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On The Rise: 45% of young men have never done this + More on attractional church
Published 9 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the On The Rise newsletter, where I feature fascinating, helpful, and sometimes curious content that caught my attention this week.
Today, a piece by Scott Galloway and Tim Ferriss on the state of young men today (it’s eye-opening). Speaking of eye-opening, have you seen the latest humanoid robots? They're insane.
Also, got some stuff on Jonah and why the attractional church isn’t dead.
45% of Men Ages 18 to 25 Have Never Approached a Woman in Person
Thoughts on being a man from Scott Galloway and Tim Ferriss.
It’s no secret that one of the great crises facing Western culture right now is the crisis of purpose and meaning facing young adult men.
If you’re wondering how it’s going or why people like Joe Rogan or Jordan Peterson have an audience, consider even these three stats:
45 percent of men ages 18 to 25 have never approached a woman in person.
On dating apps like Tinder, the top 10% of men (in attractiveness) receive 80–90% of all swipe-rights.
Men are 3× more likely to overdose.
Scott Galloway is one of the leaders tackling aimlessness in young men.
This piece, which he co-wrote with Tim Ferriss, is worth reading (note: not a Christian piece).
If you’re an older guy and hire or hang around with men in their twenties, you’ll probably find yourself mentoring or even ‘parenting’ them. That’s 100% cool —they crave it and need it.
This also helps explain why young men are flooding into churches right now.
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Earlier this fall on my podcast, I argued that we should admit that attractional church is dead.
As soon as the video was released, my friend Rich Birch texted me to let me know he’d been working on a piece called “Stop Saying Attractional Church is Dead”. Ha ha. Good thing we’re friends.
We both actually make the same point, but with different emphases.
Rich does a fantastic job explaining what part of the attractional church we should keep today.
And we both agree, nobody wants 'repulsive' church.
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So you’ve seen the robotic dogs and thought that’s cool, but figure.ai just released their Figure 03 humanoid robot, and it’s 👀 🤯🫨.
Other models, like the Neo, are also available on the market.
It’s not too long before your personal robot will be doing your laundry, leaving your latest Amazon order on your front porch (this can do both), and asking you what it can cook for dinner (I’m sure it’s just a matter of time).
Cheering for you,
Weekend Watching
J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear discusses the tension every pastor feels over when to speak out, how to speak out, and which issues should command a pastor's voice. J.D. also discusses Charlie Kirk, the culture wars, and social outrage.
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