{"id":2646374,"date":"2026-08-18T08:17:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignchristianity-is-not-an-excuse-to-be-an-effeminate-wimp\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T08:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:28:53","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignchristianity-is-not-an-excuse-to-be-an-effeminate-wimp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignchristianity-is-not-an-excuse-to-be-an-effeminate-wimp\/","title":{"rendered":"Christianity Is Not An Excuse To Be An Effeminate Wimp"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignchristianity-is-not-an-excuse-to-be-an-effeminate-wimp%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2646374&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the impact and limitations of the manosphere and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-min-after-new-account-instagram-serves-sex-content-to-13-year-old-boys-analysis-34\/\" title=\"Analysis: Instagram Shows Sexual Content to 13...Year...Old Boys Within 3 Minutes of New Account Creation\">broader cultural shifts<\/a> regarding masculinity. It notes that while some positive changes may have occurred-such as challenging extreme feminist narratives, exposing media trends, and encouraging men to improve themselves-the effects on younger generations, especially white millennials and Zoomers, have been less beneficial. These men face systemic disadvantages in the workplace, academia, and media, fueling toxic dating cultures and widespread loneliness due to a lack of social and personal confidence.<\/p>\n<p>The piece critiques conservative remedies like turning to church and virtue, pointing out that many Christian churches have become feminized, ofen marginalizing masculinity and promoting sentimentality over strength. In response, the article highlights J. Chase Davis&#8217;s book, *Offensive Christianity: Restoring the Strength of Men in a Feminized Age*, which advocates for Christian men to embrace their masculinity rooted in biblical teachings. Davis emphasizes the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-irreversible-consequences-of-school-closures\/\" title=\"The Irreversible Consequences of School Closures\">physical health<\/a>, authentic community, and confronting societal norms by actively seeking truth and engaging in conflict, rather than retreating into comfort and online disembodiment.<\/p>\n<p>The author agrees with Davis on the need for men to reject emasculation and to pursue a purposeful, strength-affirming path grounded in faith, though notes the book&#8217;s focus on christian masculinity might feel somewhat limited or ideological for some readers. the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-token-wapo-rino-gets-roasted-for-loony-take-dems-betrayed-snap-recipients-by-reopening-govt-to-feed-them\/\" title=\"Former Token WaPo RINO Gets Roasted for Loony Take: Dems Betrayed SNAP Recipients By Reopening Gov&#039;t to Feed Them\">piece sees<\/a> the book as a concise and practical call for men to reaffirm their nature and resist cultural pressures that weaken masculinity,urging all men to consider these principles seriously.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Although the manosphere and the accompanying public discourse on masculinity have now existed for at least 15 years or so, it\u2019s difficult to assess how much meaningful change has come out of it. Perhaps it tamped down particularly obnoxious feminist triumphalism (\u201cshout your abortion,\u201d \u201cthe future is female,\u201d etc.) and played a role in reversing popular acceptance of transgenderism. Perhaps it helped some men with approaching women and inspired them to work on themselves. And perhaps it helped society at large take a more critical view of wokeness in popular media, rightly exposing how unnatural, unappealing, and unromantic it is.<\/p>\n<p>However, these positive developments ultimately mean little for younger generations of men \u2014 especially white millennials and Zoomers \u2014 who have suffered from several decades of systemic misandry. In their case, women have overtaken them in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/10\/nx-s1-5773327\/women-men-jobs-health-care-manufacturing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">workplace<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2024\/11\/18\/us-women-are-outpacing-men-in-college-completion-including-in-every-major-racial-and-ethnic-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">academia<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/10\/18\/1129632989\/there-are-more-women-on-tv-but-ageism-persists-says-new-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">media<\/a>. This in turn has precipitated a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/carleysuthers\/toxic-modern-dating-behaviors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">toxic dating culture<\/a> along with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gse.harvard.edu\/ideas\/usable-knowledge\/24\/10\/what-causing-our-epidemic-loneliness-and-how-can-we-fix-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">loneliness epidemic<\/a>, as men increasingly lack the necessary personal and social capital to thrive in today\u2019s world. Put simply, no employer, woman, or male peer wants to associate with sad, incompetent losers who lack confidence and drive.