{"id":74535,"date":"2024-04-02T23:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=74535"},"modified":"2024-04-02T23:38:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T04:38:51","slug":"random-thoughts-on-being-a-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=74535","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts on Being a Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-beyondwords-player=\"true\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"1c1b2f47-2f8a-45b4-aacd-f5fa90b7de0f\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph has-drop-cap\">Every now and again I jot down a thought that I\u2019d like to ponder but that I don\u2019t intend to tease out into a full article. Over the past few weeks, I have jotted down a series of thoughts on being a dad. I hope there is something here that benefits you or gets you thinking as well.<\/p>\n<hr data-beyondwords-marker=\"f9d4af1a-18a6-4f86-b5de-a6be0c979466\" class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"821ba3c5-5e7d-4810-8bf5-35cbbaadecb8\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your children will learn from you more than anyone else how a father is meant to treat his children and how a husband is meant to treat his wife. The words you speak about these subjects will pale in comparison to the ways you act. Your children are always watching and always learning. Live accordingly.<\/p>\n<hr data-beyondwords-marker=\"ddda84bf-36dc-48ea-814b-17dda1d6a743\" class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p data-beyondwords-marker=\"b43743cf-021e-42ac-8e44-9e356ee70615\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the great privileges and callings of being a dad is bearing the greatest responsibility for your children\u2019s spiritual development. Yet many dads neglect this to their shame and their children\u2019s peril. This most certainly involves ensuring you are all attending a sound local church and involved with it. And it most certainly involves the close discipleship of knowing their spiritual state and of teaching and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and again I jot down a thought that I\u2019d like to ponder but that I don\u2019t intend to tease out into a full article. Over the past few weeks, I have jotted down a series of thoughts on being a dad. I hope there is something here that benefits you or gets you thinking as well.See Also32 Random Thoughts About the Local ChurchDad = TitusRandom Thoughts on Reading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":74546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[303],"class_list":["post-74535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tim-challies","tag-articles","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biblicalcounselor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lightstock_212845_medium_tim_challies-1-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74535"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74548,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74535\/revisions\/74548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}