Making Men: Five Steps to Growing Up

I really dig this book. Holton's premise is that so much of what we consider "manliness" is just males searching for a way to tell the world that he's a man. Holton goes about defining a simple, teachable system for describing a man, rooted in integrity and Scripture. Honestly in today's day and age, which is full of what CS Lewis described as "men without chests", we need more men and boys who have read this book. Get a copy for yourself and one for your son/brother/uncle/neighbor.Thanks for ta [...]

It was a decent book, but definitely not the best book on manhood I have read. One thing that is striking is that the author says he spent years studying manhood in Scripture, but he uses surprisingly little scripture in his arguments except for a few verses here and there that are generally interpreted properly in their context but probably over interpreted for the subject matter. The book was more anecdotal then biblical. But, because of God's grace working in his life, probably, he still prod [...]

Wonderful handbook to help raise spiritually healthy boys and to help girls learn how to recognize the right man instead of going after the wrong guy.

MAKING MEN by Chuck Holton is the kind of book that dads and men need to read every so often. You can do a great job being a father,and a husband, and a man, but sometimes you just need a refresher. You need to be reminded about what the Bible says about being a man and being a leader. This book is perfect for that.Holton's acronym for being a man is SHAPE. A chapter is devoted to each of these letters. You'll get chapters titled: Submit, Assess and Improve, Perish and Provide, and Engage. Holto [...]

When starting this book (given to me as a gift), I thought it would primarily be about parenting boys. However it is just as much, if not more, about what kind of man a father should be. In other words, it's about manhood primarily, and that translates into strategies for parenting boys. When you read of the authors background Army Ranger and successful stockbroker (among many other things), you think it is going to be one of *those* kinds of books, but he starts by identifying the ways we can f [...]

Single MomSingle MomI choose this book for my son, not having a male role model I worry if I'm giving him the right tool to become a man. I find to many are still boys in today's society. I found the I formation very helpful and wish I had read it before I choose who would be his father. Thank you for your endless work, I hope all families would take the time to read it.

Excellent book for anyone with sons! I thought there were some extremely valuable insights into manhood as well as discipleship.

Great book for "guys" who desire to be Men. There are plenty of Bible references. Don't write it off as "preachy", however. The wisdom is universal.

great book well worth reading

This extremely insightful book needs to be read by anyone who wants to raise their boys to be great men. Please read this.