Eli: A Cautionary Tale of Fatherhood

Did you know there was a priest in the Bible who served God faithfully for forty years but

ended up losing everything because he failed as a father? Eli the High Priest served Israel for

40 years with honor and devotion, but his story ends in absolute catastrophe. And here's the kicker,

it wasn't his personal sins that destroyed him. It was what he allowed his sons to get

away with. Eli was the High Priest at Shiloh, where the Ark of the Covenant was

kept. This wasn't just some religious position. He was the spiritual leader of the entire

nation of Israel. People traveled from all over to worship at the tabernacle under his authority.

He judged Israel for four decades. That's longer than most modern careers. By all accounts,