Fatherhood Matters More Than Ever with Dr. Roger Smith

The Heidi St. John Podcast

Heidi St. John

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This week, as we celebrate Father’s Day, I want to encourage you to reclaim God’s design for the family. I’m sharing five practical ways to strengthen your home, build lasting relationships with your children, and create a family culture that honors the Lord.

Then I’m joined by my friend Dr. Roger Smith for a conversation every parent needs to hear. We talk about the importance of fathers, how to build influence with your children as they grow, and what to do when relationships become strained. If you want to raise kids who still seek your wisdom as adults, this episode is for you.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Happy Father's Day Week. I'm glad you guys are here. This is the Heidi St. John podcast.
0:05.1	I'm going to talk a little bit about family life today in this month of June. We're taking June back,
0:10.9	all right? God's people need to reclaim the rainbow, and we're going to reclaim the month of June,
0:15.2	and it's going to be family from now on. The nuclear family, the family is God designed it.
0:20.3	And if you've been paying attention
0:21.5	to the culture in the last several decades, you've probably noticed something, and that is
0:26.5	fathers have really become the punchline of a lot of jokes in our social media. And certainly
0:31.3	they've been the punchline in sitcoms for generations, turn any sitcom on, especially in the
0:36.8	70s, 80s, and 90s, and the dad is just
0:39.4	the bumbling idiot. If you open up a textbook, you're going to find endless discussions
0:43.8	about family structure and every family structure imaginable to man, except for the one
0:50.4	that God designed as God designed it. I want to talk to you guys about five things that I think
0:55.3	are going to really help you as you continue to grow your family strong in the Lord. And then I'm
1:00.9	going to bring on my friend, Dr. Roger Smith. Roger is an incredible human being. I think you're
1:06.4	absolutely going to love him as much as I do. I'd like to call him America's dad. And when he's done with his
1:12.0	interview with me, you'll have to tell me if you agree. Anyway, it is Father's Day week, and we're
1:16.3	going to celebrate the family here at the Heidi St. John podcast. I'm glad you're here. Stick around.
1:20.1	I think you're for being here today. Before I jump into it, I want to remind you about a couple things. First of all,
1:45.1	I'm going to be taking you guys to Turkey. And we're going to visit the seven churches of Revelation,
1:49.0	June 7th through 16th. It's going to be amazing. And you can find out more information right now
1:55.0	and save your spot by going to Heidistjohn.com for slash events. And you'll see that link right at the top of the page there.
2:03.4	It's going to be an incredible opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime trip.
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