Why Are Young Christian Men More Drawn to JD Vance Than The Gospel Coalition?
If we’ve seen nothing in the last decade or so, we’ve seen a massive influx of cultural decline and gender confusion. In the midst of this, soon-to-be Vice President JD Vance strides onto the battlefield like a general rallying his troops. Speaking at CPAC, he didn’t equivocate.
"Our culture sends a message to young men that you should suppress every masculine urge... that you should try to suppress what makes you a man in the first place."
His message, cutting through the air like a blade, drew the applause of men and women exposing the inanity of modern society’s crusade against manhood. And as if that weren’t enough, he went further:
"Don’t allow this broken culture to send you a message that you are a bad person because you’re a man, because you like to tell a joke, because you like to have a beer with your friends, or because you’re competitive."
In a time when masculinity is treated like a disease to be cured, Vance called it what it was—an essential, God-ordained force for good.
For young conservative men, including Christians, this sentiment doesn’t land on deaf ears. It’s a lifeline. Finally, someone with a spine, someone who wouldn’t tiptoe around the truth or grovel for acceptance in elite circles.
Here was a leader who didn’t simply tolerate masculinity—he defended and encouraged it. Not with the limp, apologetic language of a seminary professor agonizing over whether it’s okay for men to raise their voices, but with the conviction of someone who actually understands what it means to be a man.
The saddest part about it, it takes an atheist-turned-Roman-Catholic to actually understand what it means to be a man when our own Evangelical leaders are pushing us to act more like tempered women.
Compare Vance’s message with The Gospel Coalition (TGC), a group of latte-sipping, bespectacled moralizers whose entire mission seems to revolve around making sure Christian men feel as guilty as possible for being men. Their platform has become a sanctuary for the neutered, the apologetic, the ever-so-careful “theologians” who want you to know that masculinity isn’t inherently bad, but if you enjoy things like guns, big diesel trucks, or the simple satisfaction of being stronger than the average vegan—well, you might need to examine your heart.