Batterson does it again.
I have to confess from the beginning that I am a huge fan of Mark
Batterson’s books. I think I have read all of them without being disappointed, and
Play the Man: Becoming the Man God Created
You to Be (BakerBooks, 2017) is no exception.
What I particularly like about this book is that it is
personal and practical at the same time. There are far to man books that claim
they have the answer to a specific issue, but turn out to be nothing more than
an excuse for the author to brag about what he (or she) is doing or has done.
This is Dad Discipleship at its finest, and when things don’t
go as planned, Batterson is Man enough to admit his mistakes.
Part I is titled Play the
Man: Seven Virtues and Batterson goes through some of the attributes that a
godly man possesses. Things like being tough, but not hardened, being a
gentleman, without being a doormat.
Bottom line is that God would like for men, created in His
image, to think, speak and act in a certain way. And if Dads don’t teach their
sons to be godly men, then someone else, or society will teach them something…and
it may not be what you want your son to learn.
Batterson has talked about the rites of passage that he
created for his sons in at least one of his other books. I enjoyed reading more
about it in Part II.
Baker Books sent me a copy of this book in exchange for a
review. I was not required to write a positive review.
5/5
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