The Measure of a Man: Twenty Attributes of a Godly Man – Gene Getz

Description

What does God measure when He measures a man? Not his salary. Not his career title. Not his social status or the size of his church or the respect of his community. The specific measurements God applies — the specific qualities that Scripture identifies as the marks of a man of genuine godly character — are laid out with remarkable clarity and remarkable detail in Paul’s letters to Timothy and Titus. Gene A. Getz has spent a lifetime studying those passages and making them accessible to every Christian man who wants to be genuinely measured by them.

The Measure of a Man is the classic bestseller with over one million copies sold that has been shaping the character of Christian men for decades. Updated with a foreword by J. Paul Nyquist and links to 42 new videos, it remains the most biblically grounded, most practically structured guide to the specific attributes that God calls every man to develop — whatever his age, his background, his culture, or his current level of spiritual maturity.

Available now on Cliffmatt Books for only Ksh 100.

What This Book Covers:

The Biblical Foundation — Paul’s Qualifications:

• Why Getz uses Paul’s qualifications for church elders and deacons (1 Timothy 3; Titus 1) as the framework for Christian manhood — not because every man must become a church leader, but because Paul’s qualifications describe the character of a mature Christian man; the specific qualities that every follower of Christ is called to develop
• The specific exegetical method — how Getz works through each qualification systematically, examining its original Greek meaning, its biblical context, its practical implications, and its specific application to contemporary Christian men
• Why this biblical framework produces better character formation than motivational approaches — because it is rooted in God’s specific design for men rather than cultural definitions of masculinity
• For Kenyan Christian men: the specific resonance of Paul’s qualifications with Kenyan cultural values around male character, family leadership, and community respect; and the specific ways that biblical manhood both affirms and challenges those cultural values

The Twenty Attributes — The Core of the Book:

Character Qualities:

• Above reproach — the overarching quality from which every other attribute flows; what it means to live in a way that gives no legitimate ground for serious criticism; why this is the foundation rather than an addition
• The husband of one wife — the specific meaning of this qualification in its biblical context; its implications for sexual fidelity, emotional faithfulness, and the specific commitment to covenant marriage
• Temperate/sober-minded — the quality of mental and emotional balance; freedom from extremism, from reactivity, and from the specific loss of judgment that passion and pressure can produce
• Self-controlled — the disciplined management of desires, impulses, and appetites; why self-control is not willpower alone but the fruit of a spirit surrendered to God’s governance

Relational Qualities:

• Respectable — the specific quality of living in a way that earns genuine respect rather than demanding it; the character that produces influence without requiring position
• Hospitable — the specific biblical practice of opening your home and your resources to others; why generosity of space and table is a specific mark of godly character
• Not a drunkard — the specific principle of not allowing any substance to control your judgment or your reputation; its application in Kenyan cultural contexts where alcohol and its social dynamics are specific pastoral concerns
• Not violent but gentle — the specific quality of strength expressed through gentleness rather than aggression; what it means to be a man of genuine power who chooses gentleness as the expression of that power

Leadership Qualities:

• Not quarrelsome — the peacemaking disposition that resolves rather than escalates conflict; why the ability to manage disagreement without hostility is a specific mark of mature Christian leadership
• Not a lover of money — the specific freedom from the financial anxiety and financial ambition that distort judgment and corrupt character; the specific contentment that allows a man to handle money without being controlled by it
• Managing his own household well — the specific responsibilities of a Christian husband and father; what genuinely leading your family looks like in the specific contexts of Kenyan family life
• Not a recent convert — the wisdom of seasoned faith; the specific dangers of premature leadership and the specific depth that time and testing produce

Integrity Qualities:

• Having a good reputation with outsiders — why what people outside the church say about a Christian man matters; the specific testimony that character produces in the wider community
• Not pursuing dishonest gain — the specific integrity in financial dealings that every Christian man must maintain; the particular relevance of this quality in contexts where financial corruption is a systemic temptation
• Holding firmly to the word — the doctrinal faithfulness that grounds everything else; why knowing and holding to sound doctrine is not optional for a man of genuine godly character

Application for Kenyan Christian Men:

• How each of the twenty attributes applies specifically to the challenges and opportunities of Kenyan Christian manhood — the specific family dynamics, the specific professional pressures, the specific community responsibilities, and the specific spiritual landscape of Kenya
• The men’s group application — how The Measure of a Man has been used by thousands of men’s fellowships worldwide as a structured discipleship curriculum; the specific discussion questions and video resources that make it ideal for Kenyan church men’s groups
• The personal assessment — how to use the twenty attributes as a personal character audit; identifying which qualities are strongest and which require the most intentional development
• The accountability dimension — how sharing the twenty attributes with a trusted brother and building mutual accountability around them produces the specific character growth that private intention rarely achieves alone

The 42 New Videos:

• How the new video content supplements the book — the specific teaching, illustration, and discussion facilitation that the videos provide for each attribute
• How to use the videos in a group setting — the specific small group curriculum structure that makes The Measure of a Man a complete men’s discipleship programme rather than just a book to read alone

Why This Book Is Essential for Cliffmatt’s Men’s Catalogue:

Your Christian living section serves a broad audience — women’s devotionals, marriage guides, prayer books, and theological works. The Measure of a Man fills a specific and important gap: a biblically comprehensive, practically structured guide specifically for Kenyan Christian men who want to understand and develop the specific character that God calls them to. Alongside Bringing Out the Best in Your Wife (Wright) and the Myles Munroe titles, it gives every Kenyan Christian man the most complete men’s character and marriage development library on any Kenyan digital platform.

Who This Book Is For:

• Every Kenyan Christian man who wants the most biblically grounded, most practically structured guide to godly manhood available at any price
• Kenyan church men’s fellowship leaders who want the most proven, most discussion-rich men’s discipleship curriculum for their groups
• Newly married Kenyan men who want to build the character foundation that sustains a godly marriage
• Kenyan pastors and elders who want the most thorough biblical treatment of the qualifications for church leadership available in popular Christian publishing
• Readers of Bringing Out the Best in Your Wife (Wright), Myles Munroe’s marriage and purpose titles, Wild at Heart, and The Resolution for Men who want the most biblically structured men’s character development resource to complete their men’s Christian library

📖 Author: Gene A. Getz (Foreword by J. Paul Nyquist)
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