"Men Working: A Tract to My Fellow Men"

Please read this well-written and concise article by Aiden J. Humphrey, which is posted at www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com. This is a thought-provoking look at our current culture through the lens of the order of creation and the Christian countercultural view of the family.

He implores men to live up to their God-given vocation as the head of the family over and against the feminist model of family life that dominates our culture, even among conservative Christians. Humphrey cites Scripture in his argument, and points out the various pitfalls of the modern American lifestyle that, I suspect, most Christians have not even considered.

His article is provocative and articulate, a call to repentence that is long overdue, one that will upset a lot of people, and will, no doubt, be met by cries of "legalism!" and "Pietism!" by some confessional Lutherans. But frankly, I see no holes in his thought, and I agree with him that we should be taking very real steps toward restoring traditional family institutions among ourselves, weaning ourselves from the luxuries that we perceive to be "necessities" for the sake of our families.

This is also an example of why "traditionalism" is a better and more comprehensive path than mere "conservatism" (I'm working on an article on this topic, please check back later). Most members of the LCMS are self-described conservatives, and yet, most of our families have capitulated to the modern, feminist, secularized model of family life that is alien to the Holy Scriptures and to the Christian life, a way of life that is indistinguishable from the lives of non-believers.