Driscoll is a little rough …..and quite funny….as usual ..and he nails so many things right….especially when he challenges “guys” to stop defining themselves by what they consume and start defining themselves in light of who God made them to be … to be producers instead of consumers, and givers instead of takers. 

You’re the glory of God. What does it mean to be a man? John is a great example. He doesn’t waste his teens and his twenties downloading free porn, racking up his credit card debt, spending seven years to knock out his undergrad degree, trying to be the king of the fantasy football or baseball league, determined to pound more beers at happy hour and conquer more women than all the other guys to show he’s a real man. That’s no man at all. It’s a boy who could shave.

John shows us what a real man is. He’s filled with the Spirit. He humbly prepares the way for Jesus. He’s an evangelist who makes it his life work to introduce others to Jesus. He’s a man who ultimately is a giver and not a taker. He’s a producer, not a consumer. See, men, you are to be creators and cultivators. If you want to image God, your God is a creator and a cultivator. You create a marriage and you cultivate that woman. You create a child with her and you cultivate that child. You create a new family legacy for generations and you cultivate it. You create a business and you cultivate it. You create a ministry and you cultivate it. You want to be a man? You’re a creator and a cultivator. You’re a producer, not a consumer. You’re a giver, not a taker. You bring life, not death. You’re not looking for the path of least resistance. You’re looking for the path of greatest glory to God. You take it like John did.

Questions to ponder include:  How does Moralistic Therapeutic Deism measure up to the faith revealed in the Bible and proclaimed by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ? What is your reaction to the researcher’s  assertion that parents are the single biggest influence on the beliefs and behaviors of American teens?  What implication does this work have for how you interact with kids? To what extent are adults in the pews really believers in Moralistic Therapeutic Deism?

You can listen to this 25 minute interview by clicking HERE.