Husbands & Fathers

I recently overheard a conversation between two young Christian women bemoaning the fact that all the males they knew were "boys" and not "real men." Boys live for toys and for play. Boys delight in pleasure and shirk responsibility. Where are the true men? Where are the men who relish the task of being husbands and fathers? That question today is often answered with a sad shake of the head side to side.

Our culture has been telling males for the past 60 years that they must be more like women, be more sensitive, more in touch with their feelings, and certainly far less assertive and authoritative. But our culture has been wrong—so very wrong! Men today do not value and desire their roles as husbands and fathers because they do not know the fulfillment that awaits them in those roles. Men are made to serve women and children. When they're not permitted to do that they do the only other thing men are good at—being lazy sluggards. Are there too many couch potatoes? We need to tell men that they were made to be heroes.

Husbands and fathers are called to lay down their lives, just like Jesus did, for their wives and children. Frightening as that sounds, such husbandly and fatherly sacrifice is the only way to true masculine delight. Men are made to matter. Men are created to be heroic. Hard wired into the soul and body of every man is a longing to fight the dragon and rescue the damsel in distress. Trite as that might sound in our jaded culture, it is profoundly true. And only the biblical model of masculinity, of being husband and father, provides a daily opportunity to fight evil and rescue the weak.

Since our culture is so deeply deceived in its conception of masculinity, Christian men must look elsewhere for counsel and a role model. The books and audio we carry offer just that.

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Complete Husband
by Lou Priolo
from Calvary Press
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
$16.96
Dangerous Book for Boys
by Conn & Hal Iggulden
from William Morrow & Company
for 3rd-Adult
in Dangerous Books for Kids (Location: SS-DAN)
$23.99
Divorce
by John Murray
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$8.49
Double Dangerous Book for Boys
by Conn & Hal Iggulden
from HarperCollins
for 3rd-Adult
in Dangerous Books for Kids (Location: SS-DAN)
$25.99
Every Man, God's Man
Every Man Series
by Stephen Arterburn, Kenny Luck, Mike Yorkey, Rick Warren (Foreword)
1st edition from WaterBrook Press
for 11th-Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$14.50 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Everyday Battles
by Bob Schultz
from Boulder Creek Books
for 10th-Adult
in Raising Sons (Location: XFA-SON)
Exemplary Husband
by Stuart Scott
from Focus Publishing
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
$11.86
Exemplary Husband - Study Guide
by Stuart Scott
from Focus Publishing
for Adult
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
$8.46
Family: God's Weapon for Victory
by Robert Andrews
2nd edition from Sentinel Press
for 10th-Adult
in Covenant Family (Location: XFA-COV)
$12.00
Father Hunger
by Douglas Wilson
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
$12.00
Father Power
by Todd Wilson
from Family Man Ministries
for Adult
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
Federal Husband
by Doug Wilson
from Canon Press
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
$10.20 $3.60 (3 in stock)
Fidelity
by Doug Wilson
from Canon Press
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$7.00
Fidelity
by Doug Wilson
Revised from Canon Press
for Adult
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
$12.75
For a Glory and a Covering
by Doug Wilson
from Canon Press
for Adult
in Covenant Marriage (Location: XFA-MAR)
$12.75
Geek Dad
by Ken Denmead
from Gotham Books
for Adult
in Dangerous Books for Kids (Location: SS-DAN)
$18.00
Genesis of Sex
by O. Palmer Robertson
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Covenant Marriage (Location: XFA-MAR)
$10.19 $4.50 (1 in stock)
Godly Man's Picture
by Thomas Watson
from Banner of Truth Trust
in Puritan Writings (Location: XCH-PUR)
Godly Man's Picture
Puritan Paperbacks #20
by Thomas Watson
from Banner of Truth Trust
in Puritan Writings (Location: XCH-PUR)
$8.50
Hands-On Dad
by Rick Boyer
from Learning Parent
for Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Help! I'm Married to a Homeschooling Mom
by Todd Wilson
from Moody Press
for Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$9.99
Home Schooling Father
by Michael Farris
from Loyal Publishing
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
I Loved a Girl
by Walter Trobisch
from Quiet Waters Publications
for 11th-Adult
in Preparing for Marriage (Location: XFA-PREP)
$12.75
If Only He Knew
by Gary Smalley
from Zondervan
for Adult
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
$8.49
Just Around the Corner Volume 1
by Steven & Teri Maxwell
from Communication Concepts
for Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$8.50 (2 in stock)
Just Around the Corner Volume 2
by Teri Maxwell, Steven Maxwell
from Communication Concepts
for Adult
in Parenting (Location: XFA-PAR)
Mark of a Man
by Elisabeth Elliot
from Revell Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
$13.60
Mighty Men
by John Crotts
from Grace & Truth Books
for Adult
in Family Worship (Location: BIB-FAWO)
$3.40
My Life For Yours
by Doug Wilson
from Canon Press
for 11th-Adult
in Covenant Family (Location: XFA-COV)
$13.56
Not Tonight, Honey
by Rob Green
from New Growth Press
for Adult
in CCEF Counseling booklets (Location: XCL-CCEF)
$2.79
Preparing Sons to Provide for a Single-Income Family
by Steven Maxwell
from Communication Concepts
for 9th-Adult
in Raising Sons (Location: XFA-SON)
$2.40 (1 in stock)
Preparing Your Son for Every Man's Battle
by Stephen Arterburn
1st edition from WaterBrook Press
for 6th-Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Principles of Biblical Eldership - CD
by Alexander Strauch
from Vision Forum
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$10.00
Reforming Marriage
by Douglas Wilson
from Canon Press
in Covenant Marriage (Location: XFA-MAR)
$4.00 (3 in stock)
Reforming Marriage
by Douglas Wilson
from Canon Press
in Covenant Marriage (Location: XFA-MAR)
$12.75
Rocking the Roles
by Robert Lewis & William Hendricks
from NavPress
for Adult
in Covenant Marriage (Location: XFA-MAR)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Thoughts for Young Men
by J. C. Ryle
from Canon Press
for 10th-Adult
in Raising Sons (Location: XFA-SON)
$7.61
What a Daughter Needs from Her Dad
by Michael Farris
from Bethany House
for Adult
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
What Is a Family?
by Edith Schaeffer
from Baker Books
for Adult
in Covenant Family (Location: XFA-COV)
$18.70 $7.20 (1 in stock)
When Fathers Ruled
by Steven Ozment
from Harvard University Press
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
$9.30 (1 in stock)
Wild at Heart
by John Eldredge
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for 10th-Adult
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
$2.40 (2 in stock)