seem to be able to brush off criticism and many "thin skinned" men who can't. By the grace of God there is a great diversity of personality types and to label all men as better at taking criticism seems to me reductionistic. 2. A masculine ministry seizes on full-orbed, biblical doctrine with a view to teaching it to the church and pressing it with courage into the lives of the people. Again Piper nuances his position " The point of calling this failure of doctrinal nerve an unmanly failure is not that women can't grasp and hold fast to the great doctrines of the faith. They can and should. The point is that when the foundations of the church are crumbling, the men should not stand still and wait for women to seize the tools and brick and mortar. And women should expect their men to be at the forefront of rebuilding the ruins." Piper rightfully recognizes that there are many women who can grasp and hold on to clear doctrine (brilliant), but he still argues that men should step up and not let the women "seize" the tools first. In my opinion if the foundations are crumbling we need all hands on deck to sort things out. In New Testament times with the apostles still alive God raised up godly women teachers to teach the scriptures and press it home. Priscilla (and her husband Aquilla -- unusually Priscilla is named first which many have argued points to her taking