Unleashing Courageous Faith

Just finished reading Unleashing Courageous Faith – The Hidden Power of a Man’s Soul by Paul Coughlin. It was a good book with lots of messages for men. The first chapter was titled…When a Dog is more Manly…Kind of ironic since my last Sunday School lesson was about unleashing Christians and was inspired by the pictures in my last blog. You can read my previous blog to get the story behind it. Here are some of my favorite parts and quotes from the book.
Thumos – definition: a fight drive; courageous and animating spirit without which we don’t grow in spiritual depth and breadth, are unable to deeply love, consistently fail to lead or surmount the sins of our flesh. “It’s a reason why some men think that the men’s ministry should do more than flip pancakes.”

62% of American have passive personalities; 85% of Christians have passive personalities. Passive Christians run to Jesus for protection safety and sanctuary (which is what we call our places of worship).

Cowardice is the most under reported causes of depression in men.

We lose or integrity when we see something wrong and don’t act. Being content with the suffering of others is sinful.

There is a great quote from Rick Warren in chapter 6. Something to the effect of why do we applaud heroic strength in films if there is something wrong with having it at church?

Courage is contagious, but we must be willing to be infected. It’s not forged in isolation. For example, the Marines, disciples, Mormons, etc.

Put it on the highly recommend list.