“I wasn’t raised in a _____________ (Christian, good) home and my father never talked to me. So, I don’t really know how to talk to my own kids.”

It’s time for some tough talk to dads. 

That is no excuse for failing your own children in your most basic responsibility as a father—to teach your kids. I know you believe your most basic responsibility is to provide for your children and protect your children, but take a look at the biblical data. By far, the most pressing biblical mandate is to teach your kids. The moment that child of yours came into the world, you got a new job description.

“But I don’t know how!”

You did not know how to drive, file your taxes, or do a thousand other things that are now part of your daily life. You learned because you had to. You can learn this too.

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