Episode 25 - True Boldness
Jake and Brett discuss how true boldness is manifesting the heart of Jesus in a given situation. By examining scenes from Jesus’ life, it becomes clear that boldness is a wonderful and essential part of authentic masculinity.
Key Points
It’s important to have some margin in life where there’s still space around all we do to breathe
The culture puts forth various messages about what it means to be a good man
Meekness and timidity aren’t the same thing. Timidity is weakness and cowardice and meekness is strength under control.
When trying to define something we can often unknowingly stay in the extremes and not the truth, i.e. timidity - boldness - tyrannical
Boldness can mean being tender and being fierce
Boldness is being a manifestation of the Father’s presence in a particular situation
Boldness could be found in Jesus’ lived integration of laying down his life as well as turning over tables in righteous anger
Boldness is always directed toward the good of the other, the situation, and myself
There is a long list of negative effects due to the loss of real boldness in men
Boldness is part of true masculinity and when men aren’t bold the world suffers
The loss of true boldness is seen in Adam in the Garden of Eden
Fear is a deep root of a lack of boldness
Rightly ordered emotions move you to be bold
Being a Christian man isn’t about just being nice
Being a good man doesn’t mean becoming less emotional, it means having our emotions rightly ordered
Desires and emotions were present before the fall which means they were created by God and are good
St Thomas Aquinas speaks about the goodness of desire and emotion
Part of true boldness is experiencing healing so our emotions become rightly ordered
Jesus was emotional and bold
Holy discontent is a state of heart where we can see something from the Father’s perspective because we aren’t overtaking the interpretation; it is an initial experience that can move us into bold action because we feel and see from God’s heart
Jesus turning tables and confronting the Pharisees are two of many examples of true boldness
The Good News is that Jesus’ life gets to be our life; His life can be in us
Grace is the life of God in a human soul
The greatest act of boldness is Jesus’ embracing the cross
Discussion Questions:
What struck you from this episode?
How would you define true boldness?
What do you believe is the impact of the loss of masculine boldness?
What’s a scene from the bible where you see Jesus’ true boldness?
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