Retrieve Making Men: Five Steps To Growing Up Fabricated By Chuck Holton Version

book for "guys" who desire to be Men, There are plenty of Bible references, Don't write it off as "preachy", however, The wisdom is universal. I really dig this book, Holton's premise is that so much of what we consider "manliness" is just males searching for a way to tell the world that he's a man, Holton goes about defining a simple, teachable system for describing a man, rooted in integrity and Scripture, Honestly in today's day and age, which is full of what CS Lewis described as "men without chests", we need more men and boys who have read this book.
Get a copy for yourself and one for your son/brother/uncle/neighbor,

Thanks for taking the time to read this review, great book well worth reading A good book for every dad to read! Wonderful handbook to help raise spiritually healthy boys and to help girls learn how to recognize the right man instead of going after the wrong guy.
This extremely insightful book needs to be read by anyone who wants to raise their boys to be great men, Please read this. It was a decent book, but definitely not the best book on manhood I have read, One thing that is striking is that the author says he spent years studying manhood in Scripture, but he uses surprisingly little scripture in his arguments except for a few verses here and there that are generally interpreted properly in their context but probably overinterpreted for the subject matter.
The book was more anecdotal than biblical, But, because of God's grace working in his life, probably, he still produced a pretty good representation of biblical manhood, Maybe all that time spent in Scripture did not impact him exegetically but it certainly did spiritually,
His emphasis on submission to the lordship of Christ and the rejection of passivity is key to biblical manhood, Furthermore, his contention that we were not placed on this Earth for our own happiness but to serve others in submission to our Lord is at the heart of biblical manhood.
So, he did do a pretty good job,
One concern I would have for the book is that all of his stories could potentially leave one with the impression that if we are not taking huge risks we are not being men.
The author does not say this, but his background and rather extreme story might suggest that to the undiscerning reader,
All in all, would I suggest this book for someone to read Yes, but it would be perhapsrd orth on my list of books to read on biblical manhood.
When starting this book given to me as a gift, I thought it would primarily be about parenting boys, However

it is just as much, if not more, about what kind of man a father should be, In other words, it's about manhood primarily, and that translates into strategies for parenting boys, When you read of the authors background Army Ranger and successful stockbroker among many other things, you think it is going to be one of those kinds of books, but he starts by identifying the ways we can falsely seek manhood in things like that.
Overall, this is a very good book on manhood, The author's definition of honor is particularly helpful, MAKING MEN by Chuck Holton is the kind of book that dads and men need to read every so often, You can do a great job being a father,and a husband, and a man, but sometimes you just need a refresher, You need to be reminded about what the Bible says about being a man and being a leader, This book is perfect for that,

Holton's acronym for being a man is SHAPE, A chapter is devoted to each of these letters, You'll get chapters titled: Submit, Assess and Improve, Perish and Provide, and Engage, Holton uses plenty of scripture to reinforce the Bible's view of what a man should be, and he includes several stories,

This book isn't directly a book on being a father to your boys, but it can help with that, It is more about being a man that is Godly and capable of leading his family, or others, This is a short, easy, read that should help and encourage any man that reads it,
Most guys spend their entire lives looking for ways to prove their manhood, Some of their attempts are downright ridiculous, In a culture steeped in passivity and addiction, many women make horrific mistakes in the men they choose and pay dearly for it, But how does a guy learn how to be a good man How does a woman learn to recognize him What does manhood really look like Chuck Holton, former Army Ranger, Adventurer and international war correspondent, has three menintraining of his own.
He also has two daughters who will need to be able to recognize a good man someday, Over a threeyear period, Chuck made it his mission to nail down the facets of a fullyengaged, functional man by seeking out timeless wisdom of ancient cultures and the experience of dozens of mature men.
The result is a five step curriculum that is already changing the lives of men and women around the world, It is being used by church groups, schools and even single mothers to help their sons to emulate and daughters to identify powerful, passionate, engaged manhood, Memorize it. Teach it to your sons and daughters, Apply its principles to your own life, The world desperately needs your help making men, .