Reverence & The War Against Fatherhood
Monday, July 14, 2025
The Great Absent Father
There's a trend in modern culture against fatherhood. In earlier years, when a father was depicted on television in a situation comedy, he would most often be seen as an object of respect and authority. That's changed. More often than not, when fathers are now depicted in situation comedies, they're portrayed as overgrown children, incompetent, with little authority, little responsibility, or else pompous, overbearing, and foolish, continually corrected, or shown to be foolish by those around them. It's part of an increasing trend that fatherhood is irrelevant or disposable. This manifests as an increasing lack of reverence. In the church world, it manifests in a decreasing sense of reverence toward God, His presence, and authority; a lack of submission to His Word.