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What is meant by the term toxic masculinity? Where does it come from and is it, as some critics assert, “baked into Christian theology?” What is the “masculine mold” that the culture and the church tend to encourage? And most importantly, what does Christlike masculinity look like? We’ll answer these questions and more Sean and Scott discuss the currently controversial subject of toxic masculinity.

This episode is also available as a video on Biola's YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/etGOROtk_PI

Read a transcript of this episode at: https://www.biola.edu/blogs/think-biblically/2023/truth-and-toxic-masculinity   

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