Hey Fellow Dads,

How can you prepare to be a father to a new baby? What do your wife and older children need before and after the birth? Is there a book that could help you prepare to be a new dad? And does the Bible say anything about this? Join us for today’s podcast and find out!

—Nathan

📖 Ephesians 5:25 📖 1 Peter 3:7 📖 Galatians 3:26 📖 Psalm 119:105 📖 Psalm 18:6 📖 Hebrews 12:2

1. Love your wife intentionally in the months before and after birth.
2. Listen to her needs and feelings.
3. Learn all you can about your baby’s needs in advance.
4. Continue to love and lead the rest of your family.
5. Look to God on behalf of your entire family.

Episode 28—Keep Daddy (& Mommy) Times

📚 Congratulations, You’re Gonna Be a Dad! What’s Ahead from A to Z for First-Time Fathers, by Paul and Pam Pettit.

Here’s what I like about this book and why I’d get it for a first-time dad:

1. It’s written in a conversational, easy-to-read style.
2. It’s designed to be picked up and used as a reference as needed, not as a sit-down-and-read-through-in-its-entirety volume.
3. It contains well over 100 topics, arranged alphabetically.
4. It is written in a straightforward, matter-of-fact way, so that what husbands need to know is made clear, all in a very honoring, respectful manner.
5. It closes with a short section called “The Story of a Father and a Son”—the good news of God the Father and Jesus Christ the Son, and how God solved our sin problem in Christ.

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Hey Fellow Dads,

This coming Lord’s Day is Easter—Resurrection Sunday—when we who follow the Lord Jesus Christ celebrate the fact that nearly 2000 years ago, after a brutal death by crucifixion, He literally, physically, victoriously walked out of His grave. Do we dads have any special role to play in how our families celebrate this event?

As Christian dads, it’s our responsibility to lead our families to appreciate the importance of Jesus’ resurrection. Here are five ways you and I can do that for our families.

—Nathan

• 📖 Psalm 16
• 📖 Psalm 22
• 📖 Isaiah 53
• 📖 John 19-20
• 📖 Luke 24
• 📖 1 Corinthians 15

• 🎵 “One Day!”
• 🎵 “Tell Me the Story of Jesus”
• 🎵 “Jesus Paid It All”
• 🎵 “Christ the Lord is Risen Today”
• 🎵 “Look, Ye Saints! The Sight is Glorious!”

• 📚 The Story of the Empty Tomb (Arch Books Paperback), by Bryan Davis
• 📚 A King is Risen, by Patricia St. John
• 📚 The Lamb, by John Cross
• 📚 101 Favorite Stories from the Bible, by Ura Miller

1. Read and discuss scripture passages about Christ’s resurrection together.
2. Sing hymns that help us meditate on Christ’s resurrection together.
3. Read books that tell the resurrection story together.
4. Worship the Lord together as a family in your local church. (“Attend public worship.”)
5. As a family, share the message of Christ’s resurrection.

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Hey Fellow Dads,

Have you ever wondered whether listening to audiobooks instead of reading is “cheating”? Today’s episode will cover six disadvantages of audiobooks, along with workarounds for each one. Enjoy, and stay tuned for next episode, when we’ll discuss six advantages of audiobooks!

—Nathan

1. They are often expensive
2. Audiobook subscription apps are overly complex
3. The selection of quality narrations (of free or inexpensive good books) is limited
4. Previewing books is difficult
5. Listening time for borrowed audiobooks is limited
6. Not all audio recordings are made equal

These stories are set in WWII—all non-fiction. Most of these war stories contain gruesome or otherwise mature content. Please preview before sharing with your family.

📚 Out of the Depths: An Unforgettable WWII Story of Survival, Courage, and the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis, by Edgar Harrell, USMC, with David Harrell

📚 My Brother's Keeper: Christians Who Risked All to Protect Jewish Targets of the Nazi Holocaust, by Rod Gragg

📚 Zvi, by Elwood McQuaid

📚 The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom

📚 Evidence Not Seen, by Darlene Deibler Rose

📚 The Boys of Pointe du Hoc, by Douglas Brinkley

📚 Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand,

📚 A Higher Call, by Adam Makos

1. It should educate us.
2. It should equip us.
3. It should encourage us.
4. It can (but does not always have to) entertain us.

💻 Libbyapp.com

💻 Chirpbooks.com

💻 Librivox.org (for Kara Shallenberg’s books only, see here, or visit her own website with even more audiobooks: kayray.org. )

• Episode 33: Where Do You Find Good Books? (incorrectly identified in this episode as episode 53)
• Video about Cpl. Harrell’s long-overdue promotion to Sgt.
• Sgt. Harrell’s obituary

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Hey Fellow Dads,

Today we conclude a three-episode series introducing both true and fictional stories from Alaska—tales of heroism, survival, and faith that can inspire you and your family to follow wherever God leads.

