Covenantally Courageous Fathers

All of us set examples to those around us—to friends, co-workers, neighbors , family, and especially our children. What are covenantally courageous parents? This 1 Samuel text, like many others in Scripture, compares and contrasts situations where God places parents and particularly men over their families, the results of their leadership, and the inevitable accountability that follows. Vivid is the contrast in parenting between Eli, and the wicked behavior of sons Hophni and Phinehas, with Elkanah and Hannah, and their young priestly intern Samuel. Just because our children are around the church doesn’t mean we have done our job as Christian parents.

This sermon was originally preach on June 6, 2010 - but was uploaded to Sermon Audio in 2015 as part of the Top 10 Sermon Series.

The "Top 10 Sermons" series from Oakland Hills Community Church (OPC) is selection of sermons from the past several years that have the most downloads and listens from the sermon archive at ohcc.net (see also http://ohcc.net/sermon-browser/sermon-archive/ )