Current Theme | June 2025
The Paterfamilias: Making Fatherhood Great Again
Fathers are missing—both literally and metaphorically. Some fail to show up, and others fail to step up. And when this masculine authority is absent, the family and the rest of society languish. But what’s a dad to do? This month, we look to our heavenly Father’s Word and wisdom to make fatherhood great again. From Biblical exposition to cultural application, we aim to recover and refine the place of the father as the head of the household—the paterfamilias.
Table of Contents
Longform
The Dangerous Secret Your Young Men Are Keeping: Neo-Nazi Thought Has Entered the Church
By Will Spencer • Longform Essay • June 2
A shocking insider confession reveals how extremist networks are targeting Christian communities—and what leaders must do now to stop them.
Podcast
4.24 Will Spencer • Reading • “The Dangerous Secret Your Young Men Are Keeping: Neo-Nazi Thought Has Entered the Church”
By Will Spencer• Longform Reading • June 2
A shocking insider confession reveals how extremist networks are targeting Christian communities—and what leaders must do now to stop them.
Concise
A Father Stands Above: On the Use and Misuse of Paternal Authority
By Steve Heitland • Concise Article • June 4
Fathers are not called to be the head of their families; they just are. Whether they are heads that wound or heads that heal depends largely on their use of paternal authority.
Concise
The Responsibility of Fathers to Protect Their Children from Pornography
By John-Michael Bout • Concise Article • June 6
If you do not disciple your children in the area of sexuality and pornography, the world will.
Concise
Intentional Fatherhood: A Purposeful Approach to Guiding Our Daughters in Dating
By Brandon Philip • Concise Article • June 9
Fathers, who would you give away your daughter to in marriage? Shepherding requires intentional leadership and protection when their suitors come.
Podcast
4.25 Will Spencer, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “The Dangerous Secret Your Young Men Are Keeping: Neo-Nazi Thought Has Entered the Church”
By Will Spencer, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • June 9
Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview Will Spencer on his Christ Over All essay: "The Dangerous Secret Your Young Men Are Keeping: Neo-Nazi Thought Has Entered the Church"
Longform
Encore: Scalpel or Sledgehammer? Either Way, It’s Time to Vote ‘Yes’ on Abolishing the ERLC
By David Mitzenmacher & David Schrock • Essay • June 9
Real change is needed in the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), and SBC Messengers have an opportunity to make this happen.
Concise
The Natural Law and Biblical Mandate of Fatherhood: A Case for Creational Responsibility and Moral-Cultural Renewal
By Andrew T. Walker • Concise Article • June 10
Fatherhood is built into the natural order of our created world. Its proper fulfillment is beautiful, yet its neglect is devastating.
Concise
A Father’s Blessing on His Children
By David Michael • Concise Article • June 11
Biblical blessings not only acknowledge God as the source of all blessing, but foster eternal good for Christian families. Fathers—bless your kids.
Concise
The Fight for Fathers: The Key to Stronger Families
By Owen Strachan • Concise Article • June 13
Our world and its families are desperately lacking godly, masculine men. We need fathers like the Father.
Longform
Wisdom for Fathers: Raising up Children in a Fallen Down World
By Aaron Rock • Longform Essay • June 16
How do men steward fatherhood well and raise godly offspring? Here's a helpful mnemonic and eight tips for disciple-making dads.
Podcast
4.26 Aaron Rock • Reading • “Wisdom for Fathers: Raising up Children in a Fallen Down World”
By Aaron Rock • Longform Reading • June 16
How do men steward fatherhood well and raise godly offspring? Here's a helpful mnemonic and eight tips for disciple-making dads.
Concise
Fatherhood Advice: It’s Not Rocket Science—It’s Just Hard
By Bob Avery Brown • Concise Article • June 18
Establishing an environment of security—with love and stability—creates the conditions for our kids to become happy, confident, free, and mature adults.
Concise
State-Enforced Fatherlessness in Colorado. . . And Your State May Be Next
By Chase Davis • Concise Article • June 20
Parent-child separation on account of not affirming a child's "preferred gender" was almost enshrined into Colorado law. If the church doesn't fight this fight, who will?
Concise
Is the Grass Really Greener? A Baptistic Vision for Fathering
By Brett Toney • Concise Article • June 23
Reformed Baptist families don't need to adopt the Presbyterian model of Christian parenting—they possess an all-encompassing vision of parenting for God's glory in their children through the gospel.
Podcast
4.27 Aaron Rock, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • “Wisdom for Fathers: Raising up Children in a Fallen Down World”
By Aaron Rock, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • June 23
Listen in as David Schrock and Trent Hunter interview Aaron Rock on his Christ Over All essay: "Wisdom for Fathers: Raising up Children in a Fallen Down World"
Longform
God the Father: Namesake of all Fatherhood
By Kyle Claunch • Longform Essay • June 25
What of the divine name Father? Is father a proper divine name, so that human fatherhood is an analogical participation in what is originally true of God? Or is it a metaphorical name derived from human fatherhood and applied to God as a figure of speech?
Podcast
4.28 Kyle Claunch • Reading • “God the Father: Namesake of all Fatherhood”
By Kyle Claunch • Longform Reading • June 25
What of the divine name Father? Is father a proper divine name, so that human fatherhood is an analogical participation in what is originally true of God? Or is it a metaphorical name derived from human fatherhood and applied to God as a figure of speech?
Concise
Gentle Parenting: A Book Review of a Book Reviewing This New Parental Approach
By Chad Lawrence • Concise Article • June 27
The Gentle Parenting approach has swept the nation. But does it accord with God's Word? Find out yourself in this Review of The Not So Loving Side of Gentle Parenting: A Biblical Plea to Parents
Longform
After Complementarianism, What? Why Egalitarians Are (Still) Winning the Evangelical Gender Debate
By Doug Ponder • Longform Essay • June 30
Will the real complementarians please stand up? Why it's time for thick/broad/natural complementarians to embrace the label of "biblical patriarchy" to differentiate themselves from the declining thin/narrow/ideological complementarians.
Podcast
4.29 Doug Ponder • Reading • “After Complementarianism, What? Why Egalitarians Are (Still) Winning the Evangelical Gender Debate”
By Doug Ponder • Longform Reading • June 30
Will the real complementarians please stand up? Why it's time for thick/broad/natural complementarians to embrace the label of "biblical patriarchy" to differentiate themselves from the declining thin/narrow/ideological complementarians.
Upcoming
Why the West Was Right: Biblical-Theological Basis for Filioque
By Keith Goad • Concise Article
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