It's like "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche" only evangelical.
Because #50 is "Go out with girls"
Get it? HANG out with guys, GO out with girls. Your friends must all be male. Girls are only for dating with an eye toward marriage.
But #56 “Drive on a date always”? ALWAYS drive? In order to be more Christian on a date? That's... peculiar.
Although I would follow that up with "and listen to the answers."
And #24 "Be able to do at least 25 pushups in a row" which is weirdly specific compared to everything else on this list.
#42 “Walk toward people”
As opposed to what? Run away screaming from people?
So that can't be what he means. Is it?
Be early to church
Serve in the church
Sing in the Church
Take notes in church
Take your Bible to church
Every adult evangelical in my family followed this part of the list. Everyone.
Why, though? I sort of took it for granted, sometimes made fun of it, but obviously it sunk in. I am still an inveterate note-taker, and I do always have a book with me, on my phone if nothing else.
#11 Read at least one good Systemic Theology book
#12 Read Disciplines of a Godly Man
Read the Bible through once a year
Have a daily devotion
Memorize large passages
Write down prayers
I mean, maybe that's a normal evangelical thing I just didn't happen to encounter, but it still seems weirdly... pagan? Maybe?
"I got 99 problems but Christian Manhood ain't one"