The Men We Need: God's Purpose for the Manly Man, the Avid Indoorsman, or Any Man Willing to Show Up

What it is

A great deal of Christian men's material about sexual purity runs on battle imagery, and for a large number of men that framing simply does not connect — they are not warriors, they know it, and being told to fight harder produces guilt rather than change. Brant Hansen writes for those men. His definition of manhood is unglamorous and usable: a keeper of the garden, someone who shows up, protects the vulnerable, and builds something rather than consuming it. The tone is funny and self-deprecating, which is why men who would abandon a more earnest book finish this one. Published by Baker Books. It is not about pornography, but it addresses the identity question underneath — what a man is for — which is what several of the tactical books in this directory assume and never supply.

What it may help with

• I want to grow spiritually
• I'm struggling with porn or sexual sin

How to access it

Paperback, ebook and audiobook (Baker Books) Purchase from a bookseller

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