"What Jesus Wept Means for Manhood": may men cry?
- Is the "men don't cry" rule still pervasive in Christian circles?
A host reads from a Christianity Today article titled "What Jesus Wept Means for Manhood," whose author was told at his grandfather's coffin that men do not cry, and asks whether that rule is still pervasive in church circles. The room consensus is no: Nathaniel, asked directly, says he weeps at funerals and in worship and is never told not to. The hosts swap advice on comforting weeping people (a hand on a shoulder, no phony words), tease Nathaniel's awkwardness, and read the article's claims about gentle Jesus against scripture: Jesus wept, David wept, and gentleness and boldness are not gendered callings. The Bill Hybels and Ravi Zacharias moral failures are put in proportion as two men out of billions, not a fallen castle. The segment ends with the complaint-line plug: callers may cry on the line at (515) 517-0085.
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