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Anchor Man: How a Father Can Anchor His Family in Christ for the Next 100 Years
by Steve Farrar
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson (2000-05-09)
ISBN: 0785268170
EAN: 9780785268178
Dewy Decimal #: 248
Paperback: 256 pages
SKU: 080620412
Condition: New
Comments: 0785268170 New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Product Description
If you thought your parenting responsibilities ended after eighteen years per child, you thought wrong. Instead, it's your privilege to lead your family-and influence succeeding generations-for a century...or more. Anchor Man presents the high calling of fatherhood, the traits of a Christian father, the adventures that await him as he interacts with his children, and the significance of his role as a good family man. Steve Farrar presents these roles and responsibilities in a way any man wanting to increase his understanding of his place in the family, and our society, can put into action every day. Anchor Man encourages, exhorts, and demonstrates with biblical concepts how to raise a godly family and how to anchor that family in Christ for the next one hundred years. Farrar's unique teaching style blends humor and practicality with the tools fathers need to become all that God intended them to be as the leaders of their families. "When a man gets serious about following Christ with his whole heart," Farrar says, "God desires to not only pour out His blessing on that man, but on his children, and his children's children.
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Customer Reviews
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anchor man
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-07-08
good ideas and concepts for a christian father, but the writting is not very good, sometimes distracts from the concept with wrong examples.
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Encouraging, challenging and entertaining - all in one book!
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-06-26
Vintage Farrar. This is an in-your-face, no-nonsense-kind-of-book for dads. Farrar states that it is the responsibility of the father to be the anchor for his family - to prevent "drift" away from the values and principles upon which family is built. Farrar points fingers at the men in this country who are far more concerned with other things far less valuable than their families and warns them that they have accepted the responsibility of a family with marriage and with the bearing of children - it is not a choice that is made after the fact, it is one that has already been made and many men are either neglecting their duty or walking away from it!
The best part about Farrar is that while he's chastising you, he's entertaining you with his stories and wit. The book is written in a manner that men will actually enjoy and find humorous at times - but the message is anything but funny. Farrar talks about the generations of devastation resulting from the poor decisions of one man who neglects his responsibility to his family.
Farrar ends this clarion call to fathers with some practical suggestions about having a devotional time with their children as well as working to produce memorial stones or markers of spiritual growth and development to measure and prevent against drift. I would suggest this book to every father, especially a young man about to get married or just having his first child - the patterns of a good father need to begin early before the pattern of this world squeezes a man into its mold.
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An interesting concept
Rating (4)
Date: 2005-12-04
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
To propose that a man can have an impact on generations to come is a facinating concept. What man doesn't want to see his children and grandchildren (and possibly more) successful and happy? Steve Farrar presents a solid argument for fathering in a way that will last for years. We all know or remember that elderly man down the street or in church who always knew what to say and how to handle difficult situations. The one who seemed to be wisdom personified. Those men are becoming more and more rare. Steve Farrrar explains why that is so and how difficult it can be to turn out children and grandchildren who are pleasing to God.
If you read Christian books on parenting (Dobson, etc.), you may not find a lot of new information. Yes, we know that an effective father must be the spiritual leader, must love and be faithful to his wife, and must be involved in his children's lives. The interesting part is the framework of doing these things with an eye toward, not just the next generation, but the generation after that. That takes vision. And that is something our instant-gratification culture has nearly erased.
This book seemed to get better as it went on. The first chapters descibe the fathering crisis our country faces. (I know there is a problem; that is why I'm reading it.) But the later chapters become more practical, use more Scripture (the real source of wisdom), and are more direct in their approach.
While this book makes an excellent gift for the young father, don't forget the grandfather who may feel that he can not be an influence in his grandkids' lives. The premise alone should cause all men to evaluate their priorities.
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Read this one first!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2005-06-10
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
With similarities to "Point Man," this book gives straight talk to men specifically about being a dad. Forget the failures of the past, and start now, wherever you are in the process.
Conversational style makes this book easy to read; it's hard to put it down. The author says he wants to "shoot straight" with you, and indeed he does.
This book gives good coverage of the many aspects of being a dad, including some you might not even have thought of, and so I say, "read it first." It has good references for futher study on the subject.
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An unpopular viewpoint of this book
Rating (2)
Date: 2003-08-19
9 out of 14 customers found this reveiw helpful
Based on the other reviews I'm the only person who didn't come away challenged and encouraged from this book.Why I EVEN gave it two stars:
1) The stories are numerous and provide a little something for everyone's tastes 2) It has a study guide with question prompts in the back, in case this books gets used in a small group format or for teaching a class. 3) Yes, he talks straight to the reader and doesn't pull any punches. 4) He gives a nice list of activities to do with your kids other than watch a movie (but that might be on there too...I'll have to go back and check) Why I ONLY gave it two stars:
1) Out of 242 pages he could have presented all his points on one page and maybe another two pages per story or two to support on each of his points; giving us a total of 20-25 pages. But of course that wouldn't do for the publisher and the need to meet a page quota. 2) I felt he used more stories than he did scripture to support his points. This left me wanting more meat and less milk...if you know what I mean. 3) I got the point already by the third or fourth example...oh, wait...I hit that point already in #1 of this part. *wink* 4) He doesn't pull any punches but to me most of the chapters were plain common sense (i.e. spend quality and quantity time with kids). Thus even if he doesn't pull any punches there isn't a lot of power behind them to begin with. I have a few other books on my shelf from authors like Dobson who I hope will raise the bar on the content. I could see how this may be useful for someone who have walked away from the Lord or don't know the Lord. It wasn't nearly as challenging as the Man In The Mirror book, so I can NOT see how this can effectively be used as a bible study curriculum. Just my two humble cents worth.
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