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What Are Father's For Anyway? | The Role of Fathers in the Christian Home

June 20, 2021 Speaker: Pastor Scott Slaughter

Topic: Parenting, Grand-parenting, Family, The Home, Genesis Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:1–9

Modern times have looked skeptically upon the role of fatherhood. Historically, the father was the leader of the home and mother was his right hand. Dad brought home the bacon and mother cooked it, as the saying went. These days are a bit different. Now, we are taught that mom brings home the bacon and dad better cook it! To think otherwise, or even question this, makes us a chauvinist in some people’s eyes. What is going on here? 

We are often given the impression that father is not needed except to make the child and now we have ways around that too. All the while children, even grown children, are crying out for a warm relationship with a real, loving father. Countless studies have shown that many are suffering from emotional struggles because, for one reason or another, they did not have a deep relationship with their father. 

It is true that in a good bit of this men themselves are to blame. But, if we are paying attention to the toxic culture around us, it will not take long for us to see that boys and men are not being given a healthy vision of manhood from the culture movers in our society. Television and the movie industry seem to love making dad either the villain or the idiot of the family. But we must remember that is not always the case and to teach such things only proves the need for good and godly fathers. Unfortunately, the Christian community has a sinful tendency to follow the culture more closely than Christ’s commandments. Unfortunately, most Christian congregations have little commitment to the biblical teaching of fatherhood either. 

When a civilization, and I use the term loosely, gets as far off on the family as we have, we may be tempted to ask some questions that otherwise would be obvious. Today we’re addressing one such question, “What are fathers for anyway?” And unfortunately, most Christian congregations have little commitment to the biblical teaching of fatherhood either. 

In our time this morning let’s give our attention to what God’s Word has to say about the nature and importance of biblical fathering.