After laying out the first remedy to toxic manhood (being resourced by Christ’s blessing), Robert shares his second and third components of redeemed masculinity: it’s formed it by Christ’s power, and defined by Christ’s humility.

The “fragile male ego” is a common cultural trope, and there is truth to it. In this week’s episode, Robert shares the first of four remedies to toxic manhood: fighting insecurity with the blessing of our Heavenly Father.

It’s common to hear about the failures of the Christian project throughout history, but in this episode, Robert takes a look at the ways the Christian ethic of masculinity has brought about positive, meaningful change to our world.

A natural and good response to the atrocities of men laid out in the previous episode is to push back against those evils. But, in this episode, Robert explores how that pushback has gone too far and helped create an anti-masculine sentiment in our society.

If God designed masculinity to be beautiful, where did it go wrong? Well, as you’ll see in this episode, it’s gone wrong many times over the course of history. But as Robert walks through this history of fallen masculinity, you’ll also see glimmers of redemption and hope through Christ and his Church.

We’ve looked at the theoretical uniqueness of men in the Bible, but what about the theological design of masculinity? In this week’s episode, Robert unpacks several places in the Bible where God’s design for the role of men is laid out and why this design is so beautiful within the covenant of marriage.

What makes a man a man? In this week’s episode, Robert defines Biblical masculinity through a theoretical lens by contrasting the difference between “real men” and “good men” as defined by our culture.

In our last episode, Robert argued for a gender Venn diagram where the genders have attributes that are shared and attributes that are unique. This episode goes deeper into clarifying why his argument for uniqueness does not mean that their attributes are mutually exclusive.

The beautiful mystery of gender is not only how we are different but also how we are all alike. In this week’s episode, Robert focuses on the overlapping piece of the gender Venn diagram and how God has made both genders gloriously similar.

“Men, where have you gone?” This recent New York Times headline highlights the cultural moment that this podcast series seeks to speak into. As we begin this new series on masculinity, Robert shares some personal stories that shed light on how our culture views manhood and gives a quick peak into where this series will be going.

In this special episode of Every Square Inch, Robert interviews two friends from the United Kingdom to discuss some recently published data about a revival of Christianity among the youth of their country. They discuss how they’ve seen these trends in their personal ministry and how they minister specifically to these young Christians. And finally, they discuss the role masculinity plays in these trends, which serves as a prelude to Robert’s upcoming series on Biblical Masculinity. Learn more about Andy Longwe and his church, London City Presbyterian Church, by visiting their website: https://lcpc.org.uk Learn more about Glen Scrivener and his SpeakLife ministry by visiting his website (https://speaklife.org.uk) or following him on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@SpeakLifeMedia). You also can find his “321” evangelistic course about Jesus on this website: https://321.speaklife.org.uk/course/321

Robert shares his story of learning about the medical debt crisis in Kentucky, why he’s starting a campaign to solve it, and how it’s possible that the impact of small donations can be multiplied into $150 million of debt forgiveness.

Doubt and uncertainty about your own faith is not uncommon in Christians, nor is it new. But in this episode, Robert unpacks the unique way that those in our modern culture struggle with assurance, and shares some ways to combat the lies we believe.

Sports betting is creating lots of new revenue in the state of Kentucky, but at what cost? In this week’s episode, Robert addresses the noble root lying underneath gambling addiction, and how to help redirect those affected by gambling addiction.

A common question Robert receives from Christians is about repenting from sin and how to do so in a genuine way. In this week’s episode, he looks to John Owen’s dense essay The Mortification of Sin and shares some practical ways to apply Owen’s essay and scripture to our lives.

The season of Christmas reminds us that God came to Earth through a virgin birth. But why did he choose to arrive as a newborn baby, when he could have skipped all those (seemingly) unnecessary years of growing up? In this week’s episode, Robert dives into the topic of incarnation and shares why we should rejoice at the thought of Jesus as a child, a baby, asleep on the hay.

This week’s question comes from a listener who feels discouraged about the lack of value placed on art and beauty in today’s Christian sub-culture. Robert argues, however, that beauty has never been more important to Christian evangelism. Learn more about Beauty Table and support their mission at beautytable.org

After many, many listener questions over the past week, Robert uses this episode to share his thoughts about the election and why Trump won.

This week’s listener question is about alcohol and the role it should play in a Christian’s life, so Robert shares his thoughts about the Bible’s view of alcohol.

In Part 1, Robert shared his thoughts about the value of professional counseling for Christians. Now, in part 2, he moves from the “why” to the “how” of counseling.