This is the Truth Network. This is so fun. I'm really looking forward to the show. As we look forward to Father's Day, June 15th, 2025, right?
We're beginning to hone in on that idea, right? So which Bible character, from your perspective, this is a live call-in show, and we want to hear from your perspective, which Bible character, which, by the way, it's hard to be a father, and most of them were 50-50 at best. Even God had struggled with his first. But nonetheless, which Bible character exemplifies, or what you think, from your perspective, is a great example of fatherhood?
Like, when you think about all these different Bible characters, right, and Father Abraham may jump to mind, but who would you think and why would you think? What was it about them that you think, oh man, look at this. This is an example of what fatherhood slash manhood, this was a real man that was being a real father, and what did that look like? And obviously, we would love to hear it, but you gotta call us for us to hear it. It's 866-348-7884.
I say that number in my sleep, and Tammy says, you're saying it again, 866-348-7884, and my kids tell you, you gotta say it slow so that people can call, because man, there's callers that always make this show, and so I'm so excited that I have my very own Dr. Date the Word Carson here with me in the studio, which is always fun, and he has been studying this idea of, like, biblical fatherhood from, what were some of the characteristics of these Bible characters that just wowed you? When you look at a father and... Wow, I'm not sure your mic is on, so... When you look at a father, okay. Yeah, is this one? Nope, nope, wait a minute, Nick's trying to get it together. Try that one again. Testing. Oh, there you are.
Okay, when you look at a father. Yeah. One of the first ones that stands out to me, Robby, is a guy by the name of Zebedee. Now, I don't know many people who study Zebedee.
I think, I'm with you, I'm tracking. Zebedee had a couple boys at least that we know of. John and James, wow, who are gonna be disciples.
Right. Well, what makes Zebedee so important to me is this man, when Jesus came walking by, sees his sons and says, follow me, the Bible says they left their boat, they left their nets, and they left their father. Zebedee, I always pictured this, he had his hands open. He didn't hold his sons tight. They didn't belong to him.
They belonged to God. And so, for me, one of the great characteristics is Zebedee. And they, by the way, they portray him wonderfully in the chosen.
I know you're not a big chosen fan, but if you ever watch it. Well, we may. If you ever do, Zebedee is one of the big, big, and I gotta tell you, I'm so excited, we got so many calls coming right out of the chute. We got Adam, Chuck, and Josh all calling in. We're gonna take Adam first. He's in Ohio. Adam, you're on Truth Talk Live.
Who do you think? Oh, thank you. Well, when I first heard the question, the very first figure that popped into my mind that exemplifies fatherhood would be the father of the prodigal son. Oh, wow. Oh, good talk. You know, Adam, that is awesome, man.
You know, Doc is writing it down. Like, man, absolutely was that a father. Absolutely was that a Bible character. What about that story really speaks to you, Adam?
I think I can relate to it a little bit personally. You know, I grew up in a Christian home. I accepted the Lord when I was four years old. And my father's actually a pastor. Throughout my life, I've done some things I'm not proud of. I'm ashamed of actually.
And every time I go to my parents or to my father specifically, about something like this, most of the time, he already knew. And he still loves me regardless, still there for me regardless, still supports me regardless. So I'd say it speaks to me from a personal aspect. I love it. That is one of my all time, you know, when I think about that story, Adam, it's what makes me look forward to repenting. And I'll tell you why, because when you repent, if you think about the prodigal son, he went from eating pig pods, pig food, to the unbelievable steak dinner his dad had for him. And I think, wow, if I'll just come to my senses like the prodigal son here, I can quit eating pig food and eat steak, you know?
Exactly. We had a preacher at Liberty that preached a message, isn't it time for you to leave the pig pen? What a vigil he gave us that night.
Isn't it time for you to leave the pig pen? And Adam, on that prodigal son's father, one of the things that just blew me away in my study of him is that as his son was coming home, the Bible says his father ran. Well, old men don't run. Old Jewish men really don't run.
Yeah. And he ran. He ran to his son. And yeah, what a great example. Billy Graham is known as a prodigal daughter's father.
