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Feb 26Liked by matthew pierce

"Never forget: other people’s success always comes at your expense, this is rule #1 of being an influencer." Next time I talk at the girls' discipleship group this is what I'm opening with.

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my youth pastor always said no influencing a manhood until after marriage

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It is a great sadness in my life that I cannot share your articles on social media because someone will call me a pervert, and we all know that’s the end of a woman’s career, but probably the start of a manhood influencer’s career.

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Mar 11Liked by matthew pierce

I can’t even pick my favorite line! This is the best ever 😂 I’m going to be thinking “chihuahua energy” when I see those beards yapping away from now on, though!!!

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"Nothing says “pay no attention to my credentials” like an excessive amount of facial hair."

Big if true. Big as the whole state of Idaho.

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If you haven't already - being an Evangelical Influencer you are probably way ahead of me - check out some early satire from Doug Wilson in his magazine Credenza (oh how I wish) Agenda ca 1995 or so - when he was merely a monster-in-training rather then full-fleged Smaug.

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An article on Biblical Manhood without a single reference to King David?? Wow Matthew not sure if I can even take any of this seriously ☹️

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