Man You're Made to Be
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Paperback / softback
£9.99
Publisher: SPCK Publishing
ISBN: 9780281082209
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 18/07/2019
Width: 12.9 cm
Height: 19.8 cm
'Accessible, practical, honest, insightful, funny and vulnerable.' Mike Pilavachi
'A gift to the church.' Christianity Magazine
The Man You're Made to Be by author Martin Saunders starts by asking, What makes a man?
The answer used to be easy. You chopped wood, you wrestled bears, and never showed an ounce of emotion.
Today, thankfully, we’ve started leaving some of those ill-fitting gender stereotypes behind. But what replaces them? How do you make sense of masculinity in a world of mixed messages?
If you’re a young man growing up in this world, The Man You’re Meant To Be is your invite on an adventure to explore the issues that confront us as guys - from conducting relationships, setting healthy boundaries and processing emotions, to handling money and behaving online - and to discover a better way of living through faith in Christ. If you’re a youth worker or parent nurturing a young man, then this book is also a must read for you.
Drawing on personal stories – mainly about the sorts of mistakes you don’t have to make – and looking at Jesus as a role model who provides a much better blueprint for growing up well as a man, Martin Saunders provides an entertaining, easy-to-read way to ask the biggest questions: who am I, and why on earth am I here?
Foreword by Rachel Gardner ix
Read this bit first xiii
1 Embark: a chapter about character 1
2 Who? A chapter about identity 17
3 (male) Model: a chapter about Jesus 35
4 Feels: a chapter about emotions 53
5 Lines: a chapter about sex 71
6 Itches: a chapter about temptation 87
7 Banter: a chapter about friendship 107
8 Same: a chapter about technology 121
9 Better: a chapter about women 137
10 Everything: a chapter about materialism 149
11 Pursue: a chapter about adventure 163
Read this bit last 173
Thanks
Accessible, practical, honest, insightful, funny and vulnerable. This book will help many men (young and not so young) in their search for meaning and an authentic life that reflects the purpose of their creator. Martin doesn't shirk the tough questions but meets them head on with his usual combination of kindness, integrity and humour. * Mike Pilavachi * Outstanding ... witty and wise ... a gift to the UK church. * Christianity Magazine * I want every guy to read this book ... truly excellent. * Rachel Gardner, Director of National Work, Youthscape *