An article in the Columbus Dispatch (6-15-99)
under the caption "TV Dads Get No Respect" reported
that TV fathers usually act like idiots! In the study, conducted
by Wade Horn, a psychologist, columnist, and president of the
National Fatherhood Initiative, only four shows out of more than
100-plus airing on networks during a season give dads a "fair
shake."
There is a shortage of good role models on television.
This probably reflects the realities of modern life. Men are no
longer portrayed as men because many have relinquished their role
as head of the home. You probably remember the flap among Southern
Baptists over a reaffirmation of Ephesians, chapter 5, regarding
the role of husbands and wives in marriage. They reaffirmed the
leadership role of men in marriage. They were right on target
in regard to their emphasis, but they were strongly criticized
for taking the stand they took. What the Bible says on this issue,
and most others, is irrelevant in today's society.
Organization and authority are both essential
to the smooth operation of any institution, organization, or association
of people. "But I would have you to know, that the head of
every man is Christ; and the head of woman is the man; and the
head of Christ is God" (1 Corinthians 11:3). God is over
all. Christ is over man. Man is over woman. The text reasserts
the leadership role of man in the home and church. An effort has
been underway for some time now to remove man from his divinely
ordained leadership role, and many men have willing obliged.
I know, full well, that some (especially women)
will strongly disagree with the biblical mandate and charge prejudice,
bigotry, and bias. Nothing in Scripture says that men are superior
to women. They are not. However, men and women do have differing
roles. Man was not intended to be a woman's master. She was not
designed to be his slave. Marriage is a partnership. Every partnership
needs a leader, and God designated man to fill that role. Society
suffers when the divine plan is not followed!
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