“ Beer, well respected and rightly consumed, can be a gift of God. It is one of his mysteries, which it was his delight to conceal and the glory of kings to search out. And men enjoy it to mark their da… Stephen Mansfield
“ A banker can be as called and as pleasing to God as Billy Graham may be when he preaches. A brewer can serve as valuable a role in the kingdom of God as a missionary, a priest, or a pope. This is the… Stephen Mansfield
“ We will never become the men we are called to be unless we learn the art of friendship and intentionally cultivate deep, meaningful, rowdy relationships with other men. Stephen Mansfield
“ To know gritty truth about life straight from the pages of Scripture is part of the grace of God and allows us to live safely and effectively in a fallen world. Stephen Mansfield
“ This is a good moment to remember one of Mansfield’s Manly Maxims: Manly men tend their fields. It means that we take care of the lives and property entrusted to us. It means that we take responsibili… Stephen Mansfield
“ The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement. —Aristotle, from The Nicomachean Ethics Stephen Mansfield
“ Second, a man is meant to carry such responsibility that he will descend into exhaustion and resentment if he does not have the inner resources that come from living in connection with God. This is mu… Stephen Mansfield
“ How many men have failed to stay intellectually sharp and so gave up ground in their professions to others with more active minds? How many have lost money through uninformed investments or have not t… Stephen Mansfield
“ Hear me, gentlemen: true men do things—manly things. Mere males who want to seem like men just talk. Manhood is in the doing. There Stephen Mansfield
“ A man is known by the company he keeps. We all know that we can tell a great deal about people by looking at those they call friends. It is also true that we can tell a great deal about ourselves by w… Stephen Mansfield
“ A NATION’S STRENGTH What makes a nation’s pillars high And its foundations strong? What makes it mighty to defy The foes that round it throng? It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand Go down in battle shoc… Stephen Mansfield
“ Men know themselves, work to understand their God-ordained uniqueness and their unique brand of damage, and accept they will always be a work in progress, always be a one-man construction project that… Stephen Mansfield
“ Find it interesting, given the controversies over alcohol that would eventually erupt in the history of the Christian church, that the arrival of Christianity in the world and its eventual sway over t… Stephen Mansfield
“ Exertion. We live in an opulent blandness—overfed, overtended, overentertained, and overly preoccupied with ourselves. But men need aggressive physical lives. They need contest and conquest, strain an… Stephen Mansfield
“ Your horrific time of trouble offered you truths about yourself, windows into your own soul, and maps to the terrain of your inner life. Wise people learn to gather this intelligence to help them conq… Stephen Mansfield
“ You are destined for your hardships because you are destined for great works of God. Stephen Mansfield
“ WE MUST DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THE CAPACITY TO FORGIVE. HE WHO IS DEVOID OF THE POWER TO FORGIVE IS DEVOID OF THE POWER TO LOVE. THERE IS SOME GOOD IN THE WORST OF US AND SOME EVIL IN THE BEST OF US. WH… Stephen Mansfield
“ The more you rehearse the wrongs against you and the more you stay in that trap, the more the syringes of bitterness release their toxins into your soul. Stephen Mansfield
“ So we forgive. We send away the wrongs done to us. We let people out of the little cages we keep them in while we enjoy our feelings of moral superiority. We hand the feelings of wrong to God and refu… Stephen Mansfield
“ It is a great art of living to be able to hear truth in the mouth of your enemies. Even those who hate you and mean to hurt you may still be right about what they see in your life. Though they shout t… Stephen Mansfield
