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Seeing that he could be judged as being immensely negative in this book This book is an example of a book that takes a worthwhile subject of considerable importance and spends a great deal of time working on the graphical design and the structure of the book to make it short enough at just over 250 pages to make it easy to read for men or for the women who want to encourage them but without paying attention to the need to have a tone that is uplifting and edifying The point is not to tear down men for not being all that they could be that is done often enough that the author hardly needs to pile on when so many men are under such consistent attack but rather to encourage men to be the best that they can be by giving good models for success Although it has a great deal of insight.

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Man up it s the best thing you can do for others and yourself Men are so busy doing so many different things when not working their free time is often full of the trivial or sinful But what society and church so desperately need are men who embrace all that God created them to be who long to follow God without limits and meet the needs of those around them without hesitation To get there we need what Pastor James MacDonald calls radical surgery a deep probing exploration and reparation of all that it means to be a man In his definitive bold voice MacDonald calls men to be watchful firm in their faith strong and loving This isn t a call for bravado and bluster It s a call for men to mix tender and tough to be humble to follow Jesus It is a call to be leaders men of God husbands who are present and caring and strong It is straight talk no posturing or posing or beating around the bush inviting men to redemption and restoration in their manhood Read Act Like Men and take bold steps toward being all that God designed you to be Act Like Men 40 Days to Biblical ManhoodJames MacDonald D Min Phoenix Seminary is married to his high school sweetheart Kathy and both are from Ontario Canada He is the father of three grown children a daughter in law a son in law and grandfather to four amazing grandsons James ministry focuses on the unapologetic proclamation of God s Word In 1988 along with a small group of ministry partners James and Kathy planted Harvest Bible Chapel which has grown to 13000 people each weekend meeting in six locations In 1997 a Bible teaching broadcast ministry called Walk in the Word was established now reaching than three million people weekly In 2002 a church planting ministry called Harvest Bible Fellowship was born and has established than 70 churches ac James MacDonald D Min Phoenix Seminary is married to his high school sweetheart Kathy and both are from Ontario Canada He is the father of three grown children a daughter in law a son in law and grandfather to four amazing grandsons James ministry focuses on the unapologetic proclamation of God s Word In 1988 along with a small group of ministry partners James and Kathy planted Harvest Bible Chapel which has grown to 13000 people each weekend meeting in six locations In 1997 a Bible teaching broadcast ministry called Walk in the Word was established now reaching than three million people weekly In 2002 a church planting ministry called Harvest Bible Fellowship was born and has established than 70 churches across North America and around the world James vision is that God will use him to help plant 1000 churches in his lifetime James extensive ministry also includes a training center for pastors a year round camp a biblical counseling center a disaster recovery organization and a Christian school all used to reach people with the life changing message of the Gospel Now impacting millions of lives annually God s favor upon these ministries has been described by James as abundantly baffling The MacDonalds view their ministry as proof that God still uses broken vessels to pour out His grace site_link First off obviously I m not the target demographic for this book But I love psychology and reading books out of my demographic I find it fascinating That said I also love James MacDonald s teaching. Act like men in the bible you know Yes men need to start acting like menBut women also need to start acting like ladies Both biblical standards With that said James MacDonald does a great job at getting the point across keeping it simple With 5 sections 40 chapters a 40 day devotional the chapters are short but not stupid short and at the end of each chapter are questions for reflection followed by a prayer In closing using humor and situations I think every man can relate to Act Like Men will guide you towards biblical manhood An excellent read both on your own or in a small groupI hope to get my dad brothers and God willing husband to read this book. Act Like menzner I received this book in exchange for an honest review All opinions expressed are my own English Writing with clarity and a frankness for which James MacDonald is known Act Like Men is than just a companion devotional to be used with the Bible Study by the same name Although it is that it is so much It is a clarion call to men to live out the faith that God has saved them for Better yet it is a call to surrender and allow God to live that faith through them Using small chapters and straight to the point in your face comments James MacDonald calls men to be men in Christ A must read for any and all desiring to live for God English As always seems to be the case with books for men the differences between men and women are overly stereotypical That one issue aside this book was thoroughly convicting and equally helpful Highly recommended English Great central thrust great emphases MacDonaldbrings a lot of wisdom and common sense to the projectof exhorting men to act like men Untainted by worldly callsfor men to tone down their masculinity Right on Written almost like it was dictatedinto a recorder when he was excited or perhaps from sermons sonot the most polished But gets the job done My biggestquibble is that the back cover synopsis says I believe men wantto be challenged and stretched tested to the limits of who we arewhich made we want to see of this in the book But after reading itI think he just meant that the book as a whole was meant to stretch men Would have liked on that theme