Father’s influence in the covenant home (1)
This article by Arie den Hartog addresses the crisis of spiritual decline in families and churches, examining how fathers can exercise godly influence within the covenant home. Drawing on contemporary signs of moral decay, apostasy, and youth departure from the church, the author argues that sound doctrine and parental faithfulness are essential safeguards against worldly compromise and nominalism in an increasingly dark age.
Evil things are happening in homes and families in our land. Daily media reports are sometimes shocking, even unimaginable. There is the shameful abuse of women and children, sexual sins, sometimes committed by fathers violating their own children. We read of the most horrible atrocities imaginable, such as parents murdering their own children, and children their own parents. Even natural affection in the home seems in some cases to be utterly absent. All of these things are clear evidences...
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