This is a replay episode of one of our favorite Friday Specials this year.
“A typical day in the life of the young man in the modern world is to wake up, leave home, sit in a car for part of an hour, arrive at work, interact with people from whom your existence is nothing more than a means to a paycheck. He goes home alone, maybe to interact with virtual friends on social media or video games, maybe to consume entertainment and pornography alone. He is isolated. This may seem hyperbolic. It may seem like an exaggeration, but these are the conditions that many young people live in today. It’s time that Christians learn this lesson. It is not possible to understand the spiritual miasma of our current era without recognizing how extraordinarily lonely most people are.”
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Dang, that cold open hit hard.
You guys touch on this, but reason why men are hesitant to make friends at church is because the modern evangelical church is built around women. Men don’t like to sit around and talk about our feelings. Being vulnerable like this feels like weakness. It doesn’t matter how many times the pastor with skinny jeans and white square framed glasses say otherwise. Men are not going to talk about how this Bible passage make them feel or cry about it. We know no one cares about how we feel elsewhere, so why would they here? Women are rewarded with attention if they show emotion at church. Men do not. If you see a man crying, you might say something kind or encouraging, but deep inside you already wrote him off.
Joel Webbon playing Halo LAN is the most based mental image I've had all day
I like this camera angle better than the new one
As if that's not enough, now older pastors condemn younger ones for little cause. James White is a godly man yet in his arrogance has gone so far as to say he will no longer speak the name of Robles, another godly man. Grt it through your head that godly doesn't mean not being a sinner.
I don't know what you mean by young. I my experience, men between ages 18 and 45 are completely alone. I know because I am 43. That's a wide range. It's not one generation. It's closing in on 3 at this point.
From my experience, women have alot harder time making strong friendships. I am blessed with a great group of friends, Christian men. We hold each other accountable, meet up regularily, and have each others backs. Alot of women I know seem to struggle with gossip, drama, and catty behaviour from other women.
Joel has gravitated toward this "young men" argument a little too close to the time he came out as a full-fledged NAZI, happy Jew-hater, and obvious liar. Sorry, Joel, but we've all seen this before. Your like a pimple on Christianity's backside. It's annoying while it's there, but we all know it'll go away. Just like Mark Driscoll or Rob Bell or any of the others who popped up, took heat, thought they were the greatest thing, and… faded from everyone's mind, so are you. That gives me comfort. Nazi.
How dare you describe my weekend plans in the intro!?
Doug Wilson lost my support forever with his “we need more Abigail’s” comment.
Trying to induce divorce is anti Christian behavior.
If I didn't have Jesus Christ form Nazareth I'd have nothing
I can relate and I'm not young. Christ saved me 18 months ago and my socialising with people has slowly diminished…..visiting parents and Church are the highlights with occasional bi monthly geek gatherings……God is isolating me for a reason and I have to trust in the plan 🙏
That opening isn’t hyperbolic at all. It’s reality for many young men across this country and globe. The age of this epidemic is growing older and older every year as adolescence is delayed and the skills and abilities needed to be a man are not only not shared with young men, they are actively hid from them largely due to the greed and selfishness of older men who want nothing more than to keep young men as cogs in their wheel instead of building men to lead the next generation.
The church isn’t much better as every facet of church is built to cater to women. Young men are told they are the enemy, that women deserve everything and men are in a supporting role. Young men are starved of skills and support and leadership.
Look at these uniformed gentlemen. Practically, mirror images of one another. Each 1 is discussing the issues with society. Gid forbid somebody doesn't have on a suit coat. 😮
Certainly, don't think about shaving your face all the way 😮😮
You get zero access without these 2 things, lol.
Speak in a hushed tone.. that's a big 1 as well. Hushed in the since, I'm extremely educated, and thus, my voice only goes so loud b4 its natural governor kicks in.
I say this as I sit here and can't help but have my eyes drawn to the legs in a crossed position.
Gid forbid one leg begins to fall asleep 😴 😂
You better NOT put both soles to the floor flat.. it wouldn't be prudent!
I do enjoy the topic of discussion. It just screams, "we are Puppets." 😮
At least the one guy has on slacks and a 70s stash..
The wooden background really gets me.. seems very R.C. minus the authenticity of him. Just seems very forced..
170 per adult to listen to speak.. ur nuts 🤪
Sty8 luny bro.
To hear u regurgitate thr dame junk I just heard for free..
Bush Gardens sounds much more entertaining. Season passes.. 😮
Tragic ks what this is.. 😢
3 of my favorite Christian leaders. Thank you
39:53 Halo LAN parties mentioned 🔥
This topic is one that has been concerning me for awhile. My son it 19 and he just doesn't have friends. He is pretty much alone. He talks to his sister, who is 22, and that is about it. His sister has multiple friends. Women seem to have more friends around them than men do. My husband would be alone also if I wasn't in his life. I am my husband's only friend.
Reasons why Joel is my favourite online pastor:
1. He stands up for his congregation and young men.
2. He is an inveterate Halo 1 fanboy
23:38 the Battle of Athens is at least part of the reason that the VA exists the way it does today.
You guys missed a huge point. Young men have nothing to fight for. If you dont have a good woman you can build a family with what reasons do you have to build and fight for. The vast majority of the average young men are completely ignored by women. Social media has inflated young women's egos and they are all chasing to top minority of men. I know several young men that have just stop trying. They are checked out now. A lot of young women in the church are no different than those in the world. The young man is done with it.
~41:20 It's refreshing and encouraging to hear you speak well of some of the men who have not spoken quite-as-well about you recently. Still hoping and praying for some proof of reconciliation and repentance that can be shared publicly. The act itself may not need to be public, but the testimony about it should be.
EDIT: Just realized this is an old episode, but I imagine you would still feel the same – you are normally one to give credit where it is due, even if you have a personal grievance.
Nice to see you guys not countersignaling , but continuing on course .
Men don't have in real life friends because their wives make them feel guilty for being away from home. Men of previous generations had friends in real life they saw all the time because they didn't have the internet, true, but the real reason is they weren't expected to do any childcare or, in the absence of children, to hang out with their wives just because. I'm not saying this was fair but that's how it is. Men and women used to have more segregated lives.
Young men GO to church for a performance from the headline act. If the Churches gathered to eat pray, honour, edify glorify mentor, mature as well as courage to be men of Issachar we would have a proper army. Now we have passive consumer weak sheep
Hey boys, I started a lawn care business 3 years ago. Now I own a home, married, and the business is making more than a quarter million per year. It started with joining my local church.
Sadly many church’s are filled with shallow Christian’s with little to no relationship with Christ. This is unattractive to the lonely.
Infantilizing young men like this is so tiring.
Young Christian men and also older single brothers in Christ
Just wait. In 15 years, all of these 20 year olds will have established our villages, and when things get tough, Telegramburg will wage war agains discordville, and Xlund will be split in two, as half of them go to fight alongside their Telegram bros, and the other half will try to defend their Discord oomfies.
You wanna see some men who are going to be alone? How about the guys who follow your antisemitic woman hating teachings, and are dumb enough to share them with people they meet. They’ll rightly be pariahs, James Field type cannon fodder for your movement.
Poor baby boys.