Monthly Archives: March 2011

Musculinity, Emasculation, and the Masculine Soul : Part 3 : Royalty

March 28, 2011

There is much more we could say about the relational aspect of the image of God, but a second and no less important aspect is critical.  In his wonderful work called The Liberating Image, Richard Middleton suggests that royalty is … Continue reading

Musculinity, Emasculation, and the Masculine Soul : Part 2 : Relationship

March 15, 2011

Picking up from last week’s first blog in this series, at least one trajectory among biblical scholars in recent times is to understand the image as primarily relational.  Indeed, it is not the case that men are from Mars and … Continue reading

Musculinity, Emasculation and the Masculine Soul: Part 1

March 8, 2011

God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Gen. 1:27 I received an email recently asking why I don’t quote or recommend the author John Eldredge more often.  … Continue reading