“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
@@manager0175 Are those jobs in the tech world? Are those statistics from a democratic party press release? How insulting. Most of us are paying double for groceries and gas than before while our income stayed the same. Dealing with the post-Christian world is exactly why Doug doing in this video and many others, he's just not doing it by kneeling in front of it and paying it respects, drinking its bile and revering its teaching. This message here is very needed. Your detached reply, not so much.
@@mickey_rose yeah: • poisoned well by numerous lying scandals • known for controversial, funny, and linguistically creative takes • way more chill/sincere in person when you get to know him • was 'right about everything' all along when people treated him like he was crazy • firebrand, rock thrower • hated by the "system" • can't keep him down With emphasis on the false claims and being right all along. And very quotable
Got a neighbor who just moved into our tiny Appalachian community of about 50 people. Single mom with two boys. The older boy needs some discipline and maturity. Going to try to get him to help me work at things at my Vol Fire Station or perhaps with farm work or even with some blacksmithing. Will see how it goes.
At 13 i lost my Father, in Jr High/High School everyone would complain about and curse thier fathers. When possible i always pointed out how thankful they should be to even have one, the typical response was were he alive you'd be the same way 😮... nonetheless memory is a beautiful thing that reveals itself at the most opportune moments, now a grandfather i couldn't tell you how many times i remembered something that made no sense to me at the time, a riddle of sorts that was like a timed released mentoring memory capsule🤯 only to be revealed coincidentally the moment you need it the most. I feel the same about God's word, an interpretation at one stage in life expands through wisdom and trial. Your missing Father is there 📖 just check ✔️ your text messages 😉
I would add that this is why the local church is so important. This is where father figures can come in to help bridge that gap. It can't fully replace a godly father in the home. But it sure can go a long way to try to fill that gap. Men, if you are "bored" in church, then step up! Find those boys and younger men (or even older ones) and be that godly Christian mentor that they so desperately need!
I grew up in a Christian environment…and I attended Doug’s school. I was fatherless. I had an emotionally absent mother. Nobody stepped up. Nobody mentored me. I’ve done everything on my own. Christian communities preach a big game about fathers, but they have absolutely ZERO template for reaching out to fatherless boys. I enjoy listening to Doug’s talks and think he’s profoundly insightful…but his theology is poisoned by pretension. Christians abandon most teachings when “free will” dips into a grey area. Christians believe fathers are necessary…and yet to be necessary is to be CAUSAL. The harsh reality if being fatherless within a Christian community is that Christians will proclaim the necessity of having a father, but will simultaneously blame a fatherless boy for everything he does wrong…and offer him NOTHING by way of mentorship as a way to learn the things a father ahould be teaching him. Why? Because they expect that a teenage boy should use “free will” to do all the things he would be doing, had he been raised by a father. On the one hand they want to decry fatherlessness. On the other hand they’ll expect a fatherless boy to “stop behaving that way,” as though not having a father were merely an excuse. Which one is it? Is not having a father a catastrophe? Or is it really no big deal because the son can just exercise his free will to do the right things? At the end of the day, Christians are so beholden to the doctrine of sin and free will that, in practice, when it counts, they will turn their backs on fatherless boys. They “believe” fatherhood is necessary…and yet the BEHAVE as though it ISN’T precisely because they think free will allows a boy to BE all the things he would be with a father…simply by choosing it. Christians ABANDON fatherless boys. This is caused by a systematic flaw in theology. I would have given anything, ANYTHING, for ONE MAN to step forward and openly offer himself as a mentor. Doug’s church and school did NOTHING. Because they don’t actually think fatherlessness CAUSES destruction. They don’t believe in determinism. They have their cake and eat it, too. They praise fatherhood…and ignore fatherless boys. Because that boy should be getting right with God. I agree with you. Christians need to mentor fatherless boys. But they don’t. And WON’T. Because there’s poison in the ideology. Christians have ZERO template for fatherless boys….which is also why they have zero template for dealing with woke culture. We’re about to lose the country to totalitarian ideology…and it will be because Christians refuse to accept that effects have causes. They point their finger at people who left the church and people who are fatherless…and accept zero responsibility for the material CAUSES of those lost sheep. If fatherlessness is bad…why isn’t the church reaching out to the left? Instead, they call them evil and call it a day. Hooray for piety.
