Michael Foster: It’s Still Good to Be a Man | S2 E1

The Grimke Podcast is back for Season 2 with a special episode featuring Michael Foster, author of It’s Good to Be a Man and senior pastor of East River Church in Batavia, OH. Profs Joe Holland and Bryan Laughlin interview Pastor Michael on hope for churches and young men amid the decades-long war on masculinity.

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MORE FROM MICHAEL FOSTER.
✦ On X — https://x.com/thisisfoster
✦ The Book — https://canonpress.com/products/its-good-to-be-a-man?variant=39921562779696

SKIP AHEAD.
(00:00) Coming Up...
(00:32) Meet Michael Foster
(02:06) Ministry in the Analog Generation
(06:10) Jordan Peterson, the Manosphere, and the Changing Times
(10:57) Androgynous Church Discipleship
(15:30) Gravitas: The Lost Virtue
(16:58) Subscribe and Suggest a Podcast Topic!
(17:32) Clueless Bastards
(20:57) Complementarity or Patriarchy?
(23:34) It's Still Good to Be a Man
(27:00) Androgyny v. The Church Fathers
(28:55) Reaching out to Men 
(30:45) From Isolation to a Band of Brothers
(34:59) Pastor Michael, Why so Practical? 
(41:45) Personal Anecdotes in Preaching
(44:37) A Post-2020 Theological Recovery
(52:10) Hope for Churches and Young Men

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✦ Joe Holland — Dean (Grimké College)
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✦ Michael Foster — Author, Pastor
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