What He Must Be: ...If He Wants to Marry My Daughter by Voddie T. Baucham Jr.
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
In What He Must Be, Voddie Baucham gives us a Biblical model for what our sons must be to fulfill their roles as husbands and fathers, and what our daughters must expect in a future husband. This book is primarily written for fathers. It challenges current dating and parenting models as unbiblical. It calls us to reevaluate how we train our children. For if we care at all about the lives our children lead as adults and about our grandchildren and great-greatchildren, we must care deeply about the spouses our children choose and how they go about making those choices. As Baucham notes, it is a father's duty to protect his daughter, provide for his daughter, and lead his family in worship of God and in Biblical instruction. As a result, when a father gives away his daughter to another man, he must be certain that man will assume those roles. To be so certain, a father must play a significant part in assisting in his daughter's choice of a husband (and protecting her physically, emotionally, and spiritually until that time). Not just any one will do. There are clear things "he must be."
