Before Job is a suffering man, he is something else first. He is a father. Job at the Beginning — A Father Who Prayed

We meet Joseph not as a son, but as a father—raising children in a land that is not his own, within a marriage that did not begin inside the covenant, and yet marked throughout by a steady, unashamed faith in the LORD.

Isaac’s life unfolds between two defining moments: his binding on Mount Moriah as a son, and his burial by two grown sons at the end of his life. Between those moments stands a long, steady ministry of fatherhood—often quiet, but never passive. Scripture presents Isaac as a man who acts deliberately, guides decisively, and accepts responsibility for the spiritual direction of his household.

Abram Was Not a Perfect Father — And God Still Worked Abram’s story is honest. The Bible does not flatter him. He made mistakes — even serious ones. He moved his household into danger through fear, telling Sarai to say she was his sister. Twice. He also listened to Sarai’s plan involving Hagar, trying to help God keep His promise in human strength — a decision that produced heartache, jealousy, division, and lifelong tension between Ishmael and Isaac. Abram was faithful — bu