"When we are looking at a man’s family, we are looking for what we want to see duplicated—for Paul tells us that it will be duplicated." -- Douglas Wilson, The Neglected Qualification
Whatever is manufactured in the home will be moved beyond it. Whatever is produced behind closed doors will be distributed once they are opened.
Whatever gets smithed at home will get shipped outside of it.
If you don't like what you see when you look into a man's home, you should not want to see that man set up as an example or a target. A pastor/elder is a target. He is set up as an exemplar of what other men, fathers, husbands, brothers and sons should aspire. In other words, if you would not want more of a man's family in the world, then do not promote that man to the position of pastor/elder.
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