Micah Hershberger recently reached out to me to ask my opinion on a question he is pondering.
What do I believe are the three greatest struggles facing men and women in American churches today? That is, what are the three greatest struggles facing men? Just so for the ladies also, what are the three greatest struggles facing women?
Believing as I do Solomon when he says in Ecclesiastes 1:9, "There is no new thing under the sun," my answer to Micah's thought-provoking question mostly sidesteps the peculiarities of modern technology concerning transportation, entertainment, food supply, the internet, and smartphones.
In short, I believe men and women alike have three main responses to the threats to purpose and belonging inherent to modern American society. Those three responses are: Fight, Flight, and Surrender.
But that is where the similarities pretty well dry up. The ways in which men and women fight, flee, and throw in the towel look markedly different. Listen in to find out how.
