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In this episode we pick up on the second half of a conversation I had with Al Vom Steeg on the subject of fathers. We are talking right after Father's Day. He had just preached a Father's Day message sharing Biblical insights about the progressive nature of redeemed fatherhood. It begins in Genesis where the man is created in the image of God as a relational being to care for all creation in partnership with his wife.   As the story goes, of course, the man fails to protect his wife from the snake and falls into disobedience. Jesus' death on the cross serves to bring the deep forgiveness that restores God's original intention of the image of God in man. Then in Christ, the man becomes a restored husband who learns how to serve his wife, and in serving her becomes the healthy, empowering father who equips his children to grow into faithfulness. Today we begin with a brief review of what Al shared in part 1, and then we go into some real life stories of Al's experience as a faithful husband and father