Zachary Wagner – Non-Toxic Masculinity

‘Dismissals such as boys will be boys and not all men are ingrained in our world.  And the purity culture of our youth sold the same excuses with a spiritual spin.  Can we break the toxic cycle and recover a healthy identity for men’?

Brent and Ian talk with Zachary Wagner, an ordained minister and editorial director for the Center for Pastor Theologians.  He’s currently pursuing a PhD in New Testament at the University of Oxford.  Zachary’s new book from IVP America is called ‘Non-Toxic Masculinity.  Recovering Healthy Male Sexuality’.

• (1:30) Why is it a concerning time to be a man?
• (4:00) Toxic masculinity;
• (8:00) Purity culture;
• (13:00) How purity culture led to toxic men;
• (19:00) Zachary’s marriage;
• (27:45) Jesus;
• (30:00) Boundaries.

Links mentioned in this episode:

www.ivpress.com

www.zacharycwagner.com

www.amazon.com/Non-Toxic-Masculinity-Recovering-Healthy-Sexuality/dp/1514005026

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