What Happened to Men? The Loss of Biblical Manhood

David M. Tyler, PhD

Something has happened to our understanding of what it means to be a man. For generations, men were generally expected to grow up, accept responsibility, work, protect and provide for their families, remain faithful to their wives, raise their children, and contribute something useful to the people around them.

Certainly, men have never done these things perfectly. Sin has always distorted manhood. Men have been selfish, abusive, irresponsible, unfaithful, passive, and proud throughout human history. But today the confusion goes deeper.

Increasingly, we seem uncertain about what a man […]