Footprints: Raising Godly Children: The Life and Legacy of Robert L. Hoover Sr.

In his book, FOOTPRINTS: Raising Godly Children, Robert L. Hoover Jr. exposes a lack of godly parenting in America today. His straight forward approach to expressing timeless truths taught in the Bible about parental involvement, discipline and making children accountable are unparalleled in today's society. In today's world and unfortunately, even in the church world, common sense and Biblical correctness is woefully absent in far too many homes. Mr. Hoover has taken his many years of experience in the ministry, combined with his experiences in the business world and now in the public school system to weave what will be to many, a provocative and head scratching account of what it means to be a good dad by Biblical standards. Frankly, the words of this book are against the grain and counter-cultural to all that seems normal by todays standards of parenting and raising godly children. Mr. Hoover digs into the Scripture to look at good dads of the Bible and bad dads. Some will surprise the reader. As the contemporary measuring stick Mr. Hoover uses his own dad, Robert L. Hoover Sr. as the example; and what a measuring stick it is indeed! All three of Mr. Hoover Sr.'s children not only are Spirit filled Christians, but they are all in ministry. All twelve of the grandchildren are also Spirit filled Christians with several feeling the call into full time ministry. Mr. Hoover also spins humor and light comedy in his writing as he describes what it was like living in his dads home as a child. Some of the stories will amuse, and entertain you while others will bring a tear or two to your eye. But the bottom line is, that there has never been a time in American History where dads are so badly needed and sadly are too often missing or are not fulfilling their duties. The male reader, if he takes the words of these pages as a standard, will become a better dad. The ladies who read will obviously become better moms and wives and the children who read here will learn to strive to be better mom's and dad's as they approach their adult years.