Episode #447 Men of Peace Process and Philosophy

On our last episode, we talked a little bit about power, identity politics.

I think we...

I think we clarified maybe some of the rub or the tension that exists in our Christian world over our view of power under and power over versus the cultural view of authority and then using that deprivation of rights under the collar of law example.

So the question then, right, is if that's the crux of the argument, Chris, if it is not the elimination of hierarchy, it's not the some kind of Marxist agenda, if abuse is really happening.

where men who claim the name of Christ are using a position, power, authority, strength that they've been given, that comes by naturally, that exists in society, that's part of our faith, that has been endowed by God, whatever, right? If they are using those advantages to coercively control their partner, if their partners lack agency, if they lack freedom, if they are afraid for their physical and sexual safety, if they're isolated from friends and family, intimidated and so on, then how does your process, how does Peace Works address that? And I'm bringing this up today because if the belief stands, if it's out there, what we covered last week, friends, that, well, peace works and ministries like that are really just critical theorists who play identity politics.

And if our argument is sound, that no, we actually want to hold all folks, leaders accountable, especially those who claim the name of Christ, to the standard that Jesus called us to.

Right.

To the, the, it cannot be this way among you argument that, um, my kingdom is not of this world argument.

And we want to disciple men in ways in which their families are safe, sane, empowered, free for the glory of God, the testimony of Jesus Christ.

And how do we go about that? So I want to talk to you over the next few episodes about men of peace.

If that argument is true, we're not playing identity politics.

We're not embracing critical theory.

We're not some kind of Marxist movement.

We're biblical Christians trying to biblically counsel folks who are operating in opposition to the will of God, the heart of God, harming those made in the image of God.

So Men of Peace is how we go about that.

If you haven't heard the Men of Peace podcast, it's one of our other shows here at PeaceWorks hosted by myself and my friend Greg Wilson.

You can find that anywhere you find your podcast, the Men of Peace podcast.

But in addition to that, we have an entire what we call our ecosystem.

We have an entire gambit of services designed to address the hearts of men who are perpetrating acts of abuse in the homes.