The Visionary Father’s Role in Home Education

Here's the overview, from a recent Vision Forum email:

“And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse...” (Malachi 4:6)

Something wonderful has happened in the last ten years of the home school movement — fathers are turning their hearts to their children. What began primarily as a mother’s movement is maturing into a great work of family reformation in which more and more fathers are recognizing their duty to love and lead their families. And this means taking an active leadership role in the discipleship and training of the children. It means a walk-along, talk-along approach to discipleship and training rooted in strong relationships and a love for God’s Word:

“And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up...” (Deuteronomy 6:7)

But what does this look like in the twenty-first century? Where does a father start? How do busy dads involve themselves in the home education of their children? How do we rebuild a culture of visionary fatherhood after decades of absentee dads and visionless families?

The Visionary Father’s Role in Home Education tackles these questions and more by laying out seven fundamentals of biblical fatherhood applied to home education: The duty of fathers to lead with love by casting vision; providing distinctively biblical discipleship; spiritually defending the realm of the Christian household from external danger; overseeing the “big picture” direction for household management; enforcing discipline; serving as the resident historian; and leading in family worship.

This is the message to share with the father in your family who craves practical encouragement. It is a tool for future fathers who aspire to lead their homeschooling families with love and vision.

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