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Book Review: Be The Dad She Needs You To Be by Dr. Kevin Leman

Be The Dad She Needs You To BeOne of the most important relationships a daughter will ever have is the relationship with her father. This relationship is critical, and as a result, many dads fall short in this area. It’s not for a lack of willingness as much as it is a lack of understanding. Many dads simply don’t understand their daughters, and they don’t know how to build that connection.

Dr. Kevin Leman inspires dads to be the dads that their daughters need them to be in his newest book, Be The Dad She Needs You To Be. As a father to three daughters, I can relate to the struggles many dads face trying to relate to their daughters. Leman addresses most of those fears in this book, and leaves dads with the knowledge that they can make an impact in their daughters’ lives. And that it’s not as hard as it seems.

Covering almost every topic under the sun, including discipline, encouragement, the “talk,” being present, and more, Be The Dad She Needs You To Be is a pretty comprehensive manual for dads to keep handy. Each topic is approached in a manner that is easy to read and understand, but leaves dads with the ideas, tools and resources to make strides in that area.

Leman gives great pointers on how to be a great dad to your daughters. But he also includes some incredible insights in how to partner with you wife to be the most effective dad that you can be. So moms can read this as well, and gain a lot of practical advice on how to make a lasting mark in their daughters lives.

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Book Review – Bad Dads Of The Bible by Roland C. Warren

Bad Dads Of The BibleOne of my greatest desires in life is to be the best dad that I can be. With six kids, that can be a heavy responsibility. Knowing that, I try to find as many excellent resources to help me be a better dad.

Roland C. Warren, former President of the National Fatherhood Initiative, has added another great resource to my shelf. His book, Bad Dads Of The Bible, gives some excellent input into how to be a better father to your kids.

Most of the time, books for dads are written from the perspective of what a dad should do. In this case, Warren has written his book from the perspective of what not to do.

Warren takes a brief look at the lives of eight men from the Bible, and examines the mistakes they each made with their children. From there, Warren encourages us to avoid those kinds of mistakes, and gives some positive actions to take to help.

The eight lives Warren examines are both well known and more obscure. Some are stories we are familiar with and others aren’t. And some of them you may find surprising. Here are the eight dads, and their mistakes.

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Book Review – Bible Stories For His Beautiful Princess

Bible Stories For His Beautiful PrincessSometimes you just have to read things that are out of your normal genre.

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been reading stories from Bible Stories For His Beautiful Princess. That’s because I have a three year old daughter, and she is completely fixated on princess stuff right now. Princess pajamas. Princess movies. Princesses wear their hair like this Daddy. Princesses dance this way Daddy.

In fact, my daughter is fully convinced that she is a princess. So when I saw the opportunity to read and review Bible Stories For His Beautiful Princess, and enjoy doing it with my daughter, that was a no-brainer for me.

My daughter and I have really enjoyed the time together.

Bible Stories For His Beautiful Princess isn’t really a Bible. The stories are Bible stories, but they are simplified and generalized to the point where they can only really be referred to as “Bible-based.” That’s quite alright, though. My daughter is only three, after all, and the finer details of most of the stories contained in these pages would be lost on her. But at the same time, these stories serve to teach her the basics of many of the main themes found throughout the Bible.

After each story, there are two closing elements. There is the Princess Jewel. This is a brief value lesson derived from each story. My daughter and I say these out loud together, enjoying finding the jewel of truth from each story.

The other element is the Princess Prayer. This is a brief prayer that seeks God’s help in applying the lesson learned form each Bible story. Again, my daughter repeats these after me, learning to ask God for his leading and becoming quite comfortable praying.

Bible Stories For His Beautiful Princess is an incredible resource that I enjoy sharing with my daughter. And she’s excited about it as well. After all, it is a princess Bible, and she carries it proudly to church, around the house, and has even been seen sleeping with it.

If you have daughters, and if they love princesses and princess things, then you need to check out Bible Stories For His Beautiful Princess. It’s an incredible opportunity to spend some quality time together.

My daughter’s favorite story so far is the story of Ruth? What Bible stories do your kids enjoy? You can leave your thoughts in the comments section below.

If you would like to share Bible Stories For His Beautiful Princess, by Sheri Rose Shepherd, you can purchase it at Amazon.com.

