Manhood Restored Quotes

“The fatherless man can find strength in the fatherhood of God. Through a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, God becomes our Father. He is proud of His children because He is pleased with His Son who lives in them. In Jesus, God was and is calling those who are His children as they hear His voice and respond by the power of the Holy Spirit ( John 8:39–47; 10:22–30).”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“Abandonment - and that's precisely what it is-is never a solution. It never takes away pain, but only adds to it.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“To be a Christian means that God has become our point of reference and framework. “In him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28). As Christians we need to become more and more self-consciously aware of this truth. One way to do this is to follow the apostle Paul’s instruction (2 Cor. 10:5) to bring every thought captive to the obedience of Christ or to “think God’s thoughts after him.” To be a Christian, not in name only, but as one who practices his or her beliefs (which is the essence of a disciple), is to think from a Christian perspective about life and reality. In becoming Christian our life becomes oriented to God who tells us to “be transformed by the renewal of your mind.” (Rom. 12:2)6”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“Without the Gospel, I am only projecting behavioral modification. Changes of the heart must trump mere change of behavior. Therefore, the goodness of God through the gospel must trump all other philosophies in the home.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“Being healthy in steadfastness is power need in our day of entitlement. Entitlement thinks it deserves what it receives, but steadfastness is instead thankful for what it receives because it teaches appreciation through challenge.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“Western definition of adolescence, as we’ll soon see, does align remarkably well with the biblical definition of childhood.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“Without the Fatherhood of God driving our manhood, we become "mad scientists" as we destructively experiment with those in our charge. But because of Jesus there is hope...Through a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, God becomes our Father.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“We need the gospel. We need it more than books. More than studies. More than groups. We need the life-giving, identity-establishing, purpose-defining gospel of Jesus Christ.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“Therefore, both have an equal relationship with God, but each is distinct in how he or she represents Him and lives out their responsibility toward Him.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“Pilgrim tells us we are people who spend our lives going someplace, going to God, and whose path for getting there is the way, Jesus Christ.2”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“Wisdom is skill in living; it is living one's life so that something of lasting value is produced.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“Fearing the Lord means standing in awe of the reality of who God is. When we fear the Lord, we live our lives knowing that God is watching. God in Christ has restored our vision for this—for the believer, fearing God isn’t a terror; it’s a pleasure.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“Men, if your wife is lifeless, uncommitted to the Lord, spiritually docile, and ineffective in her role as a wife, you need to consider not what is wrong with her, but rather what your role is in her being in that state. It doesn’t all fall on you, just as it’s not Jesus’ fault if you aren’t moving forward spiritually. But you must think long and hard about whether you have truly died to yourself enough to empower your wife to the glory of Jesus.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“For Jesus, just as it is for us, prayer and vigorous fighting are the means to overcome temptation.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“Jesus was not short of drive and purpose. Men, who REALLY follow Jesus, might not have all the details of life, but they will possess in increasing measure this kind of redemptive drive that gives life a dramatic sense of purpose.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“jealousy always involves three persons: self, a loved one, and a rival. Feelings of fear arise in the self when there is a threatened (real or imagined) loss of the affection of the loved one. It is, in fact, often imagined rather than real; and even when it is real, jealousy is never wholly rational.9 Fear can be accompanied by hostility toward the rival, and both are often intense emotions because the threatened loss strikes at one’s self-esteem and narcissism.10 Jealousy heightens the human sense of powerlessness, since the jealous person feels incapable of stopping the loss that is about to occur.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“most of the devolution of our contemporary culture can be traced directly to the brokenness of men today. Whether the issue is faithfulness, crime, poverty, or a myriad of other social ills; at the core is the failure of men to become what God has created them to be.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“one of the most powerful definitions of leadership: “Leadership is taking the initiative for the benefit of others.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“Though both preaching and teaching are important, nothing really takes the place of digging into the Word on our own. As we personally and privately study, memorize, and meditate on the Scriptures, intimacy with Jesus is fostered as the Holy Spirit changes our minds and applies the Word to our souls (John 14:26; 1 Cor. 2:9–10).”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“view. Our separation from God is so embedded that our dysfunction has become the new normal.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“There was much more wrapped up in that piece of fruit in the garden than just a bad decision. With sin, there always is. We talk ourselves into thinking that sin is just a bad choice; it’s not. It’s much deeper than that for us, just as it was for Adam.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“As men, we must not become lethargic in our vigilance against things that would attempt to destroy manhood.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“Our separation from God is so embedded that our dysfunction has become the new normal.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“It’s time for manhood to be restored.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“We need fathers, and we’re only going to be fathers to our children when we see that true fatherhood is rooted and defined in God the Father.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“Maybe even more important, though, is that when we cast vision we follow in the footsteps of our vision-casting God. God has been casting vision from the very beginning. In Genesis 1:26–28, He cast a compelling vision of man and his role in creation. In Genesis 12 He cast vision to Abraham about a preferred future for him even though he and his wife could not have children. He cast vision to Samuel in 1 Samuel 7 about David’s eternal house, throne, and kingdom. He cast vision to Daniel about the future of the nation. But His greatest vision casting was that Jesus would die on the cross and restore everything on His behalf (Isa. 53; Ps. 110:1–2). God has endowed us with the ability to cast”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“God designed humans with a unique capacity for relationship because it was His intent that this centerpiece of His creation, man and woman, would be relationally connected to Him for eternity. Without relationship none of the other aspects of being an image bearer would matter.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“When you look at this stone you see a rock, but when I look at it I see an image in the rock. All I am trying to do is get to the image by removing everything else in the way.” That is what God does through the process of restoration. We have been restored already, and yet we are still being restored. The image is there, but a lot is left around it.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“Our world—our families, organizations, and communities—are crying out for compelling leadership. As we think of compelling leadership—of the genuine desire to follow someone we believe in—we cannot help but think of Jesus Christ. When you look at the passion, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, it makes you want to follow. It makes you want to crown His greatness. And anyone who still thinks of following this kind of leader leads to a life of boredom simply hasn’t taken time to engage in the type of life Jesus has called us to.”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole

“This certainly wasn’t an isolated incident, but it is indicative of Jesus’ ferocious ambition to walk with His Father by trusting in Him to overcome temptation. For Jesus, just as it is for us, prayer and vigorous fighting are the means to overcome temptation. Jesus’ manhood in this particular instance is awe inspiring; He fought against the greatest temptation imaginable, in regard to His most challenging responsibility, and yet didn’t drop the ball:”
― Eric Mason, Manhood Restored: How the Gospel Makes Men Whole