Five Aspects of Masculinity for Young Man – Second Edition (20th Anniversary)
APRIL 17, 2023
A Letter to the Friends of Five Aspects Ministries from the Editor:
The Five Aspects of Masculinity for Young Men has been in print since 2003. Like the other works Five Aspects Ministries has in print, an update in the files and formatting of this book was required. I have spent the last month pouring over the content of this book, and I have come to the same conclusion for this work as I did for the recent release of the 2nd edition of the Five Aspects of Femininity for Young Women that came out in February: this work is EXCELLENT, and this is an understatement.
The Five Aspects of Masculinity for Young Men adroitly navigates the modern minefield of sexual insanity and clearly teaches what God has to say about sexuality and manhood in a way that is accessible for young men. In every aspect, the gospel is preached, and discipleship is commenced. It is an essential tool in the discipleship of young men for Christ, and it should be part of every Christian young man’s training for life and ministry. If the young men and the men who lead them will actually apply themselves to this work, complete it, and understand it, they will never think or be the same again. My prayer is that you will all read this work and deploy it within your spheres of influence and beyond. The Church needs this resource now more than ever.
I will sign-off here and leave you with the following from the new preface to the 20th Anniversary edition because it says what I have to say better than I could say it myself.
In Christ,
Kristine Vermillion
Dear Student,
In four months, this course for young men will be 20 years old. Looking over the preface I wrote in July of 2003, I find nothing in it that has changed. On the other hand, what the world thinks about the sexual identity of men and women has changed beyond recognition. If you described today's notion of sexuality to someone twenty years ago, they would surely think you were mad.
In a word, no one knows what a man is; no one knows what a woman is. The most recent member of the U.S. Supreme Court claims she cannot define what a woman is. In 2022, The Oxford and Cambridge Dictionaries both amended their definitions of man and woman to include anyone who identifies as man or woman.
Indeed, one-fifth of the 21st Century is now history, and sex has morphed into dozens of increasingly murky, bizarre, and fluid forms. In modern terms, manliness and womanliness have become derelict ideas. However, the manliness and womanliness one finds in the Bible, taught and defended by orthodox Christians for millennia, have not changed since the day the words of the Bible were first penned. Five Aspects of Masculinity for Young Men provides you with an overview of its subject: man the male as God created him; man the male as he is corrupted and cursed; man the male as he is redeemed in Christ.
William E Mouser, Jr.
2023, Feast of the 20 Monks,
Martyred in 797 by Saracens
In San Saba Monastery near Bethlehem