English There were some good passages in the book that I found personally beneficial and I m always glad to find a Christian book or devotional with scripture and that isn t Osteenified However I did have several issues with this one The author directs the book to Joe Screwdriver yes that s actually in the book a generalization of man that watches football likes to work on cars and has seen every mafia movie ever made He often stretches his stories to make them fit somehow with the messages and sometimes even likes to namedrop Maybe I m missing the point of this devo altogether but I found it was not for me It probably is a good book for Joe Screwdriver or a baby believer who happens to also be middle aged but that s a narrow niche English I went through this two chapters a week with some guys at my church. Book act like men pdf There are 40 short chapters each of which is a quick read and come across as kind of glib to me However each chapter has 3 to 5 discussion questions at the end that are insanely deep Recommended only if 1 If you have a group of church guys willing to read it regularly and then really think about the questions together My group tried but we still didn t get very deep because only some people were willing to open up But that s not the book s fault And it sparked a lot of good discussions and did make us better friends 2 If you don t have a group of friends to go over it with but can think deeply and are a good journaler Then you ll still get good value out of the discussion questions if you read them look at yourself and your shortcomings at least somewhat honestly and then write down what you ve learned about yourself and what you re hoping you and God will do about fixing it 3 If you want something for a group Bible study or 40 extensive say 1 hour or longer personal Bible studies MacDonald cites 8 15 or so Bible verses per chapter some within the text some only in the back of the book So you can just go through all of those for a chapter and generate your own fairly in depth themed Bible study out of it either by yourself or for a group My group really didn t do that though except when certain people were leading Just different leadership styles 4 If you are a working man who doesn t have time for than a quick devotional read at the beginning of the day and would like some daily help before you head out the door This would probably be great for you. Act like men james macdonald For the author s intended audience I think this book may very well help It also may help newer Christian men or shallow Christian men who have trouble expressing their thoughts or their feelings But in both cases I m skeptical that someone like that is going to be on Goodreads reading this review in the first place If anything it s far likely to be a concerned family member or spouse reading this review and they re probably trying to get that man to shape up in some way through a self help book like this and just want to know if the book will help To such a person say you can try but a manly man like that is probably not going to read this book unless it was his idea all along Especially if he thinks he s doing just fine already You and I both know he probably isn t but you re going to have to wait for God to knock some sense into someone like that first Usually it takes a metaphorical freight train And even then this book is just ok for that if you ask me However for someone not in one of those categories I don t think I recommend the book The rest this review will be about why I think that and then at the end I ll list some other resources that helped me out than this book. Act like men 1 corinthians My take on the author is that he is not a detail person He s stereotypical American to a fault and thinks all men are like him natural leaders simple direct like hunting like sports have ego than is healthy don t read the directions get bored easily are lazy like risk like charging off after a problem like clear black and white answers to everything prideful avoid dealing with problems don t get relationships like meat and taters and you re probably getting the picture by now I know the type but I m not most of that so that was a barrier to me both in being able to relate to the author and being able to do anything with the advice being given. Act like men pdf I would say the author has written this for about one fourth of the stereotypical male population in America Still that s not to say people who don t fit the traditional 1950 s Christian man can t get something out of it A bit of a side note Possibly less than that amount because the impression I have is that for millennials gen X and gen Z society has relentlessly made so much effort to convince us that a natural masculine traits are somehow bad b there is somehow no difference of any kind between male and female biological or otherwise and c being androgynous or getting a sex change is somehow the way to go Anyway In addition the book also comes across as pretty glib in parts to me For example the author tells a lot of short stories to set up his points Usually he gets details about the setting or similar wrong in his story Such as a story about wolves being reintroduced to Yellowstone Another is a rambling defense of infamous pastor Mark Driscoll seems to have been written before Driscoll s megachurch imploded after Driscoll was forced to step down The factual looseness really bothered some people in the group but was not an issue for me because the point what matters the takeaway was the reason for his story And usually that was fine if sometimes trite But if minor inconsistencies like that bother you be aware. Act like men sermon My biggest issue with the book is that the author is good at pointing out problems pretty much all Christian men face today but his solutions were unhelpful and vague For example the first third or so of the book keeps hammering home the point that paraphrased we need clarity Biblical men need clarity and so on My group did eventually run into a sentence or two later where he mentioned what he meant by clarity but my group was never really sure what he meant by that even after we found that So after going through the whole book none of us have clarity at least not this book s brand. Act like men elgin il Similarly MacDonald correctly identifies that lust sexual problems and an inability to relate with