One of God’s victories!
A family restored In Rwanda, Bosco and Derrick have discipled seventy men over the past months through the From Faith to Faith fatherhood program. There have been many victories in these men’s lives. Derrick recently shared the following testimony of one of their participants. We wanted to pass this on to encourage all of us […]
That #girldad life
Girl Dad Last Thursday noon at Northwest Bible Church, we had our monthly Fathers Forum. Joseph Hildebrand was our guest speaker. He was raised in a family with all boys and found himself married and the proud father of three young girls. Including his wife, four girls. Joanne and I were blessed with two girls […]
Establish a mission statement for your family
Proverbs 29:18 “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” “If your family does not find themselves in a great story, they will be captured by a lesser one.” Jeremy Pryor – Family Revision Fathers, What does a man do when he’s stuck at home with no sports to watch and there are little minions […]
Who’s tending your flock?
Keeping watch Having grown up in my early years in Tennessee on my granddad’s farm, I often heard the expression, ‘who’s tending the store, ‘who’s tending to the feeding of the livestock,’ who’s tending to this or that?’. What they were meaning is, ‘who’s taking care of whatever, or who’s watching over things’? One of the most significant […]
Dear Daddy
You are strong Dear Daddy…I am ten now and sorta grown up. I have a lot of things I have been wanting to tell you. So, I used Mom’s computer and typed this ‘cause my writing is not the best. She helped with my spelling and printed it for me. And she said you would […]
Possibilities!
Salvation Here, Jesus was speaking of salvation and the difficulty of a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. But it goes further than that. It really applies to everything. God is Sovereign. He is Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer. It stands to reason that nothing escapes him or can be accomplished without his approval. […]
Jesus wept
“Men don’t cry” For many men, weeping or crying is sissy. How many boys grew up hearing from their dads; “men don’t cry”. The damage from these words is overwhelmingly negative. Do you remember QB Colt McCoy in his postgame interview after he had been injured and could not play the majority of the National Championship? Texas lost to Alabama. Fighting through […]
Pop
Role of a Father Pop… is the name that some children call their father while others use the term, Pops. I don’t hear it as much today as I did when growing up. It is an affectionate title, like dad or daddy. Even grandfathers are referred to as Pop. Some might find it disrespectful, but I think […]
Where are the dads?
Father’s are important Where are the dads? I’m not talking about men that are just the biological father or live-in boyfriends. I’m talking ‘Dad’! Why am I asking this question? If you’ve known me for any time, you know that I believe that the number one issue in America today is the absentee father. So, what is […]