I had no father growing up, but I took responsibility for myself. Makes it way more difficult than it should have been but I wanted better for my children.
My father grew up without his father during the depression, then he served in the Army. My generation became increasingly selfish and lazy. We have taught that we can be whatever we want 🤔unfortunately most have not taught their boys how to stand tall in adversity or to work hard. I sure appreciate you speaking to this generation…God help us !
Y’all still don’t understand what we have to face. But I will stop crying about it. I never did much but I have bit the curb a few times. Your right…. But I know my peers and I know what I’ve been through. Please keep trying because we need wisdom. Not just to hear but to know. Your crew has done great. I’m asking that you please do more it’s dark down here and the demons are everywhere.
Let your manner of living be without covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have. For He hath said, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” Hebrews 13:5
We grieve the faithful fathers who never were. And then we move on because that is our calling in this broken creation. Move on before the bitterness consumes us.
"Masculinity is the glad assumption of sacrificial responsibility."--D.W. I love that quote! But let me ask the obvious question at the risk of sounding like a complementarian (which I am not) or anti-hierarchical (which I am also not). Doesn't this definition better fit with *courageous, true* femininity just as well as *heroic, faithful* masculinity? And if it does, how does it in fact differentiate? It seems to bind, not distinguish, the sexes and thus confuse and not clarify the essence of the distinctive masculine nature.
Boy, was this timely! There is also a physically present father but otherwise almost absent except to show up to say to you that you are indeed a grand failure of the grandest kind and a sore reminder of all his past disappointments foraying into the future regardless of attempts to course correct.
While I've come to the place where I think there are cases where some Catholics are genuinely saved, Catholicism, itself, does not teach salvation by grace alone, through faith alone. If someone is closely following that theology, they are not saved. I say this as someone who likes Matt and who needs to pray for him. Some people continue attending a Catholic church for family or tradition reasons, not necessarily for the theology. That is "problematic", to use the language of today. But I think it's possible. If Matt is is following the explicit theology of the Roman Catholic Church, he is not saved. Where he is on that issue, I don't know. I like him and I think he's doing good work. I hope he truly comes to know Christ. Michael Knowles, as well! He seems to be more hardcore Catholic than even Matt. @@YSLRD
I get that you use the term ‘boomer’ to bridge the generational gap and maybe address potential scepticism and the like but, you know, I’m not even three chapters into Angels in the Architecture and you already referenced Don Henley’s hotel and Jakob Dylan’s one headlight. I was pretty impressed, not just with the context within which you used the lyrics, but that you even knew them. Especially the Wallflowers! I don’t care what anyone says, you’re a cool boomer in my book.
Haha. Christian advice isn't Boomer-perspective. The Boomer-perspective is the perspective of the generation as a whole, which is not a Christian perspective. Being a boomer doesn't mean holding a perspective in accordance with that generation's perspective; boomers are individuals.
The point was that boomers grew up in a time when both the economy and the culture were objectively better (not perfect) than what young people face now. But, being a man means not making excuses and instead striving to the best of your ability while leaning on the grace of God.
@@brerfox1000 Yeah, I appreciate the video. I was just being humorous about the notion that he was offering Boomer-perspective (he didn't say "a Boomer perspective", but rather just "Boomer-perspective"). My comment certainly didn't need to be said; it was just a bit of fun, though the words are also sincere. Thanks for having the video's back; it's a good one.
@@Yesica1993the best voices in our time are boomers but the generation as a whole is of worse morak character than the millennials . That's largely because wing we've been blesses to be taught by the good ones
@@JtstewwI think you may be conflating an authority that we live under vs being authoritarian. We all must be governed, there will always be an authority. But as Doug is so fond of asking, "by what standard?" I prefer God's authority, and men who govern who are guided by God's authority.
