Fathers of the Bible: A Devotional - Hardcover

Robert Wolgemuth

9780310272380: Fathers of the Bible: A Devotional

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0310272386 ISBN 13: 9780310272380

Publisher: Zondervan, 2006

When we take a Bible in our hands, we are actually holding a user's manual for fathers. Story after story, it reveals our heavenly Father's love for his Son---and for us. It also shares the accounts of earthly fathers whose examples we'll want to either imitate or avoid. The twelve chapters in Fathers of the Bibleoffer slices from the biblical stories of men who were fathers. From them, we can learn something about the tasks, privileges, challenges, and failures of fatherhood. We'll discover the faithfulness of Noah, the conniving of Jacob, the unbridled passion of David, and the quiet confidence of Joseph, Jesus' earthly father. Each of these men were dads. Their geographic settings and life circumstances were vastly different from ours, but the struggles and challenges of fatherhood are remarkably similar. Designed for personal prayer and study or for use in small groups, Fathers of the Biblewill help you ground your relationship with your children on God's Word.

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From the Back Cover:

Walking with ChristNo one can take a father's place in the life of his child. Being a dad challenges us, builds on our strengths, exposes our weaknesses, and--if we let it--helps us grow in our walk with Christ.Vital, real, and colorful, the men portrayed in this book offer the same mixture of virtues and flaws we find in ourselves. As you read about them, you will be inspired by their successes, challenged by their failures, and surprised by the fresh insight they bring to your own high calling as a dad. Adapted from Men of the Bible, this book furnishes a unique interactive experience. Each chapter becomes a personal retreat as you focus on the life of a particular biblical father and discover what you can learn from his life.

About the Author:

Robert Wolgemuth has been in the media business for thirty-nine years. A former president of Thomas Nelson Publishers, he is the owner of Wolgemuth & Associates, Inc., a literary agency exclusively representing the writing work of more than one hundred authors.

Dr. Wolgemuth is a speaker and best-selling author of over twenty books. His books include, She Calls Me Daddy, the notes to the Dad's Devotional Bible, The Most Important Place on Earth, and What's in the Bible: The Story of God through Time and Eternity, co-written with R.C. Sproul. His other collaborative works include Men of the Bible, The Most Important Year in a Man's Life, and She Still Calls Me Daddy.

Robert is known as a champion for the family, effective communication, leadership, listening skills, relationship building, and biblical truth.

Among his professional accomplishments, he has served two terms as the Chairman of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.

A 1969 graduate of Taylor University, from where he received an honorary doctorate in May 2005, Dr. Wolgemuth has two grown daughters, two sons-in-law, and five grandchildren.

Robert is married to Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth, who is also an accomplished author and speaker. Nancy and Robert live in Michigan.