Encouraging, challenging and entertaining

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	• Anchor Man: How a Father Can Anchor His Family in Christ for the Next 100 Years Steve Farrar Thomas Nelson, 2000 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

An interesting concept

To propose that a man can have an impact on generations to come is a facinating concept. What man doesn't want to see his children and grandchildren (and possibly more) successful and happy? Steve Farrar presents a solid argument for fathering in a way that will last for years. We all know or remember that elderly man down the street or in church who always knew what to say and how to handle difficult situations. The one who seemed to be wisdom personified. Those men are becoming more and more rare. Steve Farrrar explains why that is so and how difficult it can be to turn out children and grandchildren who are pleasing to God.

If you read Christian books on parenting (Dobson, etc.), you may not find a lot of new information. Yes, we know that an effective father must be the spiritual leader, must love and be faithful to his wife, and must be involved in his children's lives. The interesting part is the framework of doing these things with an eye toward, not just the next generation, but the generation after that. That takes vision. And that is something our instant-gratification culture has nearly erased.

This book seemed to get better as it went on. The first chapters descibe the fathering crisis our country faces. (I know there is a problem; that is why I'm reading it.) But the later chapters become more practical, use more Scripture (the real source of wisdom), and are more direct in their approach.

While this book makes an excellent gift for the young father, don't forget the grandfather who may feel that he can not be an influence in his grandkids' lives. The premise alone should cause all men to evaluate their priorities.

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Read this one first!

With similarities to "Point Man," this book gives straight talk to men specifically about being a dad. Forget the failures of the past, and start now, wherever you are in the process.

Conversational style makes this book easy to read; it's hard to put it down. The author says he wants to "shoot straight" with you, and indeed he does.

This book gives good coverage of the many aspects of being a dad, including some you might not even have thought of, and so I say, "read it first." It has good references for futher study on the subject.

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Encouraging, challenging and entertaining - all in one book!

Vintage Farrar. This is an in-your-face, no-nonsense-kind-of-book for dads. Farrar states that it is the responsibility of the father to be the anchor for his family - to prevent "drift" away from the values and principles upon which family is built. Farrar points fingers at the men in this country who are far more concerned with other things far less valuable than their families and warns them that they have accepted the responsibility of a family with marriage and with the bearing of children - it is not a choice that is made after the fact, it is one that has already been made and many men are either neglecting their duty or walking away from it!

The best part about Farrar is that while he's chastising you, he's entertaining you with his stories and wit. The book is written in a manner that men will actually enjoy and find humorous at times - but the message is anything but funny. Farrar talks about the generations of devastation resulting from the poor decisions of one man who neglects his responsibility to his family.

Farrar ends this clarion call to fathers with some practical suggestions about having a devotional time with their children as well as working to produce memorial stones or markers of spiritual growth and development to measure and prevent against drift. I would suggest this book to every father, especially a young man about to get married or just having his first child - the patterns of a good father need to begin early before the pattern of this world squeezes a man into its mold.

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If you thought your parenting responsibilities ended after eighteen years per child, you thought wrong. Instead, it's your privilege to lead your family-and influence succeeding generations-for a century...or more.

Anchor Man presents the high calling of fatherhood, the traits of a Christian father, the adventures that await him as he interacts with his children, and the significance of his role as a good family man. Steve Farrar presents these roles and responsibilities in a way any man wanting to increase his understanding of his place in the family, and our society, can put into action every day.

Anchor Man encourages, exhorts, and demonstrates with biblical concepts how to raise a godly family and how to anchor that family in Christ for the next one hundred years. Farrar's unique teaching style blends humor and practicality with the tools fathers need to become all that God intended them to be as the leaders of their families.

"When a man gets serious about following Christ with his whole heart," Farrar says, "God desires to not only pour out His blessing on that man, but on his children, and his children's children.

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