Here is something I grabbed from my squidoo page.
And whoever does not provide for relatives and especially family members has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. I Timothy 5:8 (NAB)
This video clip may have been taken out of context, I have not seen the full sermon. So I am not going to rip John Hagee for this clip, but give my fair explanation. Now I realize that there are different versions of the Bible, but because I am Catholic I am using the NAB version. Now everyone has different interpretations of what they read, including the Bible. This even includes ministers and priest. They are humans too. Here is how I interpret the verse above. If you sit around, sleep late, eat, sleep some more, allow your kids to go without diaper changes, do not seek medical attention for your kids when they are sick, just flat out negligent and oblivious to what is going on around you, then yes…you are worse then an unbeliever. Now I believe that providing for your family is not just limited to money. Stay at home parents do quite a bit of providing. There is taking care of the kids, taking care of the house, laundry, cooking meals, grocery shopping, and handling home economics. Stay at home dads do even more. Like the things dads just do, like mowing the lawn, fixing broken this and that, taking out the trash. Now in our house I am not a very good cook. I do cook dinner for the boys, but she will cook for us when she gets home or walk me through something while in transit. We go grocery shopping as a family, she handles all the coupon stuff, she is really good at it. It is all about team work, we each provide for our family in certain ways for certain things. So…Am I going to hell?