women deeply are the hot button issue the majority of Christian men are failing at today in America No surprise there But MacDonald doesn t really seem to know how to solve it especially the lust and sex problem He talks about it at great length and cites a lot of verses if you want to try your luck but after the study I felt stuck in the same places I ve always been stuck I will say he does have a few minor practical tips not really Biblical just a few personal rules he has like never riding alone in a car with a woman he s not related to and putting his wife in charge of all his electronic passwords They could be helpful But he doesn t explain how he can keep those rules It s just do it I guess Which for most Christian men is the whole part that doesn t work So yeah. EPub Act Like men By way of closing most of the time the most blue collar guy in our group was bored out of his mind by the book and all of our discussions of the questions In fairness one chapter did hit him pretty hard So that s the guy who I think this book is for and he was 1 or 2 out of 40 Swing and a miss The rest of my group were a baby boomer manager former developer with kids in college a gen X businessman manager a couple software developers fresh out of college an unhappy engineer who had only been out of college for a couple years and me who kind of has one foot in the arts world one foot in software developer one hand in sports the other hand in video games and head full of too much theology We were pretty much all easygoing introverts who tried the best we could to get something out of the book I would say it was misses than hits Our best discussions would be started by the questions and then fortunately we had one guy who was good at asking insightful follow up questions that kept the real talk going Even fortunately he didn t get tired of carrying the load for us. Act Like menwritingwomen I would predict that if you re going to get anything useful or inspirational out of the book it s probably going to be in spite of the author not because of him But I m guessing the author would be ok with God using him in spite of his own personal weaknesses at least So hopefully that s a no harm no foul. Epub act like men book Some other resources for Christian men I d recommend looking into The Men s Fraternity program It s much in depth and requires a lot commitment weekly videos sermons you ll have to find a local chapter and it s still got some meat and taters man stuff but it s got a lot to offer xxxChurch If you have porn issues or other marriage sex issues this is almost the only place Also check out Shellie R Warren s blog series on xxxChurch called Weak in the Knees that goes through every couple in the Bible It was far helpful to me anyway Paul Washer s sermons on Youtube about Biblical manhood Be warned they will hit you like a truck But don t take them in a legalistic way and they will be good medicine Mark Gungor s relationship comedy videos on Youtube Rich Mullins interviews on Youtube Jordan B Peterson s lectures on youtube not a Christian but understands original sin particularly anything about personal responsibility or suffering Any sort of serious study on the life of David would probably also do the trick like the 1 and 2 Samuel Life Change group Bible study book from Navpress Tim Keller sermons Matt Chandler sermons T. Act like men sober living D Jakes sermons English First of all if you are on the fence about reading this book because of the controversy surrounding the Author James MacDonald former Pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel in the Chicago area I want you to personally put it all aside I don t know the man never met him and probably never will I went to a Men s Conference at his church shortly before he was ousted where his main speaker that weekend was Ravi Zacharias who had controversies of his own dying under the shadow of scandal I remember finding a Sunday morning bulletin stuffed in a chair that showed MacDonald s church financial status was over 2M in the hole Trust me I had reservations about this book But the truth is James MacDonald needs to read his book now than ever It is a fine work and one that he needs to read not as the author but as a man reading it for the first time With that said this is an excellent book for men for teens through the elderly I chose to go through it myself and frankly took me much longer than the 40 days Can it be done in 40 Sure But it is filled with such deep and profound information that I wanted to soak it in I wrote all over it highlighted it and personally made it my own I implore you get a paperback copy mark it up take lots of notes add personal things of your own because I m sure you will frequent it often than you ll like to admit The book starts off kind of slow at first talking about the need for biblical manhood Nothing we don t know But as I moved through the book it gained speed I was taking notes and really diving in headlong By the time I got towards the end I was broken I had so many aha moments that I was finding myself journaling In the end there are two things men need the most community true biblical fellowship and everything to be done in love If you are reading this James I hope you take to heart the things you wrote that you are not isolating yourself you seek communion with other Christian men and love others deeply even at least in your heart forgiving those who hurt you Because as you wrote The greatest failure in human existence is the failure of Christ followers to love one another earnestly from a pure heart and to heed to words of Christ By this all people will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another We all stumble in many ways the only way forward in loving community with one another is forgiveness Because as you said it is the only way to act like men Pastor McDonald in my humble estimation please read Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray English fear and anger are both instances of self protection we use to insulate ourselves from hurt one by pulling back the other by striking out We need to face and forgive. Act like men conference 2024 David refused to admit guilt even if it caused moss in Were making the failure in our life worse as we tried to cover it up We refuse to admit guilt even if it leads to sin. Act like men verse absolute total commitment