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that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk,

that deep in your understanding of God's Word

and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life. My guest today writes this, no matter how bad your father may have been,

you can still get to your destination. But chances are it may take you significantly longer to

get there than if you had a great dad. Absent abusive or passive fathers are headwinds, forcing

their children to squander valuable moments of their adulthood, undoing

what their fathers did or did not do, when dad should have been there, inspiring and pushing

them to their God-intended destiny. But show me a great dad, a dad was present and who had otherworldly

vision for his child and was an active caring participant in her life. I will show you a tailwind,

setting his child on a trajectory for success and

influence for generations to come. So honored to be talking to author, Pastor Brian Luritz.

I've had him on the show before. He's got a great new book, The Dad Difference, the foremost

important gifts you can give to your kids. Fantastic, practical book. We've got six copies to

give away. We're going to talk a lot about the book. We are going to spend the first couple of minutes talking about the times. I really want to get

Pastor Bryan's take on what he's seeing, what he's hearing, what he's sensing from the Lord.

But if you want in on the drawing for the book, text the word book to 877-933-2484. Quick announcement before we hear from Pastor Bryan, if you have a desire in your heart to

write, to get published, to write a book someday, you've got to join us for the upcoming Northwestern

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