At his funeral, one of his daughters, I forget her name, said, when I came home, Dad had the door open and his arms open wide. I did not know that. I love that. Yeah. I do too. I do too. Great story, Adam.
Wow. Thank you, my friend. I knew the cause would bless me.
I'm a son. Well, you guys bless me every day, so the least I can do is pay it forward a little bit. Well, thank you, buddy. I appreciate your call. God bless you very much. God bless you. Thank you.
You're welcome. We got Chuck, also at Ohio. And so Chuck, you're on Truth Talk Live. Who are you thinking, Chuck?
Hi. Well, I thought of a couple. And the one that comes to mind is Jesus Christ's father, Joseph. As far as his early father is Joseph, he accepted a lot of doubtful, troubling things. Even before the angel appeared to him, I mean, he didn't go ballistic. He didn't do some of the things that a lot of Jewish men back then would have done, as far as, you know, attacking Mary. Right.
Right, right. We don't have any biblical record of anything that he did which would have been out of the way. I mean, that's an absolutely beautiful pick. And by the way, apparently it was God's pick.
Chuck, you did good, man. You know, from God's perspective, he measured up in so many ways. Interestingly, we don't have – well, I understand we don't have many words at all. Are there any words that are recorded of Joseph saying anything? No. That's why every boy wants to be Joseph in the Christmas play, because he has no lines. But Joseph, interestingly, Chuck, Joseph – and I love your pick here – he never said anything, but nine different times in the book of Matthew, he obeyed God.
He obeyed what God told him to do. And you have it numbered. Yes.
Yes. There you go, Chuck. Great, great, great pick, man.
That's a tough one to rival. What about you? What are you thinking? 866-348-7884. Thank you so much, Chuck, for calling in from Ohio. We got Josh in Florida when we come back.
How about you? You're listening to the Truth Network and truthnetwork.com. Darrell Bock Welcome back to Truth Talk Live! Today's question is, we're headed towards Father's Day, June 15th. Just that word out there in case you've forgotten. Which Bible character, from your perspective, is a great example of biblical fatherhood?
What is your thoughts? We got Josh in Florida, we got Marguerite in Roseville, North Carolina. We need you, 866-348-7884.
That's probably Margaret. And we got Josh. So, Josh, you are on Truth Talk Live.
Thank you for holding, my friend. Hey, well, thanks for having me on, guys. I want to say real quick, Chuck, right before the break, absolutely nailed it. I was thinking of Joseph. Well, Adam did, too. I'm like, so far, I was like, wow, you know, they just totally blew me away with that.
So it's really, I agree with you. He nailed it. And because I've been watching The Chosen, Zebedee was my pick, but you stole that as well.
Way to go, Doc. If the prodigal son's father is in there, and that was a parable, then I'm going to go ahead, I'm going to go with Paul. And the reason I'm going to go with Paul is for his encouragement of a timid, very shy, not a born leader, Timothy, and what Timothy was able to do in his life, because he had that father figure there. And I believe the evidence points that Timothy might have been raised by his mother, that he might not have had a father in the home. And looking at later in life, what Timothy did, he died, I believe, in his 80s, trying to, you know, settle a dispute where he was killed.
So Paul did a fantastic job of raising him up in the faith. And yeah, I'll let you guys discuss that. I have to actually jump off the phone, I'll listen on the radio.
I got to pick up my daughter, but I want to hear your thoughts on that. Oh, that's so awesome. God bless.
That is a great pick. And I have to say, like, you know, I do a talk at Masculine Journey Boot Camp on a father by God. And a lot of people think that God is the backup plan, like if you lose your father, or that, you know, something happens where your father leaves the home, that God is the backup plan. And what I try to help people understand from my perspective, God is the ultimate father, he's the one who had in mind you would show up on the planet. And then God actually is orchestrating fathers into your life, your whole, it might be an uncle, it might be a grandfather, it might be, it might be an apostle, as the case may be. And as Josh pointed out, no doubt, God orchestrated Paul in Timothy's life. But not only that, he orchestrated Paul writing out those instructions, because he's fathering us all.