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
so much wisdom in that book
Tolkien was a Christian, and he wove his faith all through his fictional world.
@@manager0175 Are those jobs in the tech world? Are those statistics from a democratic party press release? How insulting. Most of us are paying double for groceries and gas than before while our income stayed the same. Dealing with the post-Christian world is exactly why Doug doing in this video and many others, he's just not doing it by kneeling in front of it and paying it respects, drinking its bile and revering its teaching. This message here is very needed. Your detached reply, not so much.
@@manager0175I can’t tell if this is serious or a parody?
Even Richard Dawkins sees the benefits of Christendom. I’m not sure I’ve read anything quite so foolish…even in the TH-cam comments.
Doug, I have no idea who you are but a couple of your videos have randomly shown up in my feed. They are quite good. Kudos!
Alex jones of Christianity, in a certain sense
I greatly appreciate his work.
Alex Jones of Christianity?! That’s hilarious. Haven’t heard that one before. Perhaps a bit less conspiratorial.
@@mickey_rose yeah:
• poisoned well by numerous lying scandals
• known for controversial, funny, and linguistically creative takes
• way more chill/sincere in person when you get to know him
• was 'right about everything' all along when people treated him like he was crazy
• firebrand, rock thrower
• hated by the "system"
• can't keep him down
With emphasis on the false claims and being right all along. And very quotable
Happened me a year ago been hooked for a while now
The summary: godliness with contentment is great gain (1 Tim 6:6) Thanks for another valuable reminder.
Got a neighbor who just moved into our tiny Appalachian community of about 50 people. Single mom with two boys. The older boy needs some discipline and maturity.
Going to try to get him to help me work at things at my Vol Fire Station or perhaps with farm work or even with some blacksmithing. Will see how it goes.
Be that hero,
and God bless this friendship.
amen may The Lord bless those efforts, and keep trying even if you don't see the appreciation right away. It may take 20 or 30 or 70 years
At 13 i lost my Father, in Jr High/High School everyone would complain about and curse thier fathers. When possible i always pointed out how thankful they should be to even have one, the typical response was were he alive you'd be the same way 😮... nonetheless memory is a beautiful thing that reveals itself at the most opportune moments, now a grandfather i couldn't tell you how many times i remembered something that made no sense to me at the time, a riddle of sorts that was like a timed released mentoring memory capsule🤯 only to be revealed coincidentally the moment you need it the most. I feel the same about God's word, an interpretation at one stage in life expands through wisdom and trial. Your missing Father is there 📖 just check ✔️ your text messages 😉
"We need to get to escape velocity!! "🤣🥰🙏 Beautiful!!! ♥️
I would add that this is why the local church is so important. This is where father figures can come in to help bridge that gap. It can't fully replace a godly father in the home. But it sure can go a long way to try to fill that gap. Men, if you are "bored" in church, then step up! Find those boys and younger men (or even older ones) and be that godly Christian mentor that they so desperately need!
I grew up in a Christian environment…and I attended Doug’s school. I was fatherless. I had an emotionally absent mother.
Nobody stepped up. Nobody mentored me. I’ve done everything on my own.
Christian communities preach a big game about fathers, but they have absolutely ZERO template for reaching out to fatherless boys. I enjoy listening to Doug’s talks and think he’s profoundly insightful…but his theology is poisoned by pretension.
Christians abandon most teachings when “free will” dips into a grey area. Christians believe fathers are necessary…and yet to be necessary is to be CAUSAL. The harsh reality if being fatherless within a Christian community is that Christians will proclaim the necessity of having a father, but will simultaneously blame a fatherless boy for everything he does wrong…and offer him NOTHING by way of mentorship as a way to learn the things a father ahould be teaching him. Why? Because they expect that a teenage boy should use “free will” to do all the things he would be doing, had he been raised by a father.
