![]() ![]() “a myriad of families strewn across battlefields of broken homes, having been ravaged by passivity, ignorance, cowardice, and usurpation. Yet all across America families are being devastated by men that have “taken their ball and went home”. ![]() ![]() Sadly, though many fathers compare their own parenting not according to Scripture but according to their own fathers treatment of them. Few men feel confident as husbands, fathers, and spiritual leaders. Many men feel confident in their jobs, social clubs, or hiding behind the success of their sports teams. If we can dominate at baseball but can’t quite master ping pong you will see us on the baseball diamond far more often than swinging a paddle in our basement. I confess on behalf of men everywhere that we are quite often guilty of only playing the games we are good at. The problem is that they either do not know how or lack the confidence to embark on this difficult and life-long labor. It has been my experience that most men in the church want to lead their families. This practical call for men to take up their God-given responsibilities to lead their families is meant to be an encouragement to men and a helpful resource for churches to use to equip husbands and fathers. ![]() Voddie Baucham has written Family Shepherds to not only inspire men to engage and lead their families but also to give Christian men a resource to engage. I also must mention that for the following illustration I am indebted to Dr. I apologize for the voice dub on the above scene-it is the only video I could find. ![]()
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