What Is a Father’s Role in Caring for an Infant?

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🗓️ 1 July 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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A godly father will want to show God the Father to his children. He will want to model for them the heart of Jesus.

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0:00.0	Hello, and thank you for listening to Ask Pastor John with Longtime Author and Pastor
0:07.7	John Piper.
0:08.7	I'm your host, Tony Rankie.
0:10.8	John Piper is a pastor.
0:11.8	He is a theologian, a preacher, an author, and he is a husband and a dad and a grandfather.
0:18.7	And today's question is, one about being a husband and a dad, specifically a dad to little
0:24.0	ones.
0:25.0	The question comes from a perplexed young wife and mom named Mary.
0:29.0	Pastor John, my husband and I recently had our first child, a beautiful baby girl.
0:33.4	She is now seven weeks old.
0:35.6	My husband, however, doesn't seem to want to help very much with her.
0:39.4	He never changes diapers and I have to urge him even to hold her.
0:43.2	He claims that since he works outside of the home, he shouldn't have to take care of
0:46.8	her.
0:48.2	What are your thoughts on this?
0:49.2	What role should a Christian husband take in caring for little kids and their needs
0:53.8	at home?
0:54.9	I think I can paint a faithful, biblical picture of the kinds of things a godly Christian
1:05.9	husband should be inclined to do if he is submitted to scripture and led by the Holy Spirit
1:13.8	and trusting the promises of God.
1:16.7	But I don't mean to imply by this picture that I'm going to paint that every marriage
1:23.3	will have the same proportion of activities spread out among a wife and a husband.
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