Straight Talk to Men : Recovering the Biblical Meaning of Manhood

by DOBSON, JAMES C., DR.

• ISBN13: 9780849942105
• ISBN10: 0849942101
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-06-06
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

What does it mean to be a man in today's society?What does it mean to be a man in today's society-by God's standards?James Dobson, one of America's foremost authorities on the family stakes a clear path through the confusion between the world's definition and God's definition of what constitutes a man.In this classic work on men's roles and their responsibilities, Dr. Dobson gives men information they can use to build a home with the traits and qualities that God meant every home to have:Stability and leadership without dictatorshipA solid system of family financesChildren who know God and feel good about themselvesWives who feel supported, enabled, and lovedMeaningful times of togetherness and mutual encouragementA clear-headed, straight-from-the shoulder resource that belongs on every family's bookshelf.

Table of Contents

Introduction
A Man Looks Back	3	(19)
A Man and His Sexual Identity	22	(17)
What Is a Man?
My Father	39	(7)
The Revelation	46	(6)
The Heritage	52	(7)
A Man and His Children
A Man and His Children	59	(16)
A Man and His Ultimate Priority	75	(8)
A Man and His Authority	83	(15)
Questions Pertaining to Children	98	(21)
A Man and His Wife
A Man and His Wife	119	(20)
A Man and the Straight Life	139	(16)
A Man and His Work
A Man and His Work	155	(11)
A Man and His Money	166	(11)
A Man and His Masculinity
A Man and a Woman and Their Biological Differences	177	(9)
Whatever Happened to the Women's Liberation Movement?	186	(7)
A Man and His Emotions
A Man and His Mid-Life Years	193	(12)
A Man and His Emotions	205	(10)
A Man and His Animals	215	(8)
A Man and His God
A Man and His God	223	(10)
A Man and His Death	233