# Men for the Fight

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Published: 2026-01-12T10:53:00+00:00
Episode link: https://remsenbible.substack.com/p/men-for-the-fight
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## Resource

Men for the Fight 2 Samuel 21:15-22, 23:8-39; Remsen Bible Fellowship; 11/20/2022 Introduction Societies need men. Churches need men. Families need men. Those three statements, hopefully, seem like common sense to you. But you are also well aware that in many parts of our society those statements would need a trigger warning attached. We hear frequent drumbeats of the dangers of patriarchy and toxic masculinity. Is masculinity a dangerous thing? Is it something to steer boys away from, and to protect women from? The Bible doesn’t seem to think so. Which, given that the Bible is God’s word, means that God doesn’t seem to think so. He created us male and female in His image. There is something about the distinctions between, and the resultant fitting together of men and women, that expresses God’s likeness in a way that androgynous humanity simply wouldn’t. We can all think of texts which celebrate various aspects of femininity and female strength. The stories of Ruth and Esther, the woman of Proverbs 31, and many of the women in the Gospels and Paul’s letters shine forth showing the way to what competent, beautiful, female , image bearing looks like. Where do the men turn? One answer would be our two passages from 2 Samuel this morning. We begin with 2 Samuel 21:15ff. 15 There was war again between the Philistines and Israel, and David went down together with his servants, and they fought against the Philistines. And David grew weary. 16 And Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giants, whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of bronze, and who was armed with a new sword, thought to kill David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You shall no longer go out with us to battle,…

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