A stranger’s comment at a dinner table sparked a bigger question: who taught us that covenant and kids are obstacles, not gifts? We walk through Titus 2 and Proverbs 31 to recover a vision of marriage and family that pushes against the “live your life first” script, without shaming those whose paths differ. Then we hold up the mirror for men—self-control and integrity should shape our conduct in public as much as in private. If our sons see adults raging from the bleachers, what do they learn about strength and restraint?
We head into Matthew 13 and let Jesus’s parables set our priorities. The weeds among the wheat warn us against impatient crusades that uproot the good with the bad. The mustard seed and the yeast reveal how the smallest act of faith can shelter many and permeate a culture. The treasure in the field and the pearl of great price confront our halfhearted bargaining with God: the kingdom is worth everything, so why do we offer so little?
Psalm 18 and Proverbs 4 give us the language and posture of courage. God thunders, rescues, and teaches; wisdom guards those who guard it. We honor that ethos with a Medal of Honor moment—Amos Bradley holding the wheel under fire—and a bracing excerpt from Theodore Roosevelt’s “The Hun Within Our Gates,” a reminder that nations corrode from within when leaders ignore sedition and citizens shrug at virtue. Faith, family, and civic duty are not competing loyalties; they are a braided cord. Listen for a frank, scripture-rooted conversation about marriage, manhood, moral clarity, and the quiet power of small, faithful choices that grow into shelter for many.
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