By Pastor Carmen Rizzo

Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 14 Let all that you do be done in love 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

"Woe to us! Who shall deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who smote the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness. "Take courage and be men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves to you; therefore, be men and fight." So the Philistines fought and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent, and the slaughter was very great; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers. 1 Samuel 4:8-10

There are few other things about our society that bring me to anger quicker than the attempt and success of the “Social Engineers” ideology which has worked for many years towards the feminization of the male gender. There are few things that initiate a “knee jerk” disdain in me as when I am in the presence of a man or men who come apart at the slightest bit of unrest or turmoil. Worse yet is when they start getting teary eyed and start to cry like children. I struggle with this “knee jerk” disdain that I experience. Why does this happen in me? Is it sin? Is it the fact that I’ve watched too many John Wayne, Clint Eastwood movies when I was younger? This troubles me because this “knee jerk” reaction is just that. An involuntary reflex emotionally on my part.

Yet there is no denying that what it is to be a man in the American culture has undergone a metamorphosis over the last 40 years. For those 40 years there have been a multitude of social Gurus who have been telling men that they need to get “in touch with themselves”, “connect with their feminine side”. “Don’t be afraid to cry”. See there it goes again! Just saying that sentence as I type it has initiated an emotional gag reflex in me! There’s no hope!



Am I just a “brain washed”, twisted individual who believes that “Real men” are supposed to act differently than the new male ideology that social gurus have been shoving down our collective male throats for the last 40 years? Honestly, if I see another grown man cry because he had a fight with his wife over who’s’ going to let “Spot” out, I’m going to scream! Although according to the social gurus, I should just have a good cry for myself. Or just maybe this ideology to feminize men is just a small part of the larger ideology of the social engineers who are working towards the globalization of all things, the redefinition of what it is to be an American male. Will the new feminized American males be able to defend our country’s borders when the enemy comes knocking? And come he will! From a historical perspective, when the males of a great society begin to assimilate more feminine qualities, it is usually a pretty fair indicator that society’s decadence is in an advance stage. Rome could not be conquered from outside her borders until her men had become so feminized, the culture so decadent, that she had not the strength, courage, will to defend herself. The rest is as they say history.

This has to happen in America if that new Global village is ever going to become a reality. We have to be taken out of the way. They will never be able to do this through military means. Unless that is all of us men just decide to give up and go spend our days at the beach working on our tans. Wake up! Those who refuse to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them. Alexis DeTouqeville once said that all that is required for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing. If he were living today he might have restated it this way: “All that is required for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing and get a massage instead”. Where did John Wayne go? Hmmm!

That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there anything of which it may be said, "See, this is new"? It has already been in ancient times before us. 11 There is no remembrance of former things, Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come By those who will come after. Ecclesiastes 1:9-11