HONORABLE MANHOOD
Building Christ-Centered Men
REGISTER BY DONATIONAn 8-week online experience for fathers/sons and men of all ages with pastor and bestselling author, Eric Ludy.
It’s a life-altering journey to discover God’s epic intention for masculinity and biblical sexuality. If you are a father seeking to pass on a healthy pattern for sexuality to your sons or a man of any age who needs a clear vision for the way God created you as a man … this program is a game changer!
This Program was designed for:
Fathers who want to pass on a healthy model of sexuality to their sons.
Fathers and sons to walk through a life-changing experience together.
Men who need a clear pattern for how to honor God in their sexuality.
Men who want to catch a God-inspired vision for their masculinity.
Men's groups who want powerful, life-changing truth to experience together.
Included in the Online Program
Daily Videos
Two daily video sessions (M–F) with Eric and Leslie Ludy, Nathan Johnson, and the Ellerslie teaching team.
Bonus Tracks
Four powerful, bonus teaching tracks on prayer and spiritual warfare from Eric Ludy, Nathan Johnson, and Leslie Ludy.
Prayer
Join in regular, online prayer gatherings over zoom with the Ellerslie staff and fellow students.
Book Studies
Take part in optional book studies and discussion, led by the Ellerslie staff.
+ Bonus Daily Thunder Series
Included with your training, you can experience our most popular Daily Thunder Series in a user-friendly format with easy-to-follow notes, videos, and audiobook format — these series below, and more!
About Eric Ludy
Eric Ludy has been laboring in front-lines Christian leadership for more than two decades. He serves as President of Ellerslie Mission Society and is the lead instructor at Ellerslie Discipleship Training.
Eric and his wife, Leslie, are well-known for their book When God Writes Your Love Story (published in 1998), which still ranks as one of the top-selling Christian relationship books of all time. Eric and Leslie have been married over twenty-five years and have six children, four of whom were adopted.
Join me in the ultimate manly adventure!
The Honorable Manhood program was originally designed for my own son’s “boy to man” training. Most of us as men were not given a healthy vision for our masculinity from our own fathers, and therefore, we often go through most of our adult life feeling confused, ashamed or controlled by our sexuality. But when we as men truly catch hold of God’s epic vision and purpose for our manhood – watch out world!
If you are a father who is wondering how to communicate to your growing son about his sexuality, or if you are man in any season of life who needs a clear vision for your masculinity, I hope you’ll join me for this powerful, life-altering program.
Training Cost
$997
Pay what you can!
The retail value of this power-packed online training is $997. But because we know that many of you are facing financial uncertainty during this time, we have decided to offer this online training on a donation-only basis. We do not want money to stand in the way of your participation. When you register for the online program, you'll be able to input whatever price you are able to afford — whether that be $5 or $5,000. If you are able to pay the full retail value (or more) this will, of course, be a great support to the ministry of Ellerslie, but if you can only pay a small amount, we would still love for you to join us.
Register By DonationCourse Overview
The Honorable Manhood Program introduces a man to the sizable calling he has received from God. It powerfully enunciates the unique and extraordinary make-up of his physical body, bringing surprising inspiration and clarity for right and honorable living. It digs deep into the practicals of how a man is designed by God to control both his body and his mind and bring them under subjection. And it showcases the deeply inspiring loveliness of a man and a woman’s undeniable fittedness one to the other and precisely why God designed a man and a woman uniquely.
Pre-Curriculum for the Fathers/Leaders
Before we begin the official training, we’ll have a pow-wow man-to-man. In this pre-session we will walk through an introduction to the 8 sessions of training, the reasonable expectations you should have for the time together, a quick introduction to the key vocabulary terms that I will be employing, and a glance at the strategy I use to communicate this uniquely challenging material. This session will definitely inspire you.
Session 1: The Sack of Cement
The first session in the training goes to the 50,000 foot level and gives an overview of the significance of the journey we are embarking upon. I talk through the history of the material and why we are delivering it. I describe the “three things I want for my son more than anything else.” This episode sets the stage and gets everyone’s mouth-watering for the steak dinner ahead.