<\/p>\n<p>For most conservatives, the usual prescription is to tell these men to go to church, cultivate virtue, and find a good woman with the right values. But, these days, most Christian churches are highly feminized and play a large role in marginalizing men and stigmatizing masculinity. In many of these places, Jesus\u2019 command to love God and neighbor has morphed into being as inoffensive as possible. Men who are weak, effeminate, and socially progressive are promoted while their opposite is equated with evil.<\/p>\n<p>In his new book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Offensive-Christianity-Restoring-Strength-Feminized\/dp\/B0H29318GJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Offensive Christianity: Restoring the Strength of Men in a Feminized Age<\/em><\/a>, pastor and writer J. Chase Davis seeks to address this issue head-on. He identifies the problem, traces its origins, and then finally offers some practical remedies. While this sounds like many other books on this topic, Davis keeps a tight focus on Christian men and frames his argument around the Gospel. He demonstrates that Christian teachings are indeed compatible with a strong, emboldened masculinity, but they will necessarily challenge today\u2019s sexual norms and thus require men to be willing to \u201coffend\u201d others.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Embracing Masculinity<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>At the beginning of the book, Davis illustrates the problem, which by now should be apparent to everyone: \u201cMen are in crisis. They are told their maleness is toxic, as if their very nature is poisonous. They have been totally submerged by the cultural current of feminism, drowning in a sea of \u2018niceness.\u2019\u201d Masculinity in general has become \u201cproblematic.\u201d Now, instead of striving for glory, protecting and providing for a household, and advancing humanity, too many men have responded by giving up and retreating to \u201cvirtual reality numbing distractions, easy pornography, and a thousand other distractions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davis attributes much of the current confusion, at least for Christian men, to church leaders who overemphasize the soul over the body, conveniently bypassing most concerns about sexual differences. Yet, as he points out, this attitude conflicts with the central mystery of the Incarnate God which lies at the core of Christianity: \u201cThe Son of God took on human flesh to secure redemption. We worship a risen, embodied Lord. Christ has a body. And our eternal destiny is embodied. We will dwell in eternity with bodies.\u201d It seems evident that Christian men should respect their bodies and embrace their inherent masculinity, not downplay them.<\/p>\n<p>But where does this impulse to willfully ignore such an obvious truth originate? Davis suggests that this development dates back to the Enlightenment where intellectuals reduced the embodied worldview implicit in Christianity to a set of preferences and principles. Following this, Romanticism and Pietism reduced religion further by turning Christianity into a merely sentimental, subjective experience. Later in the 19th century, German critics would throw Biblical authority in doubt, and Freidrich Nietzsche cast Christian ethics as a \u201cslave morality\u201d directly opposed to masculine strength. Finally, the Evangelical movement in the twentieth century began watering down Christian tenets ever further to suit weaker types of believers.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, what now predominates in most Christian communities is a bland \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moralistic_therapeutic_deism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">moralistic therapeutic deism<\/a>\u201d that extolls niceness and tolerance above all else. As Davis explains, this runs directly against the paragons of manliness in Scripture. Adam, David, Jesus, and St. Paul were not merely nice guys who got along with people; they were confrontational, fearless, and triumphant. With this understanding, Paul\u2019s \u201ccall to boast in our infirmities is not a call to wallow in self-pity or revel in fragility. It is a call to glory in the sufficiency of Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Christian men must be active and not waste their strength on frivolities. They need to compete, exert themselves, and use their bodies. As such, Davis stresses physical health and human interaction. Men need to take care of themselves and form bonds with other men, not live out a disembodied existence online.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, his chapter on male friendship and community might qualify as the most \u201coffensive\u201d part in his book. At a time where many churches focus on \u201cemotional intelligence and emotional health,\u201d Davis\u2019s recommendation that men \u201cfind a phalanx\u201d and seek out a mission is countercultural. Nevertheless, as I recently <a href=\"https:\/\/crisismagazine.com\/opinion\/the-crisis-of-masculinity-is-really-a-crisis-of-friendship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>, most people have lost all common sense about how male friendships work and why they are necessary. In this area of life, flouting conventions is essential.