Yes, yes. And when he called Timothy his son in the faith, and that's what we are. And we get those great insights on how to live out, not just Christianity, but live out ministry, because all of us are supposed to be doing some type of ministry. And so we are very enriched because Paul wanted to help a timid Timothy.
I like what Josh said that, because Timothy was, he was struggling. And who do you need the most when you're struggling? You need a father.
You need your dad. Yeah, that steps in and says, okay, all right, we're going to figure this out together. And we're going to get this solved, and we're going to get better. Right. And we always, you know, just to put a little emphasis on the end before we go to Margaret, is, you know, there's that, I can't think of the name of the runner, but he was in the Olympics. Most people have seen the scene. And he pulls a hamstring, right, halfway down, and he is struggling to try to go down the track.
I get teared up just thinking about it. His father comes alongside him, carries him, like, that's the picture. Yeah. And they tried to stop the fight. He said, that's my son.
And he went out there on the track. Yes. And I can still see that. And that's what fathers do. Right.
That is, that's the deal. So we've got Margaret is in Roseville, North Carolina, but we need you to call 866-348-7884, 866-348-7884. Thank you for hanging on, Margaret.
Who do you think? Well, can I give too? You sure can. We're excited.
Whatever you got. Yeah. Both of them were leaders. Both of them came to Jesus at great risk to their position.
And both of them fought for the underdog. The first one I thought of was the Centurion, who came to Jesus and to heal his servant, his male servant, who wasn't even his son. But he considered him his son. He just loved him with that fatherly love. And he pleaded with Jesus to heal his servant.
And he even waited without making any comment or any rush or any move. Just waited for Jesus to heal the woman with the issue of blood while Jesus did that. And then he healed the Centurion's servant. And the Centurion's servant had such great faith, you know, that Jesus didn't even have to go and do that. He had great faith that he knew that Jesus would do that. And the other one was Jeremy. Well, wait a minute. We got to talk a minute about, we got to, hang on, Margaret, you're doing great.
You're on a roll. I got to say that you picked one of the amazing people that happened to be a Gentile that Jesus marveled. Marveled. That stood in amazement that this man had such great faith. He paid him one of the greatest compliments anybody in the Bible ever got. And I would have to say, I so agree with you, Margaret, because to me, you know, when I think about my own father, my father had not only great faith in God, he had great faith in me.
And I knew he did. Right? In other words, when you have a father, you can do this, son. Step up to the plate. You got this. You got it.
You got it. And that is an amazing quality, I believe, in fatherhood. Right? And then so I bet, Margaret, was your dad like that?
Yeah, my dad was not in the home most of the time. But anyway, I do admire these kind of men. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, I'm with you. So who's number two? Darius, who came to Jesus Christ to heal his daughter. And you know, in that society, females were even less down the prominence pole than children. And, but yeah, Darius, instead of God's leader, who had so much to lose by going to Jesus, because the Jews don't believe in Jesus, and they kill Jesus. Again, he took that risk, because he loved his daughter so much, and he really got scared for her. And he believed that Jesus could make things right in her life. And that Jesus did heal her. And we just thank God for these godly men, and how they presented, how far they should be, the truth. And let me say that Jesus, he fought for women, he elevated women, he called their position up in society, so that they were no longer concerned, no more than children.
And yeah, you're absolutely on a roll, Margaret. And so I'm curious about another question. And I feel a little bit badly that I led you in the one direction, but I got another question for you. So did God put somebody in your life that had that kind of faith in you, a man that helped guide you through your younger years of grandfather, an uncle, a teacher, a coach? No. Really? No.
No. But I'll tell you what, when I was in my 20s, I came around from a church, a church that had a bus ministry, and they came in by bus to come to church. So we got in that church bus, and we go in that church bus, and we went to church. And that's the first Sunday that I went to that church, and I heard God's word. And God spoke to me and told me that He asked me, and He had made a way for me to work salvation and eternal life. And that very day I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, and I know that the Bible teaches that He's my husband and He's my Father. He's my only known, and He's my loving. There you go.
There you go. So there was a pastor in this church that was helpful to you? And a bus driver. A bus driver, yeah. A bus captain.
Praise God for bus ministries. There you go, Margaret. We appreciate it. Thanks so much for calling in. How about you?
