Happy Father’s Day.
I’m reminded this Lord’s Day that God’s identity as Father offers dads like me a profound model that transcends mere instruction; it redefines what fatherhood means at its deepest level. Every family derives its name from God the Father (Eph 3:14–15), which means my role as a father participates in something cosmic and eternal. If you’re a father you’re not inventing fatherhood; you’re reflecting it.
The encouragement here is this: if you’re a dad you don’t stand alone in your fatherhood. Parent-child relationships are designed to teach us by analogy our precious relationship to God — our true Father — in Christ. As you love your children imperfectly, you’re pointing them toward the perfect Father who loves them infinitely. That’s your true calling.
@dSebastien Thanks for writing this. I’ve recently switched to Obsidian after so many years, and have started to do atomic books for non-fiction books (I read a lot of books on theology and Christianity). I’ve built a note skill that will fill yaml and auto-add links to related notes…
“Again, it is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God’s face, and then descends from contemplating him to scrutinize himself.”
- Calvin, Institutes 1.1.2
@RobbBrunansky@jarbitro I’m teaching Ephesians in our equipping class, and I consistently prefer how the LSB translates certain phrases…and the translation notes online are so helpful. I’ve been reading the ESV for about 15 years and I’m having a hard time deciding to switch!
@AndyNaselli I was looking through your desk setup guide, what laptop do you currently use for study/research/sermon prep? Are you using any of the Logos AI features?