Introducing the Chauvinists: No Sissy Stuff Sam

As part of our look at biblical manhood here on the blog, here's the first of Pastor Mark's four profiles of typical chauvinists. Men are prone to go one of two directions, not understanding masculinity in general and marriage in particular. One is cowardice. They, like their father Adam, are passive cowards. They avoid responsibility, they avoid conflict, they dump parts of their curse on their wife. There are also men who don't want to be like Adam, who don't want to be passive, silent, worthless cowards, and they overcompensate and they become chauvinists and bullies and thugs and jerks and bad boys. The chauvinists don't understand masculinity and how to treat a woman.

Most of you men don't know what masculinity truly is. And your proclivity will be toward either cowardice or chauvinism, too little or too much.

I've been dealing with men for enough years, at this point, that I have seen a certain kind of guy a certain number of times. And I'll share with you some of these guys. We'll start with the chauvinists first. The first is No Sissy Stuff Sam. Excerpted from the Marriage and Men sermon (1 Peter 3:7), one of the most popular sermons in the Mars Hill media library and a seminal introduction to Mars Hill’s teachings on biblical manhood. See also this post on how the identity of a man is found in Jesus. Next up, Chauvinist #2: Success and Status Stewart