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After reading many other books on the subject of guy-gal relationships, this one finally answered the questions Read this many years ago, and it enormously helped shape my character. Returing to it again I find fresh perspective and more areas that I need to grow in!
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Written as personal advice to her nephew, The Mark of a Man reveals the glory and purpose of true masculinity. With Christ as the example The Mark of a Man: Following Christ's Example of Masculinity. In a world where men and women are encouraged to reject traditional sex roles, Elisabeth Elliot candidly reminds men why the sexes are not equal and interchangeable. With Christ as the example of the ultimate man, this classic take on understanding a man's role in life and relationships, romantic or otherwise, helps men define their own masculinity in a positive way. This timely repackage encourages men to stand strong in their unique role established by God for all time.
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In this book Elliot lays out what the Bible tells us about the roles of men and women. She then illustrates how these truths will play themselves out in courtship and marriage. This book manages to be very practical in both length and content and keep Christ and his commands firmly at the centre of Christian relationships.
Elliot argues that a man is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the Church. For about the first half of the book she argues her case from the scriptures and laments the feminism of the modern book. In the second half she begins to give some practical applications on how this will look before marriage and in it for example in forgiveness for sin, leading through suffering and who asks out who.
Elliot writes this book as personal advice to her nephew Pete. He seems to be a young man, before marriage, wondering what to look for in a woman.
Elliot encourages Pete and young men like him to take the lead, despite the feminism of the day, and shows him how this would look. She also is concerned that Pete know what to look for in a woman. Elliot writes in an incredibly easy to read way. Her style is conversational, and few chapters are over five pages long. This would be a very easy book to dip in and out of in a busy life and for the less experienced reader there should be few struggles.
However, the paraphrases are probably fitting for the purpose. However, readers should be careful to treat it as such. There are some niggly things I would probably express another way, but in all she uses texts responsibly. However, if the reader wants a thorough exegesis of the texts about masculinity and femininity this is not the book to turn to.
The Mark of a Man by Elisabeth Elliot
A more detailed book like Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood read for free here would be helpful if the reader desires to know the scriptural background in detail. This is the strength of the book. It is filled with applications of the doctrines and real life problems and victories in this area.
Elliot has no time for feminism, with its open disobedience to the scriptures, but she does this with love, understanding the drives of such women but not allowing them to think this is positive. She also has no time for wimpy men, but again helps guide them into caring leadership. Where the Word speaks so does she, but she does so in love. I found it helpful to hear application for men from the female perspective. She does, however, not mention the fact that some men may be single for their entire lives and fails to give them indication as to how they can be male in their singleness.
Nevertheless, for men seeking marriage the application here is very helpful and practical.
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Yes, in so far as the topic demands. Elliot does assume the reader knows the gospel, but uses the example of Christ in the gospel as the model for masculinity. Moreover, she always views the relationship between the man and the woman not as an independent duo, but rather as two individuals in need of a saviour and wanting to live their marriage in light of a saviour.