Dads in God's Word: Job - Noah – Abraham - Eli

From a Christian perspective, Dr. Paul D. Meier, a Christian psychiatrist, wrote that the key to right parent-child relationships can be summed up in five things:
(1) parents’ love for each other and for the children;
(2) discipline;
(3) consistency;
(4) a good parental example; and
(5) a man at the head of the home.

Sounds simple, yet it is one of the most difficult tasks in life. As we focus today on dads, godly fathers of the Word, let’s do so from two perspectives: Positively - good dads (dads of the Word) will be like the positive examples. Negatively, good dads (full of the Word) won’t be like the bad guys!
Okay, let’s go to the positive side first and turn to Job. Perhaps the oldest book, perhaps the clearest view into the spirit world and its conflicts.