Restoring the Strength of Men in a Feminized Age
Why J. Chase Davis’s Offensive Christianity is the wake-up call the church desperately needs
Modern Christianity has been offering men a feminized version of the faith.
For years, Christian men have been told that their strength is a problem, their ambition is dangerous, their desire to lead is suspect, and that real virtue looks like passivity and niceness.
Offensive Christianity: Restoring the Strength of Men in a Feminized Age by J. Chase Davis is the book that pushes back.
The Problem: A Soft, Passive Faith
This isn’t a call to be offensive for the sake of it. It’s a call to recover the kind of bold, strong, virtuous masculinity that Scripture actually commands — the kind that can actually stand against the world instead of conforming to it.
Chase Davis argues that the church has weakened men by promoting a soft, passive faith. He calls us to reclaim God-given strength that unites body and soul, rooted in Scripture, history, and sound theology.
If you’re tired of a Christianity that tells men to sit down, stay quiet, and be “nice” while the culture collapses around us…
If you want to understand what it actually looks like for men to lead with courage and conviction again…
This book is for you.
Introducing Offensive Christianity
J. Chase Davis (Lead Pastor at The Well Church in Boulder and author with a Th.M from Denver Seminary) has written a timely and unflinching book published by Founders Press. It directly addresses the crisis of emasculated manhood in the contemporary church.
Rather than offering another abstract theological treatise, Davis speaks plainly about what God requires of men. The message is clear: the church doesn’t need more passive men. It needs men who are willing to be offensive — like steel is offensive to what’s soft.
What “Offensive” Really Means
The title is provocative on purpose. “Offensive” here does not mean rude, cruel, or intentionally provocative for its own sake. It means truth that confronts — the way forged steel cuts through softness, the way light exposes darkness, the way a surgeon’s scalpel must wound in order to heal.
In a culture (and often a church culture) that has redefined virtue as niceness, agreeableness, and emotional passivity, reclaiming biblical strength will inevitably feel offensive to those who have grown comfortable with a diminished vision of manhood.
The church doesn’t need more passive men. It needs men who are willing to be offensive — like steel is offensive to what’s soft.
The Biblical Vision of Strong Men
Scripture does not present men as gentle doormats or emotional eunuchs. From the warriors and leaders of the Old Testament to the bold apostles of the New, God calls men to courage, protection, provision, and sacrificial leadership.
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.”
— 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (ESV)
Notice the direct command: “act like men.” The Bible assumes there is a distinct, God-designed way for men to live and lead — one that combines strength with love, conviction with compassion, and courage with humility.
Davis’s project is to recover this integrated vision: strength that is not toxic, but virtuous; ambition that is not selfish, but directed toward the glory of God and the good of others; leadership that is not domineering, but servant-hearted and protective.
Why This Matters Right Now
We are living through a time of profound cultural confusion about gender, identity, and purpose. Many young men are adrift — fatherless, purposeless, and spiritually homeless. At the same time, the church has often failed to give them a compelling vision of what it means to be a man after God’s own heart.
When the church offers only a sanitized, feminized version of Christianity, it leaves men with two bad options: either reject the faith entirely or embrace a version of it that feels fundamentally at odds with how God created them.
Offensive Christianity offers a third way — a return to the robust, biblical masculinity that has characterized faithful men throughout church history.
My Recommendation
This is not a book for men who want to be coddled. It is a book for men who are willing to be challenged — and for women who want to see the men in their lives rise to the high calling God has placed on them.
If you have sons, if you lead men, if you are a man tired of the soft sell version of Christianity, read this book.
Ready to reclaim biblical strength?
Offensive Christianity: Restoring the Strength of Men in a Feminized Age
by J. Chase Davis
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Let’s discuss: What’s one way you’ve seen the church encourage passivity in men instead of strength? Share your thoughts in the comments below 👇
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