On Manhood

"Manhood is not magic. It is a building process. No

magic wand waved could produce it instantly. It doesn’t

strike like lightning. It is built, layer upon layer, line

upon line, precept upon precept, decision upon decision.

The Bible says that everywhere Abraham went he

built his altar and pitched his tents. Today, too many men

are building their tents and pitching their altars. They

spend too much time on the temporal and not enough

on the eternal—too much time on building personality,

while merely pitching character. It’s a perversion of

godly principles.

You can pitch personality, but you must build character.

One of my heroes of faith, W.T. Gaston, once told

me something I have never forgotten and have quoted

thousands of times: “When the charm wears off, you

have nothing but character left.”"

Edwin Louis Cole
Maximized Manhood
Space in Scripture