I want you to know that I m committed to you You ll never knowingly suffer at my hands I will never say anything or do anything knowingly to hurt you even if you hurt me I will always in every circumstance seek to help and support you If you re down and I can lift you I ll do that If you need something and I have it I ll share it with you If need be I ll give it to you No matter what I find out about you no matter what happens in the future good or bad my commitment to you will never change and there s nothing you can do about that You don t have to respond to what I m saying I love you and that s what it means I m absolutely totally committed to you English Note I received a copy of this book from the publisher for the purpose of this review. Act Like menzoberranzan I needed this book As a Christian man this one hits some deep truths and hits them hard The whole forty day journey is based around and continually points back to two verses in Scripture that sum up what a man should strive to do and to be Be watchful stand firm in the faith act like men be strong Let all that you do be done in love 1 Corinthians 16 13 14 ESV By focusing the central messages around these five points Dr MacDonald delivers a practical easy to remember set of principles for every man to live his life by. Act like men 2025 The early entries are laced with humor the type of jokes and situations that every man can relate to on some level I felt like the first ten or so entries really did a great job of welcoming all men into the study breaking down any walls or barriers they might have to hold them back from plunging into the heart of the material But once it hits the heart oh man does it hit home Men in general do not like to admit they need help guidance direction But Dr MacDonald cuts to the core of what men truly need to grow in their biblical manhood pointing out those stubborn habits that usually hold us back from accomplishing those objectives The importance of deep meaningful friendships with other men comes in the closing chapters It is a topic important enough that had he devoted the entire 40 days to that it wouldn t have covered the topic enough to emphasize its importance It is an area that I need to continue to grow in surrounding myself with the right men and praying with for them and having a deeper fellowship with. Act like men sermon Looking back I wish I had been graced with time to approach this in the intended manner as a 40 day devotional where one chapter is tackled each day I plan to keep this one on my shelf and in a year or two pull it back out and revisit it in that manner with a group of men Because there are questions at the end of each day along with a prayer that really drive things home and I know that diving in and answering those questions and discussing those answers with other men would enhance the experience to its fullest potential But even for those who approach it as I did as a book to read and absorb the biblical principles this one stands tall among the crowd of books geared toward men. Act Like menza com add an additional level of depth and really drove home some of the points being made in the pages of the book I would highly recommend listening to those as well during the 40 day journey to biblical manhood All in all I don t know that there is a single man out there who couldn t gain some great benefit from studying this book alongside other men If you are looking for a book to help you in your own walk to biblical manhood or are looking for something to study in your men s group or with a group of men this is the first one I would recommend English Note This book was provided free of charge by Moody Publishers All thoughts and opinions are my own This book is full of ironies as it was written by someone who complains about how little men read but brags a lot about the books he has written none of which I have apparently read before The author writes about building up men but spends a lot of time tearing down men including the late and great A. Act like men sermon W Tozer 1 who the writer seems to suggest was a bad husband and father This book cannot seem to define whether it is written for men and wanting to encourage them to read through bluntspoken truth or whether it is being written about men to women who might want to better understand men but who are likely to think rather harshly about them Given the fact that so many women than men read it seems at least highly possible given the tone and approach of the author to the subject of manhood that the author is writing this book aimed at women encouraging them to nag their man to be a better man I m a bit dubious about it working because the tonal inconsistency means that this book is not as good as it could have been. Act Like menwritingwomen Like quite a few books this book is written as a 40 day self help guide 1 and it is organized very schematically The book discusses five concepts acting like men being watchful standing firm in the faith being strong and doing everything in love but a manly love not a weak and girly love Each of these five concepts is discussed in eight parts text focus summary word a failure from the Old Testament Paul s example Satan s lie and three chapters that look at the topic from one of the beings in the supposed Trinity A great deal of this book by design is highly negative under the belief that men will be encouraged to act like men by reading about failures failures that include the struggles faced by the author and other members of his illustrious family as well as numerous other Christian leaders to say nothing of the worldly and the biblical examples that he uses like David Saul and Samson The author seems to be of the belief that the best way to motivate men to act better is to hit them continually with the fear of failure. EPub Act Like men Ultimately I think this approach is a mistake Given the massive amount of failures in manhood that are shown all around us and the immensely demanding standards that the author has for being godly men in personal conduct in faith towards God as well as in one s family life this is a book that could use a lot positivity The author himself even seems a bit defensive about the approach he takes this book also has a lot of missed potential 1 See for example 2 See for example English

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