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!

...and having spoken, what does he say?

And who is Serapion anyway? Why should we listen to him if he speaks?
What does he want?

"I too will have my say; I too will tell what I know.
For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me;
inside I am like bottled-up wine,
like new wineskins ready to burst.
I must speak and find relief;
I must open my lips and reply.
I will show partiality to no one,
nor will I flatter any man;
for if I were skilled in flattery,
my Maker would soon take me away."
- Job 32:17-22 (NIV)