866-348-7884. You're listening to the Truth Network and truthnetwork.com. Welcome back to Truth Talk Live.
How fun today. I am so appreciative of all these calls. Like, here's the question as we're looking forward to Father's Day, which Bible character is a great example to you of biblical fatherhood? The number to call in and share that is 866-348-7884. That's 866, and if you got two, that's fine. It can be whatever you think.
866-348-7884 is the number. Again, when you look forward to Father's Day and you think about biblical fatherhood or biblical manhood, because I think they go kind of hand in hand to some extent, from your perspective, who is a great example of biblical fatherhood? Now, the interesting thing when you think about this is, Doc, as I was thinking about it, that in the New Testament, we have snapshots, right? We have a snapshot of Jairus.
We have a snapshot of the centurion. We have a snapshot of, to an extent, of Timothy. We have a little bit more on Timothy. We have a lot more on Paul. But in the Old Testament, we got the whole story, and it ain't always so pretty.
Right, right. We think about David, and there's some things with David and his relationship with Absalom that was, well, just plain awful. And his daughter, right. And his daughter. And all, you know, and it's obviously very difficult fatherhood in so many different ways.
However. However, the end of the story of David's life, I think he really hits a home run with Solomon, 1 Kings chapter 2. He is going to pull Solomon close and says, Hey, I need you to know something. I am going the way of all men.
I'm going to die. And I just want you to know, Solomon, be a man. Be strong and show yourself to be a man. And when I was in Israel back in 2010, I had my two boys with me. I have four children and two girls. And they had to go with their mom when we went to the tomb of King David.
The women have to be on one side and the men on the other side. And so as we're coming up to his tomb there, I've got my two boys, and it just hit me. You need to show them 1 Kings chapter 2. So I pulled them aside there, and I opened up my Bible, and I said, boys, and I think one was 10, one was 13 at that time. I said, I don't know. I don't know when God will take me into his heaven, but I just need you to know the moment I am no longer alive on earth, 1 Kings chapter 2, that's how I want you to live.
Show yourself a man. Be strong and do what God has called you to do. Darrell Bock That's beautiful. Gary Barnes And David had said that to Solomon. And then I think there was some other teaching that took place there as he's wrapping up his life.
Because Solomon, when he writes Proverbs, especially chapter 4, he will talk about things he learned from his father that now, as a father, he's passing to his son, who is going to be a father. Darrell Bock Right. And so, you know, just as an example, I know you're thinking, I need to call 866-348-7884, because I've got somebody on me. Come on, now.
It's going to be fun. 866-348-7884 is a number to call in and share. But, you know, clearly, as you talked about earlier, Dr. Carson, again, if you're wondering who we're co-hosting with, that's Dr. Date the Word Carson, does Date the Word on this program, has Date the Word, the website. Gary Barnes And an app.
Darrell Bock And an app and all sorts of neat stuff that goes with that. But he had talked about how Joseph, right, was faithful. He was obedient.
Gary Barnes Yeah. Whenever God spoke, he did it. And he didn't argue. At least we don't have anything written about that.
What we're told is, when God spoke, he then put it into action. And I used to pick on my friends in Ohio, because they always, like, O-H, and then I-O. O-H, I-O.
And I said, you know what the I-O stands for, don't you? Immediate obedience. Immediate obedience.
And that's what I want for my children. Sometimes, when you need your child to do something, like, there was a time a snake was almost at me, and my dad, move. If I had disobeyed, like, why are you making?
I'd have been bit. But I had that, I had understanding. When dad speaks, do what he says.
We can talk about it later, but right now, he says, move. Immediate obedience. And Joseph is an example of that. When God spoke, he obeyed.
Immediate obedience. Darrell Bock And the Joseph, meaning Jesus's father, because there's interestingly a number of Josephs, and I love the fact that there was a Joseph at the beginning of Jesus' life, there was a Joseph at the end of it, and clearly Joseph in the Old Testament, which again, you get more than a snapshot with his fatherhood, because he, you know, had Ephraim and Manasseh, and clearly, you know, we get a picture of biblical grandfatherhood with Jacob, which by the way, you know, just if you're wondering, Robbie, what's your pick? I would have said, now, you guys, you know, they've been calling in with some great ones, and I am so grateful for Margaret. I'm so grateful for Adam and Josh.
