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Christian men: God wants us to be meek, not weak

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On August 15, two Americans on a UFC fight card said the quiet part out loud. Prelim winner Tresean Gore had just secured a decision that cost him two front teeth. With a mouth full of blood, he told Joe Rogan that he no longer smoked weed, drank, or watched porn and that Jesus Christ had saved his life and soul. King Solomon foresaw the day of physical failure: 'If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.' On the main card, winner Jalin Turner’s first statement to Rogan was also a profession of faith. Professing athletes are not new. Tim Tebow, Harrison Butker, and the Oklahoma women’s softball team have all said the same thing in public: Prowess and its rewards are not solely their own doing. Toga-clad therapist Gore and Turner moved us for a narrower reason. During our Bible study, we had been talking about the decline of masculinity among Christian men. When those men surrender responsible, loyal, trustworthy headship — as Scripture defines it under God the Father