{"id":6236,"date":"2014-12-31T08:25:05","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T15:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/thoughtlife\/?p=6236"},"modified":"2014-12-31T08:28:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T15:28:11","slug":"training-the-next-generation-to-be-men-and-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thoughtlife\/2014\/12\/training-the-next-generation-to-be-men-and-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Training the Next Generation to Be Men and Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"castleberry\"<\/a>We live in strange days. Many of my parental peers are not training their boys and girls to be men and women. They\u2019re helping their little tykes select their gender, as ABC News recently reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s increasingly considered oppressive and unkind to dare to give boys a sense of manhood and girls a sense of womanhood.\u00a0Living in a culture like this makes me deeply thankful for a whole host of young complementarian men and women who love manhood and womanhood. They don\u2019t see either as a threat or a burden. They love God\u2019s good gifts. They see living as a man or a woman as a matter of delight, not duty.<\/p>\n

These young, vibrant complementarians are\u00a0not threatened, worried, or scared of the culture. They see today, right now, as an opportunity. They have the chance to make the case afresh for biblical wisdom and gospel identity.<\/p>\n

Grant Castleberry, Executive Director of the Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, just shared how excited he is for this cause<\/a>. Here\u2019s a bit of what he wrote in reflecting on 2014:<\/p>\n

At the beginning of November, I had the opportunity to speak to the adult leaders of the Christian boys\u2019 high-adventure organization, Trail Life USA, at a camp in the Upstate of South Carolina. My message to them at their closing campfire (in the snow and in a brisk, freezing wind) was entitled \u201cHow to Train Young Men.\u201d It was an incredibly surreal moment, as I was able to speak to close to 100 men from 2 Timothy 4:1-8, Paul\u2019s final admonition to Timothy, to explain three absolute necessities in training young men for godliness: 1) Preach and Teach the Word of God, 2) Be Vigilant, and 3) Finish Strong. By way of reminder, I explained to them why we must continue to teach the Word of God by pointing back to Paul\u2019s famous statement in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 that \u201cAll Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole thing<\/a>, and consider giving to CBMW<\/a> as we close out 2014 (and seek to raise $10k in a day!).<\/p>\n

Some folks out there don\u2019t care that much about manhood and womanhood. That\u2019s their prerogative (or lack thereof). But at CBMW, we do care. More than that\u2013we\u2019re passionate about these God-created realities. We believe that we flourish when we embrace our manhood or womanhood, not when we deny it or remake it. We know that the gospel is not separate from our sexuality. The good news of Christ crucified and risen raises us to life not as androgynous blobs<\/a>, but as\u00a0men and women<\/em>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a message worth talking about. It\u2019s worth celebrating. It\u2019s worth all the cost of championing it. At CBMW, we\u2019re here to joyfully speak just this message, and link arms with a massive group of churches from across the denominational and international spectrum who share that passion.<\/p>\n

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