This book review appears in the Annotated Bibliography for Gender-Related Books in 2005, JBMW Volume 11 No. 2.
Category: Complementarian - The author recognizes the full personal equality of the sexes, coupled with an acknowledgment of role distinctions in the home and church.
In this very thoughtful volume, Kassian demonstrates that the universal human need to be fathered was placed there by the God who has revealed himself and relates to his sons and daughters as Father. Kassian shows that throughout Scripture, and most fully in the New Testament, God has revealed himself as Father, which is most clearly seen in his relationship with his Son Jesus Christ. In understanding this, Christians can know how to correctly relate to their heavenly Father as he guides, protects, provides for, corrects, and is faithful to his children.
