Fathering: Called to Shape Faith

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Sermon Series-Fathering in the Age of Fatherlessness

Sermon Three– Fathers: Called to Shape Faith

Scripture: Proverbs 4

 

Intro: the Industrial Revolution, Dagwood Bumstead, and why men leave home…

 

Fathers: teachers/models

a. following the tradition of faith (v 1-4)

b. nurturing wisdom (v 5-9)

 

2. Fathers: advisors/consultants

a. encouraging “uprightness” (v 10-13)

b. warning against the dark side (v 14-19)

 

3. Fathers: guarding hearts and directing feet

a. the centrality of the heart (v 20-23)

b. the outflow of the life (v 24-27)

 

Postscript: a word of encouragement to Mothers …