Why is it wrong to say Christianity is only for women and children?
It is wrong because during rampant persecution it took ten times more men to stand up for the slaughter, be burned at the stake, and be put on the rack, where bones were broken without killing them. Paul says such suffering is part of what God imparted and never separates us from Christ's love, so Christianity requires real courage.
Les explains that many today—especially macho people or hunks—think Christianity is for women and children, but they have it all wrong. He points to days when persecution ran rampant: it took ten times more men to stand up for the slaughter, to be burned at the stake, and to be put on the rack, where their bones were literally broken without killing them. That is when it takes a man, and he suspects many so-called machos could never hold a candle to it. Paul says this is part of what God imparted to us, with the promise that these things never separate us from the love of Christ. Remember, this life is at most about 95 or 100 years, while eternity is never ending.