How to Raise Godly Men in a Confused Culture | Dr. Jerome Gay Jr.

What does biblical manhood actually look like—and how do you raise sons who understand it in a culture sending them conflicting messages about what it means to be a man?

Pastor and author Jerome Gay Jr. joins Kent and Lawson to talk about raising godly men, emotional maturity, respect, father wounds, and why Jesus—not social media influencers or cultural stereotypes—must be our ultimate model for masculinity.

Jerome shares lessons from his new book, How to Speak Man: Discovering the Respect Languages Men Need, including the five “respect languages” of significance, support, sex, silence, and space. He also explains why men need to learn how to acknowledge and communicate their emotions without being controlled by them.

They discuss how dads can move from constantly telling their kids what they’re against to giving them a compelling vision of what they’re for, how to teach sons biblical apologetics in the age of smartphones, and why fathers need to be “compelling, not combative” when engaging both their children and the culture.

Jerome also speaks directly to the dad who feels like he has already blown it. Your upbringing, failures, and mistakes may have consequences—but they do not have to permanently define the kind of father you become.

In this episode:

• Raising boys into godly men
• Biblical masculinity and the example of Jesus
• Helping sons develop emotional maturity
• Recovering from an unhealthy relationship with your own father
• The five respect languages men need
• Creating safety and communication in marriage
• Teaching kids apologetics and biblical truth
• Becoming a compelling, not combative, Christian dad
• What to do when you feel like you’ve failed as a father

If you want to lead your family with greater courage, tenderness, wisdom, and purpose, this conversation will give you practical biblical tools to start.

Get Jerome Gay Jr.’s book: How to Speak Man: Discovering the Respect Languages Men Need on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GS47NZ8H

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