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The Fatherhood Principle: Priority, Position, and the Role of the Male

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In anticipation of this year's Father's Day (June 21), I promised myself that I'd read one book on fatherhood--I purchased Dr. Myles Munroe's The Fatherhood Principle: Priority, Position, and The Role of the Male.

I read it with great delight. One paragraph in particular really got my attention:

At the root of sin is the absence of real fathers in our world. The sin problem is a fatherhood problem, because sin is the result of a man--Adam--who declared independence from God, his Source and Father. Adam believed he didn't need a father and that he could be a father without the Father. That is when the human race fell into rebellion against God. (pp. 81-82)

When I think of the growing number of single mothers, esp. in the African American communities, because a male sired a child but didn't have the guts to be a father; when I think of the gender-gaps in our churches; when I think of corruption in corporate America; when I think of pimps--I have to agree with Dr. Myles Munroe: "At the root of sin is the absence of real fathers in our world."

"The absence of real fathers in our world" also applies to "fathers" in a home who are really not true fathers: when "fathers" leave it up to the mothers to be the fathers--to sustain, nurture, protect, teach, discipline, disciple, lead, care, develop, and so on...

THE BEST BOOK ON FATHERHOOD! THIS BOOK TOUCHED MY HEART DEEPLY. IT'S SIMPLE AND CLEAR WHERE ANY ONE CAN RELATE TO IT NO MATTER YOUR EDUCATION OR THEOLOGICAL BACK GROUND. I HAVE A NEW FOUND LOVE FOR MY HEAVENLY FATHER. IT ALSO, HELPED TO APPRECIATE MY HUSBAND IN A NEW AND BEAUTIFUL WAY AND TO ALSO SEE THE POTENTIAL IN MY SONS LIVE'S. GREAT READING FOR MEN AND WEMEN YOUNG & OLD. THANK YOU PAS. MYLES : )

okay - but limited perspective; I would have liked a more well-rounded point of view; addressing other authorities on the topics would have been nice.