019s emblazoned on the banners lining the entrance to the stadium. The name of the conference: \u201cAct Like Men.\u201d Each banner outlines one of its four pillars. I open the booklet they gave me at registration and read.<\/p>\n
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