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I received this book free from Tyndale House Publishers as part of their Blogger Review Program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. Also, some of the links in the post above are “affiliate links”. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will add value to my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.“

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Book Review – How God Makes Men by Patrick Morley

How God Makes Men by Patrick MorleyOne of my favorite topics to read about is how to grow, as a man, in my relationship with God. Becoming the man, and the husband, and the father that God desires me to be is a passion that burns inside of me.

So when I hear of a good book written for men to grow in their faith, I try to grab a copy and read it. Over the years, I’ve discovered that Patrick Morley has written several excellent books on the subject of biblical manhood.

The first book I ever read by Morley was The Man In The Mirror. That book forever changed me, and created in me the desire to grow into the man God created me to be. In fact, I reread portions of that book annually, simply to keep my focus on the areas that I know I need in place in my life to grow properly.

One of Patrick Morley’s newest books came across my desk late last year. During the month of January, I dug in and digested this book, spending only a couple of nights reading it completely.

However, after I finished, I realized that I needed to go back for a deeper and closer look at How God Makes Men.

In this book, Morley takes a close look at ten different men from the Bible, both the Old and the New Testaments, to see how God worked in and through their lives to make them into the men that they needed to be, for their personal growth, for their families, and for their times.

Taking the principles that Morley identifies from these ten lives, he applies them to men today, in twenty-first century America, to help them grow into the reality that God desires for them.

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DeliberateDads Polo Shirt Winners!

Congratulations go out to the two winners of the DeliberateDads polo shirts!

DeliberateDads Polo Winners

Last week, I hosted a give-away of polo shirts, embroidered with the DeliberateDads logo, on both DeliberateDads.com and here at JeffRandleman.com, celebrating the launch of DeliberateDads.com!

Today, I have the honor to announce and congratulate one winning commenter from each site.

Here they are:

From DeliberateDads.com… Ted Warren!

From JeffRandleman.com… David Sparks!

Both winners will be contacted and notified. As soon as I have their shirt sizes, I will place an order for the shirts, and they will be shipped as soon as they are completed.

Thanks for entering, and congratulations!

Congratulations to the two winners of the DeliberateDads polo shirts! Enjoy!

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New Dad Resource: Deliberate Dads! And A Give-Away!

I am excited to finally announce a new project I’ve been working on! This new resource is a ministry opportunity that I hope and pray will be an excellent tool for dads.

Announcing… DeliberateDads.com!

I want to share with you a little bit of my vision, and the history of how it came about. I also want to give one luck person a DeliberateDads shirt. More on that in a minute.

DeliberateDads Banner

Some History

This has been a long and arduous road.

It all started a few months ago.

Last summer, while at camp, I witnessed a man bringing his son to check him in. The entire time he was there with his son, more than an hour, I saw him speak to his son only one time. The rest of the time, his phone was stuck to his ear and he was chatting amicably with someone else the entire time, completely ignoring his son. His only words to his son were when his son failed to pass his swim test. The dad’s response was “You’d better pass it tomorrow.” The phone went back to his ear, and he left.

That really bothered me. His son was in my cabin, and it was obvious he was starved for attention; we had a few rough issues with him during the week because of that. But once we got past that, he had a great week!

But the image of that dad completely ignoring his son was etched permanently into my mind. I just didn’t know how I could help him.

Just a few weeks later, I saw a blog post by John Saddington about the niche he saw for good dad blogs.

That post stuck in my mind and wouldn’t leave. All kinds of ideas started popping into my head, unsolicited. After a couple of weeks, I decided to check into some details.

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New Dad Resource Coming Soon!

Not too long ago, I started a series called The Dad Toolbox. Shortly after that, I shared how God was laying on my heart to do something more than just a few blog posts about being a great dad.

The Dad Toolbox

After a few more details that needed to get ironed out than I expected, that resource is finally just about ready to unveil.

And so, on December 1, come check out what God has laid on my heart to do. Make sure you don’t miss it; there will be some pretty cool give-aways as well!

I’m really excited about it, and I can see God doing some amazing things through this opportunity. In fact, some of those things have already begun.

As I stated before, this will be an online ministry resource that will help dads become great dads. I want to see dads step up to the plate in the lives of their kids. I want to see dads become intentional and deliberate in becoming the best dad that they can be.

This resource will offer articles and resources that can help dads become better dads, to become great dads. I will share what I’ve found to be effective in my journey as a dad. I will review resources that have helped me, and provide links to purchase resources that I find to be excellent.

On December 1, come take a look and see what’s been going on in my head for the past few months.

Stay tuned! On December 1, check out the new resource for dads!