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Another recent trend: men pam­per­ing their bod­ies. Randy Stin­son cri­tiques the trend, call­ing it the fem­i­niza­tion of the Amer­i­can male. This line cri­tiquing Tony Glenville’s Top to Toe made me chuckle:

For instance, Glenville advises, “A spe­cial occa­sion calls for spe­cial treat­ment, and tak­ing the time to visit your hair­dresser, go for a mas­sage, and have a facial scrub will all add to your con­fi­dence.” In another sec­tion, he tells us, “At sport­ing events, whether cheer­ing your team on or par­tic­i­pat­ing your­self, the wrong footwear can com­pletely skew an out­fit.” I won­der if Chip­per Jones knows this?

Stinson’s point is that pam­per­ing one­self encour­ages the sin of self-absorption. “We do not need pret­tier boys. We do not need softer men. What we need is a church cul­ture that will call boys and men to lives of self sac­ri­fice as exam­pled by the pic­ture of Christ in Eph­esians 5 who loved the church and gave him­self for her to his own neglect and sac­ri­fice.” [Read the arti­cle]