On the one hand they want to decry fatherlessness. On the other hand they’ll expect a fatherless boy to “stop behaving that way,” as though not having a father were merely an excuse. Which one is it? Is not having a father a catastrophe? Or is it really no big deal because the son can just exercise his free will to do the right things?
At the end of the day, Christians are so beholden to the doctrine of sin and free will that, in practice, when it counts, they will turn their backs on fatherless boys. They “believe” fatherhood is necessary…and yet the BEHAVE as though it ISN’T precisely because they think free will allows a boy to BE all the things he would be with a father…simply by choosing it.
Christians ABANDON fatherless boys. This is caused by a systematic flaw in theology.
I would have given anything, ANYTHING, for ONE MAN to step forward and openly offer himself as a mentor. Doug’s church and school did NOTHING. Because they don’t actually think fatherlessness CAUSES destruction. They don’t believe in determinism. They have their cake and eat it, too. They praise fatherhood…and ignore fatherless boys. Because that boy should be getting right with God.
I agree with you. Christians need to mentor fatherless boys. But they don’t. And WON’T. Because there’s poison in the ideology. Christians have ZERO template for fatherless boys….which is also why they have zero template for dealing with woke culture. We’re about to lose the country to totalitarian ideology…and it will be because Christians refuse to accept that effects have causes. They point their finger at people who left the church and people who are fatherless…and accept zero responsibility for the material CAUSES of those lost sheep. If fatherlessness is bad…why isn’t the church reaching out to the left? Instead, they call them evil and call it a day. Hooray for piety.
Thank you, Doug. This one was a blessing to me in where I’m at right now. Thank you.
Well done. And thank you for standing up for boys/men. I'm a woman, but I hate what's being done to them in this miserable, godless culture.
I had no father growing up, but I took responsibility for myself. Makes it way more difficult than it should have been but I wanted better for my children.
My father grew up without his father during the depression, then he served in the Army. My generation became increasingly selfish and lazy.
We have taught that we can be whatever we want 🤔unfortunately most have not taught their boys how to stand tall in adversity or to work hard. I sure appreciate you speaking to this generation…God help us !
Wow !!
Blessings from Sydney Australia .
Can't wait for the book to come out so I enjoy it after every week of enjoying it
Yes!! 🫡💯
I needed this video at exactly this moment in my life. Thank you Doug.
This is the doug i like listening to.
Y’all still don’t understand what we have to face. But I will stop crying about it. I never did much but I have bit the curb a few times. Your right…. But I know my peers and I know what I’ve been through. Please keep trying because we need wisdom. Not just to hear but to know. Your crew has done great. I’m asking that you please do more it’s dark down here and the demons are everywhere.
Let your manner of living be without covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have. For He hath said, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” Hebrews 13:5
We grieve the faithful fathers who never were. And then we move on because that is our calling in this broken creation. Move on before the bitterness consumes us.
Thanks!!!
One of my favorites so far. Much needed.
This is immensely helpful, thank you
EXCELLENT!
Not sinning ALWAYS helps...
Love your Gall sir. Biblical. Definitely needed and required in these circumstances.
This is your strength Doug, your gift; practical advice on a one to one level, rightly shared with others. Eschatology, Mm, not so much… 😃
Hard to imagine, but someone out there will take issue with this message.
Amen, thank you for saying this Doug.
I needed this. Thank you, Doug!
Brother, Ill never be able to understand the post mill stuff, but your otherwise iron sharpening service is thriving in my estimation, thanks!
Hear, hear, Doug! 💜✝️💜
Great advice
Doug's videos are peoof that being a man is not simply innate, it must be learned, and can be taught and caught didactically
"Masculinity is the glad assumption of sacrificial responsibility."--D.W. I love that quote! But let me ask the obvious question at the risk of sounding like a complementarian (which I am not) or anti-hierarchical (which I am also not). Doesn't this definition better fit with *courageous, true* femininity just as well as *heroic, faithful* masculinity? And if it does, how does it in fact differentiate? It seems to bind, not distinguish, the sexes and thus confuse and not clarify the essence of the distinctive masculine nature.
right on
My dad left my mom, me and younger sister when I was 7. That was 40 years ago. Still don't know how to tie a necktie.
