The Biblical Masculinity Blueprint: A Christian Man’s Guide to Attraction, Relationships, and Marriage in a Messed-up World

by Stephen Casper

Because many young men and husbands do not have good masculine role models, it can be difficult for them to understand what a godly relationship and marriage might look like. In today’s culture, there is a lack of fathers passing down teaching to their sons, and, in many cases, what the Church teaches is more assimilated with secular culture, resulting in ineffective discipleship. Even seemingly good things like “purity culture” can have negative influences on marriage.

The Biblical Masculinity Blueprint aims to remedy some of these areas by giving Christian men the knowledge and discernment needed to have successful, godly relationships and marriages.

This book covers five distinct

Highlight problem areas of modern culture and how it has influenced the Church.Foundation Bible verses and their implications for relationships and marriage.Addressing any incorrect notions surrounding marriage, attraction, and the pitfalls of relationships.Ways single men can develop themselves to head a relationship and, eventually, a marriage.Ways married men can learn to obey God, become an effective head in marriage, and influence their wives and children toward godliness.

This book is not meant as a be-all end-all solution to dating, relationships, and marriage as the Bible gives considerable freedom with how to approach them in a godly manner. Instead, it is written in the style of Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Study the Scriptures, pray, use wisdom and discernment, and get additional godly counsel as you develop into a godly man who chooses the path of relationships and marriage.

Genres: Christianity, Christian

290 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 14, 2019

Reviews

[Jesse · Rating 2 out of 5]

The number of spelling/grammar/punctuation mistakes makes for a very amateur look - fire your editor.

Some wisdom in here but with quite a few conservative American Christian howlers so it was going to be 3 stars until the chapter recommending hair pulling and tying each other up - 1.5 stars.

[Dimitar Penkov · Rating 5 out of 5]

Note to myself - read this again after a few years.

[Darryl Burling · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reading this is like driving a car with one wheel missing. You’ll get to your destination, but The ride is rough, and you can’t help but suffer on the journey..skip it. There are better books on masculinity such as Richard Phillips’ The Masculine Mandate.

[Alex Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had masculine principle's I don't remember seeing or ever being discussed in church or men's group. My men's groups covered a few topics related to pornography, but beyond that they never characterized what being a man should be in ideals of the bible and what a leader was verbally. Where I feel like the church tiptoe'd around this topic, this book covered in great length.

I found this book on a men's dating channel that's used it as a tenet for how he leads his relationship and I enjoyed it as it was a refreshing grounded outlook on leading a relationship rather than the common weaker culture of chasing short-term gratification that makes both men and women worse off (hurt feelings, training for lack of morals, short-term pleasure, etc.).

The larger men's space I frequent talks about truth's referring women and masculinity but seem to feign morality, leadership, and responsibility due to being burned in the past, not being religious/strongly faith-based themselves, or just not ascribing to long-term relationships anymore.

This book brought morality into the picture for me. It shared the practical tenets of masculinity to build into oneself. Then put squarely one one's shoulders how they can practically lead their relationship to a marriage, and their wife to following their leadership. It properly puts responsibility on both parties when it is &helps you understand how certain pre-marital factor's can effect the success of your marriage.

Happy reading, I underlined a lot and plan to go back in the future as a reference.

[Dr. Z · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mixed bag

[Jonathon Zachary Whear]

Some solid words of advice, but conclusions are often drawn before the evidence is finished being assembled.

[Josh Bishop · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent! I wish I had read this book when I was 18.

[Marshall Hunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent resource for being a Christian man