In this episode, my sons Matt and Sam share their own stories of recent trips to Alaska, and I give ten reasons we all love the “Adventures of an Arctic Missionary” series of books. Don’t miss it!

--Nathan

📖 2 Cor. 1:8

📖 2 Cor. 1:9

📖 2 Cor. 4:3-5

📖 2 Cor. 4:6

📖 1 Cor. 6:11

📖 2 Cor. 4:16-18

📖 1 Cor. 1:20

📖 1 Cor. 1:11

📖 1 Cor. 15:1-4

Adventures of an Arctic Missionary (series), by Gloria Repp

📚 Mik Shrok

📚 Charlie

📚 77 Zebra

1. They present an accurate view of missionary struggles.
2. They demonstrate the weaknesses of missionaries.
3. They reveal the irreplaceable need for biblical gospel missions.
4. They picture the wonder of salvation through Christ Jesus.
5. They portray salvation biblically.
6. They illustrate how hard, strenuous labor is often a part of ministry.
7. They illustrate the beauty and strength of a marriage built on the Bible and prayer.
8. They remind us of the need for prayer and the possibilities of prayer.
9. They remind us of the importance and vital necessity of the Bible.
10. They contain so many realistic, relatable characters.

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Hey Fellow Dads,

Today we continue a three-episode series introducing both true and fictional stories from Alaska—tales of heroism, survival, and faith that can inspire you and your family to follow wherever God leads.

In this episode, my friend Pastor Jonathan Fisher shares how God called him to be the answer to his own prayers for needy communities in Alaska. He also talks about how serving the Lord is a privilege and joy—yes, even fun—and how we as husbands can lead our wives and children to know that joy in service to Christ.

Don’t miss out on Jonathan’s sharing an exciting and true “Alaskan adventure” story about an encounter with an Alaskan brown bear, too!

--Nathan

📖 Genesis 12:1-2

📖 Ephesians 4:11

📖 3 John 4

📖 Psalm 37:23

📖 Malachi 2:14

📖 James 4:7

📚 The Autobiography of George Mueller, by George Mueller

📚 Answers to Prayer, by George Mueller

📚 Adventures of an Arctic Missionary Series, by Gloria Repp

“For two months, every day, I was just finding myself really asking God, burdened about, ‘Lord, would You send laborers to Alaska? There’s a need there,’ and never thought about us.”

“Through some preaching, through some verses, God made the calling very clear, and the calling was evangelist. And to be honest, that scared me, I didn’t like that, because all I had ever really known about evangelist was guys who get in a RV and travel around the Lower 48 and hold meetings.”

Veteran missionary in Papua New Guinea, Dennis Wells’ advice to missionaries: “He said, ‘Well, you’re going to have to forget where you’re from,….You’re going to have to love where God put you,….and you’re going to have to learn to have fun.’ ”

“It’s important to enjoy where God put you.”

“My parents and my wife’s parents both instilled in us that we get to do this because we serve the Lord, because God takes great care of us.”

“As far as people from where we’re from that we can really connect with, there’s nobody, and so, I have my wife, and she has me. And God has allowed us to really develop a great relationship….And that is precious, to have a close relationship with your wife.”

“I came from San Diego, where life was very busy. You have so many friends and so many people to talk to, that sometimes, those who were supposed to be closest to can be neglected in caring for them.”

(v.) glass: to scan with a spyglass or other optical instrument.

(n.) breakup: in Spring, when the ice melts and breaks apart.

(n.) tungat: spirits, presumably with evil intent toward the living.

(n.) shaman: one who claims to have contact with the spirit world and thus wields power over other people.

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Hey Fellow Dads, Today we begin a three-episode series introducing both true and fictional stories from Alaska—tales of heroism, survival, and faith that can inspire you and your family to follow wherever God leads. In this episode, my friend Pastor Bruce Hamilton introduces his first book—God of the Brooks—before I give a few excerpts to whet your appetite. We also briefly discuss God of the Aurora, a modern missionary autobiography adventure, and give a preview of next week’s episode. --Nathan

📖 Romans 1:16

“Are you preparing to go to Alaska?”—Nathan’s sister (thanks for the cameo appearance!)

“That first year, I was pretty much housebound, and I wanted to accomplish something, and one of the things that I did to literally survive that six and a half year journey was write a book in my mind….The first eight months, I went through the Bible seven times, so that saturated my mind and soul with the word of God….in conjunction with that, I would escape in my mind to surviving in the wilderness…”—Pastor Bruce Hamilton

“Many are cold, few are frozen.”—Pastor Bruce Hamilton

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