<\/p>\n<p>Equipped with friends and a shared mission, men must then embrace conflict and go on the offensive. In practice, this means seeking truth above consensus, winning glory through real achievement, and always welcoming discipline. This inevitably clashes with the usual social pressure to protect people\u2019s feelings, lift up minorities, and minimize all conflict or disagreement. As Davis puts it, \u201cwhen a man stands up and speaks the truth, he is accused of being offensive, even brutal.\u201d All too often, in order to avoid claims of making people feel \u201cunsafe,\u201d most men keep their thoughts to themselves. This hurts their respective organizations who are held captive by groupthink as well as their men who are forced deny their own nature.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Freedom From Emasculation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To his credit, Davis does not sugar-coat his message. Being a man in today\u2019s world is hard, and one will need God\u2019s grace to succeed. Violating assumed norms, being honest with oneself, and facing constant rejection will overwhelm a man without faith. Outside the Christian context, all this advice risks becoming insufficient and incoherent. Yes, men can free themselves <em>from<\/em> the imposed emasculation of today\u2019s society, but what are they free <em>for<\/em>? Are they going to indulge themselves with their newfound freedom, or protect and provide for others?<\/p>\n<p>This is a point that Davis could have spend more time exploring. He assumes his readers are primarily Christian Protestant men who are as fed up as he is with the feminization of today\u2019s culture and just want a way out. For this reason, the book sometimes feel more like an effort to Christianize the manosphere than recovering a deeper form of masculinity within Christianity. In this way, reading the book can occasionally feel like listening to Christian rock music, causing some readers like myself to remember the wise words of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oPwaqaOcAyE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hank Hill<\/a>, \u201cCan\u2019t you see you\u2019re not making Christianity better. You\u2019re making just making rock music worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then again, many people like Christian rock music, and they will likely welcome a lighter, practical approach to recovering masculine virtue and dismantling <a href=\"https:\/\/firstthings.com\/what-is-the-longhouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Longhouse<\/a> that currently oppresses so many Christian communities. For all the ink spilled on this problem, it is clear that people like Davis need to continue the effort of motivating men to accept their nature and resist the unnatural and un-Christian ideologies that hold them down. Overall, even if it might go too far for some readers and not far enough for others, <em>Offensive Christianit<\/em>y is a good, efficient (only 150 pages) book that speaks to a larger issue plaguing many organizations. All men, not just Christian ones, would do well to heed its advice and put this age-old yet continually fresh wisdom into practice.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Auguste Meyrat is an English teacher and freelance writer in the Dallas area. He is the founding editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/everymancommentary.substack.com\/\">The Everyman<\/a>, a senior contributor to The Federalist, and has written for essays for The American Mind, The Stream, Religion and Liberty, The Blaze, and elsewhere. He is also the host of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/everyman-commentary\/id1826292273\">The Everyman Commentary Podcast<\/a>.&#8221; Follow him on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EverymanComm\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manosphere&#8217;s impact: modest gains, cultural shifts, ongoing struggles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":551,"featured_media":2646375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Book-Cover-Featured-Image-6.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5695,5250,55194,10807,54131],"class_list":["post-2646374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-christianity","tag-faith","tag-masculinity-2","tag-strength","tag-theology-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Copy-of-Book-Cover-Featured-Image-6.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/551"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2646374"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2646382,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646374\/revisions\/2646382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2646375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2646374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2646374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}