Christians ‘Are the Worst Advertisement for the Thing We Believe In,’ Says Jeff Foxworthy

“He loves Jesus,” said Martin, “and he loves to make people laugh, and he’s just got some real insight into what it means to be a man that loves the Lord living in this world.”

After the men were introduced, they discussed why they felt the conversation on biblical manhood was needed, how manhood is under attack in American society, and how they had embraced biblical manhood in their own lives. The conversation turned to the topic of pride, which Martin says is a major obstacle for men. 

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Foxworthy commented that, after being on the road for 41 years, he did not relish getting on an airplane for the roundtable. However, he “was really burdened with this.”

“I have a little thing in the middle of my Bible,” he told the others. “I have a little card and I said, ‘Please break my heart with the things that break your heart.’ And I think God is brokenhearted at the way manhood has kind of crumbled.”

“I have dad struggles,” he said, explaining that his father “left real young. He was married six times, drank, [smoked], [cussed], told dirty jokes.” Foxworthy had to ask the men in his life how to be a good father and husband since his own father did not provide an example for him. 

The comedian said that he is now a good father, husband, and grandfather, “but it didn’t just happen.” He believes that a man loves to hear God tell him what to do, so Foxworthy turns to Scripture to learn from God how to live.

“My experience with men is somewhere along the way they pick up this lie that silent suffering is noble strength,” Pastor Matt Chandler observed. 

Tim Tebow, who had just become a father the day before, made the point that pride can manifest simply as Christians being self-righteous and not realizing how deeply they need Jesus’ salvation. It was here that Foxworthy shared his thoughts on how Christians can be extremely judgmental, a problem he personally struggles with.