There's no music genre that can fully escape this theme either. It's on so many people's minds when they're honest.
I was thinking the same too! How many songs have I listened to where the lyrics describe some unhappiness or woe with the singer’s lot in life.
Everyone is singing the blues
Boy, was this timely! There is also a physically present father but otherwise almost absent except to show up to say to you that you are indeed a grand failure of the grandest kind and a sore reminder of all his past disappointments foraying into the future regardless of attempts to course correct.
👏👏
Matt Walsh would be so much better if he listened to Uncle Doug. Hands down
And if he believed the Gospel.
And if he didn't work for anti-Christ Ben Shapiro
@@MetroplexAerialsMatt is Christian. He's Catholic so doesn't fit my theology, but still believes the gospel.
Ha! I do love Matt. I wonder how much of his grumpiness has just become his brand.
While I've come to the place where I think there are cases where some Catholics are genuinely saved, Catholicism, itself, does not teach salvation by grace alone, through faith alone. If someone is closely following that theology, they are not saved. I say this as someone who likes Matt and who needs to pray for him. Some people continue attending a Catholic church for family or tradition reasons, not necessarily for the theology. That is "problematic", to use the language of today. But I think it's possible. If Matt is is following the explicit theology of the Roman Catholic Church, he is not saved. Where he is on that issue, I don't know. I like him and I think he's doing good work. I hope he truly comes to know Christ. Michael Knowles, as well! He seems to be more hardcore Catholic than even Matt. @@YSLRD
I get that you use the term ‘boomer’ to bridge the generational gap and maybe address potential scepticism and the like but, you know, I’m not even three chapters into Angels in the Architecture and you already referenced Don Henley’s hotel and Jakob Dylan’s one headlight. I was pretty impressed, not just with the context within which you used the lyrics, but that you even knew them. Especially the Wallflowers! I don’t care what anyone says, you’re a cool boomer in my book.
When did this new series start ? I have seen Dawson and the girl but this was my first.
could've been spoke to me, but it doesn't help.
You nees do
Learn
i wasn't taught to be biblically masculine. I wish I could find a biblically masculine pastor. Here I go, whining again.
Haha. Christian advice isn't Boomer-perspective. The Boomer-perspective is the perspective of the generation as a whole, which is not a Christian perspective. Being a boomer doesn't mean holding a perspective in accordance with that generation's perspective; boomers are individuals.
"boomers are individuals"
And yet here you are, condemning an entire group of people. Bigot, much?
@@Yesica1993 Are you being deliberately deceptive? If not, then you have some espaining to do.
The point was that boomers grew up in a time when both the economy and the culture were objectively better (not perfect) than what young people face now. But, being a man means not making excuses and instead striving to the best of your ability while leaning on the grace of God.
@@brerfox1000 Yeah, I appreciate the video.
I was just being humorous about the notion that he was offering Boomer-perspective (he didn't say "a Boomer perspective", but rather just "Boomer-perspective"). My comment certainly didn't need to be said; it was just a bit of fun, though the words are also sincere.
Thanks for having the video's back; it's a good one.
@@Yesica1993the best voices in our time are boomers but the generation as a whole is of worse morak character than the millennials . That's largely because wing we've been blesses to be taught by the good ones
Doug probably thinks mark Driscoll never did anything wrong. Same energy.
Apples and oranges. Mark focused on authoritarianism, Doug talks about authority but focuses a lot on responsibility.
@@matthewpeterson3517nailed it.
@@matthewpeterson3517 theonomy is authoritarianism
@@Jtstewwno
@@JtstewwI think you may be conflating an authority that we live under vs being authoritarian. We all must be governed, there will always be an authority. But as Doug is so fond of asking, "by what standard?"
I prefer God's authority, and men who govern who are guided by God's authority.