Podcast excerpt (~May 30, 2023) featuring Melissa Butler and another speaker discussing why cultural slogans like “man up” and reliance on bravado are insufficient to resist temptation. They argue the heart is deceitful and drawn to worldly desires, so willpower alone often fails; true strength/‘manhood’ is defined as removing tempting situations and pursuing freedom (e.g., leaving unhealthy places, removing devices).
The reality is, like, even if we know the Bible incredibly.
Well, the reality.
Is our heart's still deceitful and we can't trust it and we have wrongful.
Desires.
You know, so if I believe what the world says.
That I need to.
Man up, you.
Know, just, you know.
Use this bravado to resist temptation.
We're going to fail.
Time and time again. Like, you might win 50% of the time, but more often than not, you're going to lose because our heart is actually drawn.
To the things of this world. It actually takes more, you know, it.
Takes more bravado and strength and like, true manhood to say, you know what? This is not a healthy place for me to be. I'm going to leave. I don't need to go to a gym. Maybe I don't even need to have a smart device whatsoever. But I'm committed to removing this thing from my life, and I'm more desperate for freedom than I am to stay stuck where I am.