Session 2: Defining Manliness (Manfully)
The second session of training dives into some of the most problematic ideas behind the sexuality of man, wrestles them to the ground, and pins them. Addressing the make-up of the man’s body, the architecture of his mind and thought-life, and the powerful tools at his disposal to turn these hostile elements into allies in his commission to change the world for Jesus Christ. This session is probably the most famous amongst all the sessions. It’s definitely a message with a five o’clock shadow.
Session 3: TCTTH
I don’t want to give away what TCTTH is, because that would spoil the fun of session #3, but I can say that it is really REALLY good stuff. In this session, we drill down into the profound creation of femininity and how it perfectly matches the man. It’s amazing that such a fun and exciting topic can be God-glorifying.
Session 4: Sex and the Six Other "S's"
The fourth session is summed up in its rather descriptive title. The word “sex” is likely the most misused word on planet earth. And with the way that the Devil throws the word around you would begin to think that he created it. However, this message will put that notion into a stranglehold until the entire audience hears its cries for mercy. Sex is God’s territory. He invented it. He knows it better than anyone. And if we let Him define it – it regains its glistening heavenly wonder once again.
Session 5: Humility and Hutzpah
The fifth session dives into the deep waters of a man’s purpose, exposing the simple fact that he, the man, is built by God to take the lowest place. He’s built to suffer for others. He’s built to lay down his life. Jesus Christ showed us, in His thirty-three years of powerful living, the model of manful purpose. He was the first-sufferer, the first-to-die. He showed us an unparalleled picture of majesty, that when studied, takes one’s breath away.
Session 6: Manful Love
This session explores the concept of love, but from a man’s perspective. When men think of love, they often are very one-dimensional, when, in fact, there are five heavenly loves that a man must understand, cultivate, and grow stronger in and throughout his life.
Session 7: Built to Suffer
Session seven is where we put on our black face paint and yell “Hoorah!” This is where we delve into the key construct of how a man is uniquely constructed to endure pain and difficulty with honor and joy. A true man doesn’t back away from a challenge but smiles at it. This is a message that, if properly digested, leads to a version of masculinity that leaves the world staring back in awe and wonder.
Session 8: Built to Rescue
The eighth session is designed to move men into a position of readiness. The word “rescue” stirs us as men, but few of us ever learn how to actually do the real-world work of rescuing. This message presses the play button in your soul and gets the cinematic drama of your life started. Make sure you grab some popcorn, because it’s going to be a grand adventure to watch.
Simply put, it's 8 power-packed sessions that will change your life forever.
Bonus Tracks Include:
How to Study the Bible
Exploring the Christian Mindset in Philippians 4
Secrets to Powerful Praying
Practical Tools for the Art of Spiritual Wrestling
Resisting Enemy Attack
Becoming Spiritually Strong to Be Poured-Out
The Weapons of Warfare
Understanding How to Win the Spiritual Battle
Sue G.
“When I started I was hoping to renew my love for Jesus and to learn how to pray in a much bolder way. The teachings, books, and diving deeper into Scripture have all helped move me into a deeper relationship with Jesus.”
Dara H.
“After the second session, I dropped to my knees by my office desk weeping because Jesus met me at a time I needed to hear His voice. [My husband and I] have always been vision-oriented in our marriage and in raising our children, but this course is helping us refine the vision He has given us for our marriage, family, and ministry ... To God be the Glory!”
Daniel & Madeleine S.
“The structure of the program is so helpful to refocus and return to the foundation and the center of our faith. We are thankful to hear the Gospel in simplicity and power and to internalize the freedom of not needing to do good works, but to be in Christ, having Him living in us, and being changed by Him from the inside out.”
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Pay-What-You-Can
You can input whatever price you are able to afford — whether that be $5 or $5,000. If you are able to pay the full retail value ($997 or more) this will, of course, be a great support to the ministry of Ellerslie, but if you can only pay a small amount, we would still love for you to join us!
Register By DonationThe fire to pursue God.
The zeal to know God.
And the humility to allow God to do whatever He pleases with our lives.
Eric Ludy
