Hey dads when your kids look at you what do they see a hard worker a fun loving sports fanatic an outdoorsman a man's man a great husband what kind of model are you setting for them?

Now if you want your kids to grow up to be positive, self-assured, morally strong adults,

then stick around because that's what we're going to talk about today.

Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.

The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christians

through the Bible teaching of Chip Ingram. You know the traditional

responsibilities of a dead have been largely abandoned or outright rejected

throughout society and we want to change that and

that's why today we'll dive into Chip Series portrait of a father.

In this

Chipp will encourage men to be the dads God has called them to be. By identifying four characteristics they need to embrace.

Well, there's a lot to get to, so here's Chip with this talk.

Scott Sullenberger was speaking, I don't know, two, maybe three years in a men's breakfast

that I was at and we had this place divided into tables and I was sitting over there and as he talked

about a pretty difficult journey growing up with his dad, I just thought,

you know, someday, Scott, you need to share this with the rest of the church.

So buddy, thank you.

Thank you, Sheila.

My father passed away three years ago and my mom called me up to do the eulogy,

so I went up and did that.

And my father... do the eulogy, so I went up and did that.

And my father was a well-known figure in town,

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