How and why does male leadership tend to go wrong? What does it mean for a man to be the head of his home? As Dr. Rigney shows from Scripture, when men abdicate their responsibility, high-handed idolatry and blame-shifting soon follow. Such sins that begin in the home spread to society at large. Understanding this pattern is a first step in finding our way to faithful. But before we consider the solution, we consider the grace we need to receive it: Christ has both redeemed and modeled the ideal head who never abdicates and never fails to love his bride.