Dr. John A. King argues that manhood means providing for and protecting your family through financial support, physical readiness, and manual labor. He emphasizes a man's role as spiritual head of the household, grounded in biblical teaching that men were given a job by the Creator to tend the garden and guide the family's future.
A man should be able to provide for his family, protect himself, protect his family, be there when those on his inner circle need him. A man is prepared to do whatever it takes and has equipped himself to do whatever it takes to do those things. I don't think every man needs to know how to shoot a gun or hunt. I've trained myself to do those things because I want to be able to protect my family. A man should know how to fight, even if it's just putting on boxing gloves and having a go. That's important because I want to take care of my family. I believe as men we should be able to step into the gap and Provide. Am I prepared to work at Home Depot to put food on the table in my home? Yeah, because that just is a man thing. I believe that's part of our created being. We were given a job by the Creator in the very first, and we're called to tend the garden, take care of it. You've got to be prepared to be the spiritual head of your household in whatever form that takes. Be that prophet, be able to look to the future and say, look, this is the way I think we should walk in it.