Chuck and Chuck, yes, every one of them, amazing stuff. So some more can be calling. Yeah, I'd be really grateful for yours, 866-348-7884, but my pick would have been, and again, based on the long game, not the short one, is Jacob, because, you know, when you look at most of those biblical fathers, you know, they had one or two that did good, but they had several that didn't do so good. However, the situation may be, Jacob was 12 for 12 men. I mean, yes, they got into shenanigans. There was the whole, you know, Levi and Simeon struggle, and there was certainly, you know, stuff with Reuben, and they still named the sandwich after him, just saying. But there's no doubt there were 12 tribes, and they continued on, and they do continue on to this day. And then how cool is it that we don't have much, but part of being a father is, at some point in time, you get to be a grandfather. And one of the neatest things, and they still honor it to this day, it's every Shabbat, you know, people will recite what Jacob said to his grandchildren. To his grandchildren, yeah. Right, and that idea of biblical grandfatherhood, where do you find that, right?
It's a beautiful thing that we have. If you watch, if you go back and you read the blessings that Jacob gave, you know, we talked about it a little bit earlier, that a father has great faith in his sons. But he also, in Jacob's case, he spoke the truth in love, because you read some of those blessings, like, you're a snake by the side of the road.
Like, still a blessing is true, and all these things could happen, but, you know, not necessarily. But nonetheless, he knew his boys, and he spoke into their identity, and he spoke into who they would be. And clearly, when you look certainly at the blessing of Judah, you know, you can't help but see the picture of Christ in what he said to his son, right? And that whole thing that would happen as, you know, one of the cool things, a father knows his kids. I'm trying to think of Manoah, Samson's father.
There you go. He had his hands full. He had his hands full. And it's Judges 13, where Manoah wanted to know from God, what will his rule, what will his occupation be? And a father should want to know from God, what does he want my child to become?
And so that's another great example of a father wanting to know how my child can be used for God. My four children, they don't belong to me, just like what's happening. They don't belong to me. They belong to God.
And we're supposed to be training up arrows for God. Darrell Bock And the way they should go. Gary Barnes Yes. Darrell Bock And the way they should go is based on, right, the prayers and stuff where God gives you insight into, wow, your son is a really good speaker, or, wow, your son is really good with his hands. You see it, you work with him, and you begin to see his glory, whatever that may be. How does your son reflect God? How does your daughter, right?
Because it's not just about sons. Gary Barnes That's right. That's right. Darrell Bock I have two daughters. Very grateful. And you have two as well.
Gary Barnes I have two. And I want them to be the very best they can be for him. Not for me, but for the Lord. And use their gifts and talents for him, and be a light wherever they are for him.
Darrell Bock Yeah, it's really, really, really beautiful. And, you know, I really had had a chance to begin to understand that aspect of fatherhood that I didn't understand in the earlier years, that we are to train them up in the way God has, you know, and part of that is seeing in them, you know, something remarkable, something that like, man, let's feed this, let's give them confidence in this particular area. My youngest daughter, Mariah, many of you may know, if you've ever listened to those old episodes of Christian Car Guy Theater, you know, she starred throughout that because she was quite the actress, she really was. And so I was calling that out in her ability to communicate those things, which now she does beautifully as a third grade teacher. But, you know, God was training her the whole time, right? And it's really a neat thing. Part of the neat thing, in my opinion, as a father, is to see that God spark in your child. And say, now, God, how can I bring that out? How can I encourage that? How can I make that what you want it to be? It's a challenge.
Yeah. And you just said that about the God spark, where in Colossians, it says that, as fathers, we're not to discourage them, right? Well, the idea of to discourage is to snuff out the light. Here's God putting this light in them, and instead of building them up, encouraging them, helping them over the obstacles, there's going to be stumbling, there's going to be failure. And then all you, as a father, you criticize, you're never going to be like your and compare them to someone. And just like you have, you've snuffed out, not just quenched, but you're snuffing out the light that God put in them.
