Fathering Like the Father

by Kenneth O. Gangel, Jeffrey S. Gangel

"We believe Christian dads need to learn from God and need to hear from fathers who are living out the relationship." With that, father-and-son authors Kenn and Jeff Gangel launch this highly practical guide to fathering by learning from the attributes of the original-God the Father.
Exploring God's ways of communicating, forgiving, disciplining, and loving, the authors build a strong case for their conviction that fathering works best when patterned after the best. Their warm, reader-friendly style combines anecdotes from sports, popular culture, and personal experience. The result is a collection of useful, down-to-earth insights into a role that was sent from heaven.
Each chapter includes "Kenn's story" and "Jeff's story"-fascinating and, at times, confessional vignettes fathers of all ages can identify with-along with helpful pointers called "Making It Work," questions for discussion, and suggestions to stimulate father-child dialogue. Fathering Like the Father will inspire any dad or study group interested in a better grip on what the authors label their "premier calling."

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Scott Fishel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strong read over all. Many insights, solid biblical insights and humor. The only part that bothered me was how much focus one of the author placed on how much he disliked his father. I recognize the situation, but it seemed to being down in a book that was intended to build up.

[Dave Rench · Rating 3 out of 5]

It wasn't a bad book, but I felt the analogies and illustrations were sometimes only loosely tied to the topic of the chapter. Almost as though they had an illustration that they really liked, and so found a chapter it most applied to and forced it to fit into the topic.
Again, the principles were good. It just needed some polishing of the execution and delivery.