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Children: How to Avoid Regrets
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The Big Idea: Encourage children by fathering their hearts, not fathering for performance. Who hasn’t heard a sobering story about a Dad who alienated his kids? To be a great Dad isn’t a given. Like any worthwhile skill, there are principles to learn and time to invest. Join us to learn the valuable distinction between…
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How To Guide Younger Men
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The culture may have changed, but the core issues facing men never change. The pain points today are the same as they were 10, 20, 100, and 1000 years ago. But there’s a breakdown in the transfer of accumulated wisdom of seasoned men to the next generations. How do we solve that problem? In this…
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3 Keys to Become a More Kingdom-Minded Man
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This series can be used alongside The Christian Man book and Coaching Guide as you go through The Christian Man Mentoring Experience. Click here for more mentoring tools. Hebrews 6:1 ONE: Hebrews 4:12, Matthew 22:29, TWO: John 11:43-44, Galatians 6:2 THREE: 1 Peter 4:10, John 15:8 Men attend our Bible study for many reasons, but…
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A Dad Who Really Makes a Difference
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This series can be used alongside The Christian Man book and Coaching Guide as you go through The Christian Man Mentoring Experience. Click here for more mentoring tools. Proverbs 19:3, 22:15, 23:13-14, 29:15, 17 Do you understand what it takes to be a great dad? Are you confident about what your kids really need from…
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How to Make a Difference in Your Kids’ (& Other Kids’) Lives
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Psalm 78:1-8; John 17: 11-12; Romans 8:15-17; 2 Timothy 1:7 How important is a dad? The statistics are clear that growing up without a dad puts a child at greater risk for economic, educational and legal instability. So many kids are encountering single parent households these days—31% of all children in 2016—that there is a…
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Session 5: Children – A Dad Who Really Makes a Difference [Patrick Morley]
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Proverbs 23:24, Colossians 3:21, Ephesians 6:4, Deuteronomy 6:1-9, Psalm 78:1-7, 1 Kings 1:6, Proverbs 19:3, 22:15, Matthew 12:34, 1 Timothy 5:8 What do our children most need from their fathers? How can we meet those needs? Join Patrick Morley as we explore what the Bible says are the greatest needs of our children, then unpack a…
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“Dad Class”: 3 Skills Every Dad Needs
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The Big Idea: To become a master, an apprentice must be taught, shown, and held accountable. There is no “dad class” offered in school. For most men, learning to be a good dad requires a lot of “on-the-job training.” Join Brett Clemmer as he teaches a “dad class” and learn 3 practical keys to being…
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How Your Child Decides How Much You Care
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The Big Idea: Yes, I love you and no, you can’t have your own way. A teenager was overheard on his cellphone, “Mom, I know you don’t care, but my car won’t start and I need you to come pick me up. Please call me.” How do you think your child decides how much you care…
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Fathering the Heart Trounces Fathering for Performance
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The Big Idea: What’s going on in my child’s heart that’s making them behave this way? Every Christian father wants every child to love God and people, live clean, serve others, and grow in spiritual maturity. In other words, to become a disciple of Jesus. The problem? “Folly is bound up in the heart of…
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Getting to the Heart of Discipline
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The Big Idea: Godly discipline is: Heart-focused, Grace-based, and Future-minded. If you’re going to be a great dad, you’re going to have to provide structure, correction, guidance — in other words, discipline. Your own experiences as a child shape your attitudes towards discipline as an adult. How do we provide discipline to our children that…
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You Can Always Be a Great Dad
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The Big Idea: Encouragement is the food of the heart, and every heart is a hungry heart. Every Christian dad wants to be a great dad. In this lesson we’ll see how those good intentions sometimes go astray, but also how easy it is to be that great dad we all want to be. It’s…
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How To Discuss Sex With Your Children
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The Big Idea: Out: having “the talk.” In: an ongoing conversation about sex. For many of us, sex was taboo in the homes where we grew up. Not many of us had a parent give us “the talk.” For those who did, it was usually awkward. It may even have gone like this: “Son, you…
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What Happens When Boys Climb Trees
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The Big Idea: Nothing is more rewarding than to go out on a limb for Jesus. When Jesus was “passing through” a village, He was never really just passing through. He was always adjusting His plans. That’s because Jesus loves to love the people that others love to hate. In this week’s text, we’ll meet…
Parenting
Dive into the essentials of parenting with this insightful series. Understand the impact of loneliness on children, learn effective ways to guide younger men, and explore what it means to be a dad who truly makes a difference. From practical tips on becoming a more kingdom-minded man to understanding the critical role of fathers in children’s lives, each post offers biblical wisdom and mentoring tools to strengthen your parenting journey. Equip yourself with the knowledge and strategies to positively influence your kids and others, fostering a nurturing and spiritually enriched family environment.