And our job as fathers is to bring that light out. Darrell Bock Absolutely. Fan the flame. So, I know you've been loading up because you've got someone, Robby, you got to hear this one, 866-348-7884. We got Dr. Date the Word Carson with us, for goodness sake.
You got to call us, 866-348-7884. You're listening to the Truth Network and truthnetwork.com. Darrell Bock Welcome back to Truth Talk Live! Today's question, and I love it. It's a fascinating one. As we look forward to Father's Day coming up June 15th, from your perspective, which Bible character is a great example, a great example of, you know, how did that affect you, like a biblical fatherhood?
What does that look like? An example of biblical fatherhood as we think about this, as we honor fathers, but also, you know, in all reality, we all could be better grandparents, better parents, better, like, so what you share, the Bible, the attribute that stuck out to you, just like the first, you know, five callers that we had, those have not crossed my mind. And all, each individual, one of them was spectacular in pointing out things that really just amazed me. Dr. Darrell Bock I wrote some of them down. Darrell Bock Not that I hadn't admired those people, but like, oh my goodness.
So, Doc, who are you thinking? Dr. Darrell Bock Well, I always think about Job as a father. I mean, there's this whole story of Job's life that's horrible, but when you read that first chapter, this man really loved his children. And I don't know if there's anything much harder than for a father to lose his children. I've been through that experience with a number of people who've lost their son or they lost their daughter. He lost seven. And, but what a father.
What do you think about Job? Dr. Darrell Bock Yeah, I'm with you, because he prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed for those. And, you know, it was clear that he really thought through, you know, what his children were doing, what, you know, how they would honor God and what they would do.
He was, equally, he, you know, spoke the truth and love to his wife when she started with the shenanigans, you know. Dr. Darrell Bock Yeah, he had to speak some truth to her in love. Dr. Darrell Bock He did. Well, you know, and God honored that with more children.
And I love the idea of Job and that, you know, for a lot of, unfortunately, a lot of dear, dear friends have lost children, right? Dr. Darrell Bock Yeah, it's agonizing. Dr. Darrell Bock I have to think there's a special place in God's heart for parents like that. Dr. Darrell Bock Yeah. You know, Jacob thought he had lost Joseph. Dr. Darrell Bock Rent his garment, right?
Dr. Darrell Bock Yeah. And he was so bereaved that, I mean, he was angry at God. All these things are against me. And in the big picture, all these things were working for his good. But he didn't see that. But to be bereaved is to be robbed. And that's what a parent many times feels like if they bury their child, they've been robbed.
And God has to bring a special comfort to their lives. Dr. Darrell Bock There you go. So we have Mike.
He's in Dayton, Ohio. Mike, you have – Dr. Mike Smith What did I do? Dr. Darrell Bock I think you're the first caller, if I'm not mistaken, because they gave me your choice on the – you know, they didn't do this for the others.
It just had – but in your case, I know who you're going to say. And I think you're the first person to pick an Old Testament character. And, you know, he was far from perfect. But nonetheless, he found grace in God's eyes.
And it's the first time that Grace is mentioned. It's our buddy here. Who are we talking about, Mike? Mike Smith Noah. Yeah. Dr. Darrell Bock Yes.
You know a guy. Mike Smith Yes. Mike Smith And my wife picked it too, but she doesn't want to be on air. So, you know, I don't – Dr. Darrell Bock I love that. Mike Smith And I said – I thought, well, that was funny. I thought the same thing. You know, so I had to call. Dr. Darrell Bock So I'm curious, what came to your mind as far as Noah as a dad?
Like, number one, he lived a long time, so he had a chance to keep up practice. Mike Smith Well, how in the world does someone build a boat when he's never seen it in the rain? And you have two kids, and you have two kids right there along with you. And you know, the kids know it all, right?
They know everything. And they're telling Noah, you're crazy. Dr. Darrell Bock Dad, you're making us the laughing stock of the whole town.
Mike Smith Right. What are you doing, dad? Right? And I've done that to my dad. You know, I have. And then when he did – when it was all done, it was great. You know what I mean?
