The Trinitarian Father: Recovering Biblical Fatherhood

As we enter this booklet, fathers must first desire the Trinitarian life. They must embrace the piety of the prophet Isaiah.

Note: This year marks the eleventh anniversary of my first published work, The Trinitarian Father. The work was a small fruit of some fatherly reflections. One of my goals is to offer a slightly revised edition. Seeing how much my writing has changed since then and hopefully matured is remarkable. Subscribers will have access to the entire manuscript when they are ready to go to press. Thanks again for your contributions!

Introduction

It is not enough to ride around with our “God bless America” stickers because the God of Americans is becoming less and less the God of the Bible. You do not have to peruse too long to see this reality in the modern evangelical scene. We are now threatened by an aggressive atheism in our society. The aggressiveness stems from a change in strategy. Modern atheists no longer hide behind suits in small secular universities. Now, they are the superstars of academic institutions. They are tenured experts in LGBTQ+ studies and critical race theory.

Students enter their fold eager to embrace them as sexual and sociological gurus. But Christians are usually marginalized in their classes.¹ They are reviled as fundamentalists when they speak out, or they may choose the journey of silence to reach their goal. While local colleges may offer some greater flexibility, it is evident that the odds are stacked against historic Christianity and its ethical foundation in most higher learning institutions.