A boy doesn't become a man by accident. The truth is, it takes a special kind of father (or father-figure) to teach his son the practical wisdom he needs to build the mindset of a real man. In his book, Manhood Is a Mindset, pastor and father J. Colin Trisler points his son to the example of Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, and instructs him in the fatherly wisdom Solomon taught his son in Proverbs 1-9. His book is a text-driven exposition that follows Solomon's lead and reads as a personalized discourse–as a series of letters from a father to his son. Trisler wrote these letters to instruct his son in the wisdom he needs to grow into a man who is prepared to go out into the real world and earn a good life for himself. He published these letters to support all those other fathers who are working just as hard to mold their inexperienced boys into strong and capable men who are prepared to meet their responsibilities to God, their families, their neighbors, and themselves.
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J. Colin Trisler. Manhood is a Mindset
Manhood Is a Mindset
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Today is a Good Day to Make Wise Decisions
Factor Fear into Your Way of Thinking
Take Home with You When You Leave the House
There’s a Lady Calling for You
Listen to Your Two Most Trusted Sources of Wisdom
The Everyday Hero
Two Hard Truths About Happiness
Walk in Your Father’s Footsteps
Let’s Have A Rational Talk About Sex
Earn Your Own Self-Respect on a Daily Basis
Bibliography
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Praise for Manhood Is a Mindset
“How do you teach your son God’s wisdom, intentionally? This book is the answer. I cannot speak highly enough about Manhood Is a Mindset. It follows the approach of the wisest man who ever lived, taking a young man through the foundational principles of Solomon’s wisdom and making them real to him. I plan to use the book with my own son. There is no other resource like it.”
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I will guide you every step of the way—but I will not live your life for you. I will protect you—but I will not overprotect you. I will provide for you as I teach you what it means to be self-reliant. I will tell you what you need to hear, not just what you want to hear—but you have my word: I will always speak to you with a sense of love and respect.
My hope is that together, as a team, you and I will take that unsophisticated mess of testosterone and insecurity the world calls adolescence and mold it into a chivalrous mindset of godly masculinity.
