Analysis Of The Christian Home, By P. D Wilmeth

The book entitled The Christian Home, by P. D. Wilmeth, is, quite obviously, a book written to inform Christian men and women how they ought to conduct themselves in the home as is meet for a disciple of the Christ. Within the confines of this book lie many truths found in God’s Word that are, without a doubt, of the utmost importance to a Christian father, mother, husband, and mother. While it is explicitly stated within the preface that the author’s writing cannot be “all things to all men” I feel as though he succeeded in that which he set out to accomplish.
Part one starts exactly where it should: At the beginning. It is from there that P. D. Wilmeth begins to describe the origin of the home. He begins by providing various definitions of terms such as “Family”, “Home”, and then “Christian Home”. After providing those few definitions the author then come to the section entitled “A POINT OF DEPARTURE” in which he expands

Who should lead and who should follow? Does it even matter? Such questions are expanded upon the further one reads into this book. Wilmeth, sticking to the biblical pattern, is of the persuasion that the mother belongs in the home. As it would seem, she is well suited for the task. Many problems often occur withing a home when the mother leaves her duty to her children and decides to pursue some other work. There has been no small stir concerning this either. Many women today would gladly trade what they perceive to be a “lowly” role for one that seemingly possesses more glamor or pomp. The author, while staying within the confines of scripture, brings to light the importance of what many call “the hand that rocks the cradle”. He even goes as far as to reference such a quote explicitly. Obviously his point in doing so is to remind those of the fairer sex that women play a vastly important role alongside men, and not above them. This is, after all, the intent of God above, and not of man