Greg Lingle is an executive pastor at Mansfield Bible Church, he is 56 years old.
In regards to his faith and the correlation, it has towards masculinity he also considers the outlook God has towards all people. He says, “When we talk about different aspects of roles, then you have different outlooks on the way things look. For example, as simple as the wife has a baby and the man doesn’t. So there are different aspects of masculinity”. In his personal experience in his house, he sees his wife is more compassionate. He thinks there are some aspects that she brings in regards to our faith or to their kids that he doesn’t. Which then makes it more of a sense of teaching rather than a faith aspect. Yet, he doesn't think it’s geared towards his …show more content…
Ingle’s his faith is identified in who Christ is, so when he identifies who Christ is he identifies who he is as a person. So in his opinion toward faith, everyone has a specific role. In church, some men are servants, helpers etc.So when he thinks about faith and masculinity, he doesn’t think God sets apart a man in the church with regards to what they generally believe. While he also doesn’t see the thought as a lack of equality. It’s just a belief that there are different roles that are played by men that have different routines, abilities and the holy spirit makes them all match. So he sees faith as having a tremendous amount of opportunity of allowing men to be who they are but enhancing that in the light of who God is. So as he has grown on in his faith, who he is as a man grows as well. So due to this, he grows more compassionate and emotional and remains strong. Seeing where the gospel has been made available to all people, and when we believe in Jesus and come into his family. God makes us more and more like himself and guides us into his path. Which looks different for …show more content…
His dad never cried he was a very strong man and his wife only saw him cry just a couple of times. Making Greg never doubt that he loved him because he showed a lot of compassion. He thinks about the image of masculinity that h gave him, so he had to grow as an individual himself using the teachings of his father that he didn’t believe in. Yet he found there’s a lot of times where he had little bits of wisdom, and he finds they go right back to his dad. So his experience of masculinity as a child was a ‘John Wayne’, that’s about all he had throughout his life growing up. He had other men that showed him how to compassionate amongst friends. He loved his dad deeply even though he didn’t agree with him on some