Pulpit Today

American fathers are under assault.  For the past three decades our culture has attacked, disparaged, and lampooned the God-ordained priests of the home.  Television sitcoms consistently depict fathers as insensitive, boorish, out-of-touch, and incapable of solving problems—even grade school children have more sense than dad!  God doesn’t feel that way.  He places a premium on their intrinsic purpose in life.  And since it’s politically incorrect for culture to testify of a father’s proper place in life, let’s allow God’s Word to testify:

1.            Fathers should set an example in the home (Psalm 112:1-2).

2.            Fathers should love their wives (Ephesians 5:25).

3.            Fathers should correct their children without provoking them to wrath (Proverbs 29:17; Ephesians 6:4).

4.            Fathers are responsible for their family’s spiritual welfare and should lead them in worship (Deuteronomy 31:12-13; Proverbs 22:6; Mark 10:13-16).

5.            Fathers are responsible for their family’s material support (Job 42:15; 2 Corinthians 12:14; 1 Timothy 5:8).

6.            Fathers should protect their family against evil (Genesis through Revelation).

                On this Father’s Day let’s honor our fathers by recognizing the God-ordained place they have in life.  And let’s pray they will fulfill their noble calling God has given them.