17 April 2007

O that Men would Praise His Name!

The conventional wisdom is that the church is a male-dominated patriarchal organization. It's hard to know whether that ever was true, but it certainly is NOT true now. In most Christian endeavors, the clear majority population is female. A typical statistic is 60 - 70 % female, 40-30% male.

My wife is attending a class in the Gospel of Luke at our local community college. The class is taught by a feminist who is trying to make the point that Jesus is on the side of the feminist against the male oppressor. As my wife shares with me what the professor is teaching, we can't help thinking that she is fighting an old battle. A battle that doesn't need to be fought anymore. The women have (largely) won. Now the problem is, where does that leave the men? Defeated and effeminate.

God made men, just as he made women. They are not the same. The church in its current manifestation in the United States, in most church groups and denominations really caters to women, and women are the clear majority. Why?

God calls Men to worship him and respect him and serve him.
O that Men would praise His name to the ends of the earth!

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