Truth Encounter: Born Again Fathers-Born Again Sons, Passing the Torch

He talked to God like you would talk to a friend. He received the tablets with God's own hand written law inscribed by God's finger. Millions believe that his law provides the way of salvation, but did the historical Moses point us to the Law or to someone else?

Doesn't Jesus teach us that we should just forgive and forget? If this is so, then why did Joseph give Judah such a hard time before he was willing to embrace him? Should we just embrace those who commit crimes against us?

I thought if we raised our kids memorizing all the right verses, attending Sunday School and youth group, and making sure they hung out with good Christian kids that as adults they would turn out right. Where is God when they turn away from their family and their childhood faith? This is the question answered in the story of Judah at the close of Genesis.

With Pope Benedict stepping down, the first living pope to do so in hundreds of years, the media highlights the scandals in the lives of some of those involved in choosing the new one. How does God handle conning and deception in the lives of the fathers in His family? The life of Jacob can give us some answers.

The dad lied at times and was passive in leadership in his home. How could he ever become the father of our faith?

Do you ever fail as a dad? When you fail, do you feel like quitting when it comes to walking with God and challenging your kids to do the same? If so, then this week you've got to think about the fact that Noah found grace, not merit for services rendered, in the eyes of the Lord. When Noah got drunk, was his walk with God finished?

Last week our Texas town was again agonizing over murderous violence. Chris Kyle, the military's most elite sniper, and his friend, Chad Littlefield, were simply trying to help a young veteran suffering with PTSD. At a shooting range the young man turned on them and took both their lives with an automatic pistol. Our entire country is wrestling with this issue of guns and violence, but what did God the Father have to say when the first son born on earth rose up against his younger brother and murdered him?

God has chosen especially dads to take the torch of faith and use it to ignite faith in our kids, especially our sons. For the next seven weeks we are on a mission. What do we as dads need to do in order to generate faith in our kid?. What can we learn from other fathers, especially biblical fathers about what to do and what not to do? Lets begin with the first father—God.