Disciple Never before in my lifetime have I seen such a need for dads and moms to step up to the plate and disciple their children. Society at large is out of control. Kids are self-destructing and harming others as well. I truly believe God’s wisdom is not being used and taught in most homes, […]
Blessings Today at church a man walked up to me as we were entering the sanctuary. John was one of the first men to complete the training of Abiding Fathers at our church six years ago. He began to tell me how impactful the series had been to him. He said that the chapter on […]
Engineer vs. farmer Yesterday I was asked to participate in a family legacy conference at Duncanville’s First Baptist Church. One of the men in our group commented that there are two mindsets of raising a family. While I may have heard this before, it truly resonated with me. He said these two methods of parenting […]
Taking action My friend, Bill, and I were visiting recently about a meeting he had with about 15 younger fathers and fathers-to-be. Each of them was attending the meeting to learn how they could be or become the father they wanted to be and knew they were supposed to be. The common request in the […]
Stand firm During the next season, our church is launching into the book of Daniel. It has always been one of my favorites. Such challenging acts of faith. God has taken Israel into exile because of their disobedience under the earthly rule of king Nebuchadnezzar. They will be in Babylon for 70 years. God never […]
The final conversation This past May, my wife, Laura, and I graduated our second son, Ben, from high school. In the months leading up to graduation, as the date grew closer, I began to have this overwhelming desire to have one final conversation with Ben before he left for college to make sure we had […]
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 […]
Hardworking My early years as a young boy living on the farm in Tennessee that my grandfather managed right after the Great Depression, I observed the work ethic of all my family. They truly believed that if you were not willing to work and carry your load, you didn’t deserve the basic benefit of food. […]
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 […]
Preparing for survival Amazing how God works! I was asked to write a message about a comment I made to Bill Dotson, founder of Abiding Fathers. A comment to his devotional writing on Joel 1.3. “Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation.” This reminded […]