{
  "title": "Fathers Excused From Spiritual Leadership",
  "slug": "fathers-excused-from-spiritual-leadership",
  "url": "/modern-traditions-of-men/fathers-excused-from-spiritual-leadership/",
  "category": "Family and Discipleship",
  "severity": 3,
  "severity_label": "Level 3 - Serious doctrinal or moral error",
  "summary": "A church that excuses fathers from spiritual responsibility weakens one of the ordinary structures God gives for generational faithfulness.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "Eph 6:4",
    "Deut 6:6-9",
    "Josh 24:15",
    "1 Tim 3:4-5",
    "Ps 78:5-8"
  ],
  "key_terms": "pater [father]; paideia [training]; nouthesia [instruction, admonition]; household headship [responsible leadership under God]",
  "related_topics": [
    "parents-assuming-the-church-will-spiritually-raise-their-children",
    "marriage-treated-as-personal-fulfillment-rather-than-covenant",
    "undiscipline-children-and-they-belong-to-god",
    "intergenerational-church-life-replaced-by-demographic-silos"
  ],
  "tier": "Modern Traditions of Men",
  "translation_links": "NET Bible local reader links are embedded in the HTML page."
}