You know. Dr. Darrell Bock Yeah, I've studied Noah a lot that's actually his boys this week, because I have been looking in Zephaniah, chapter 3, verses 9, 10, and 11, where it talks about that when God brings the kingdom coming, that they're all going to be of one pure language and will all be of one shoulder. That actually probably says one consent in the King James Version or one accord in the New King James Version. But the word in Hebrew is one shoulder.
And the way that falls is absolutely beautiful when you think about it, Mike, because Jesus was told in Isaiah, right, that the government would be upon his shoulder. And your shoulder is where you bear the burden. But the first time that we see this shoulder action is with two of Noah's boys, Shem and Japheth.
They put the garment of their father on their shoulders because they were of one shoulder and backed towards him in order to cover him. So two of the three did good. But then there's one that always has to ham up the program, you know what I'm saying? Dr. Darrell Bock I wasn't ready for that.
Ham up the program. Dr. Darrell Bock But here's the redemption of Ham, so to speak, right? How he becomes kosher after all. And so anyway, if you read on in Zephaniah 3, right, you will see that Zephaniah interestingly, his father is arguably a Cushite, right? And so he knows about this curse well. But he says that those people will come from beyond Ethiopia, which is where the Cushites went to, and they will be the ones that are called with the other people called back into the faith. And so the good news is it's all coming together, even for all of Noah's boys.
But I love your selection. And so I and it really tickles me that idea, you know, I'm going to be thinking about that later tonight, like, man, like, Dad, really? Do you think that's how you use a saw? Like, and it's one thing to take on a project that takes, you know, like, a year or two or five, right?
Like, this is this went on for 100, you know, like, man, this was a long project. And so it's good that Noah knew what grace was about, because clearly he would need it. The big word, Mike, in Hebrews, it says he prepared an ark for the saving of his household.
Yeah. And I got to hear a man preach Father's Day one year, I didn't have any responsibilities. And this is a passage he picked, he, he highlighted Noah as a father. So the moment you said his name, I'm thinking about that man, as pastors, he brought the message, how Noah prepared, he prepared for the saving of his household, and the role we have as fathers to make sure of all the things of all the things that our children would one day go to heaven. I was talking with a father last night, and he said, My greatest burden is to make sure all my family knows the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior.
Yeah, that's, that's a great word. And that's what was in my mind, too, is, you know, we pray for our children, we pray for our families, we pray for our relatives, you know. They all need that ark. They all need that ark. We all need the ark.
And, you know, it's a fascinating picture when you really think about it, that wood is a critical, you know, component of clearly all sacrifices. And that's really a great choice, Mike. Well, thank you. And your wife. My wife. What's your wife's name again, Mike? Tammy, just like yours. Oh, I should know that.
I feel like a slacker. What a great name. No wonder she picked Noah. Yeah. That's wonderful, Mike. God bless you, man. Thank you, as always. Appreciate your contribution. God bless.
So, Doc? Well, I started us off with Zebedee, but you know another great father with a Z name is Zacharias. He and Elizabeth, they raised a boy named John, that we call John the Baptist.
And Zacharias. Also a man of few words. Not on purpose.
Yeah. When he should have been saying something, he said the wrong. He didn't have Joseph's mindset, like, how in the world is this going to happen? But he just was spoken to by an angel. However, like so many, he finished well.
But he did finish well. And he's spoken to John the Baptist's life in Luke chapter 1. This is what he's going to be doing.
And so I love that. Joshua, as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. And, you know, the best example for a child is a father leading the way. Not do as I say, not as I do, just do as I say.
Got to be the example to them. And little lies learn more from what they see than what the ears hear. I've heard that more is caught than taught. In fact, I heard that from Stu the other day. But I've heard it and thought about it a lot, that clearly, you know, when we think about, you know, who's saying, hey, guys, we get to go to church today or come on, you know, what's the attitude that's there when it comes to God and how excited am I?
Because that stuff is caught. Yeah. Life is different when a father leads the home. It's wonderful. And I am so grateful for the wonderful calls today and so grateful for our Truth Talk Live audience. Mike's Wake coming up tomorrow. That's going to be exciting. And we will be back with you. Thank you so much for listening.
