A handbook that guides dads in strengthening their relationships with their children and family.

YOU WERE MADE FOR THIS.

For a man, no role is more important — or more intimidating — than fatherhood. Yet even when you feel unprepared, God has given you the capacity to be the father your children need. Walk with Him and grow those abilities.

• Fatherhood is a spiritual assignment.
• Your presence matters more than perfection.
• You must grow personally to lead your family.
• Healing your past helps your children’s futures

Inside Fatherhood will help you find out what it means to be a father. Discover the process of fathering on a spiritual, personal, and practical level, using God’s perfect example as a guide.

Recommendation: Read 1-2 short chapters per week.

Also available as an eBook.

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A practical guide for males of every age, helping them pursue meaningful goals, gain victory over sin, and cultivate lasting relationships.

STEP UP. BE GOD’S MAN. CHANGE THE WORLD.

Our world is marked by violence, apathy, and fading values, and the meaning of true manhood has grown unclear. Now more than ever, men must intentionally rise and become the godly leaders their families and communities need.

Each chapter addresses a common struggle men face and concludes with discussion questions designed to encourage honest conversation about what it means to live as a man of God.

• Godly manhood is intentional
• Passivity is dangerous
• Character is more important than success
• Accountability is necessary
• A man’s spiritual life determines the direction of his family

 
Manhood doesn’t happen by accident. You have to learn how to be courageous, strong, honest, and purposeful. Only then can you be the man God called you to be.

Recommendation: This book is designed for a man to read with his father, a mentor, or a small group.

Also available as an eBook.

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A true story of one young Marine’s journey through boot camp and infantry school as he searches for the real definition of manhood.

A BOY DOESN’T BECOME A MAN BY ACCIDENT.

It’s a long, demanding process that requires adapting to a tough environment, facing challenges directly, and learning self-control- much like becoming a United States Marine.
Basic Warrior Training traces a young man’s journey from civilian to Marine, and after each account his mentor explains how those lessons in growth and spiritual maturity shape the path to manhood.

• Life is a spiritual battle, not just a series of circumstances.
• Passivity is dangerous, men naturally drift without intentional effort.
• Manhood does not happen automatically; it must be trained.
• A boy becomes a man through guidance, correction, and responsibility.

Becoming a Marine is hard – becoming a man can be harder. When young men pair self-discipline with God’s strength, they discover how to grow into their full potential. Each chapter ends with a manhood challenge and discussion questions that invite readers to establish their own principles and personalize their faith.

Each chapter is designed for fathers and mentors to walk through it with the young man in their life.

Can be used for group study with our FREE LEADER GUIDE

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Are you considering marriage, or are you already walking the journey with your spouse? Whether you’re newlyweds or have navigated the challenges of a long-term relationship, Becoming One is your guide to building a strong, God-centered marriage.

In this transformative book, Dr. Roy Smith moves beyond typical advice and quick-fix tips. He explores the root causes of marital conflict and provides practical tools for honest reflection, open communication, and fearless vulnerability. This approach helps couples grow both individually and together, fostering lasting intimacy and trust.

Packed with discussion questions and actionable guidance, Becoming One serves as a faith-based marriage help resource, perfect for couples seeking Christian relationship advice, struggling in their marriage, or looking to strengthen their bond. With God’s grace, you can face trials together, grow closer, and truly embrace God’s design for marriage.

Start your journey today and take meaningful steps toward a deeper, more fulfilling marriage.

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You may know Scripture, go to church, and profess faith — yet still feel anxious, reactive, angry, or defeated. The problem isn’t belief; it’s the absence of a daily dependence on God.

Stop relying on willpower and begin living from a deep, active relationship with God.

Spiritual Living: Walking With Him reflects on the hardships, personal failures, and spiritual lessons from Dr. Roy Smith’s own life. Through his experiences as a husband, father, and grandfather, he offers an honest and thoughtful look at facing life’s challenges with humility, and courage.

No one is perfect — yet we often live as if we have to be. We depend on our own strength and coping habits just to get through each day, but they end up limiting our growth and leaving us weary and unsatisfied. God, however, patiently works with us, using our weakness and pain to draw us closer to Him and produce real joy and spiritual growth.

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A practical guide for males of every age, helping them pursue meaningful goals, gain victory over sin, and cultivate lasting relationships.

For many men, sexual pleasure and fantasy can become a refuge from life’s pressures, fears, and insecurities. In All Man, Dr. Roy Smith draws on more than forty years of counseling men to confront the personal and relational damage that comes from misused sexuality. In a culture that often portrays men as aggressive and driven only by desire, this book points to a God-centered path of growth and restoration. Dr. Smith shows how genuine strength, confidence, and healthy sexuality are formed through a man’s spiritual identity—not destructive habits. All Man is a call to change, offering hope and practical guidance for men to live as God designed: fully alive and truly man.

All Man by Dr. Roy Smith is a Christian discipleship book that addresses how men understand masculinity, sexuality, and spiritual identity. Drawing from decades of counseling experience, Smith argues that many men turn to lust, pornography, and sexual fantasy not simply for pleasure, but as a way to cope with insecurity, shame, stress, and emotional pain. While culture often defines manhood by dominance, performance, or sexual conquest, he explains that these patterns ultimately leave men empty and damage their relationship with God, themselves, and others.

The book teaches that sexuality is not the problem—misdirected identity is. According to Smith, when a man’s worth is rooted in achievement, approval, or desire, he becomes trapped in destructive cycles. True masculinity, he says, begins when a man understands who he is before God. Through repentance, accountability, honesty, and spiritual discipline, men can break patterns of sexual sin and replace them with integrity and self-control.

Smith emphasizes practical steps: confession, mentoring relationships, renewed thinking, boundaries, and a deeper walk with Christ. As a man’s spiritual life grows, his confidence, emotional health, and relationships—especially with his wife and family—are restored.

Overall, All Man is a call to transformation. It presents manhood not as toughness or sexual power, but as spiritual strength, responsibility, humility, and sacrificial love—living as the man God created him to be.

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Everyone influences someone — whether you hold the title of mentor or not. Yet many people want to help others and simply don’t know where to begin. Pass It On provides a clear path, explaining the principles and structure behind meaningful mentoring and how to put them into practice. It first helps you examine your own life and address what God wants to shape in you, then guides you step-by-step into building a strong, life-changing mentoring relationship.

The mentoring relationship typically moves through stages:

1. Connection – building trust and safety
2. Understanding – learning the mentee’s story and struggles
3. Growth – addressing identity, habits, and decisions
4. Independence – the mentee learns to walk with God personally
5. Multiplication – the mentee eventually mentors someone else

 
This is why the book is called Pass It On — growth is meant to continue from person to person.

Mentoring is more than helping someone else grow — it changes you too. As you invest in another person, you learn patience, humility, compassion, and how to confront your own struggles honestly. Through Pass It On, you can grow in confidence, discover your purpose, and become a steady source of encouragement and God’s love in the lives of those around you.

Also available as an eBook.

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What do daughters truly need from their fathers?

In Dad, Here’s What I Really Need From You, Michelle Watson offers a heartfelt and insightful guide that helps fathers understand the powerful and lasting influence they have in their daughters’ lives. Drawing from her experience as a counselor and passionate advocate for father–daughter relationships, Watson reveals the key emotional, relational, and spiritual needs daughters long for from their dads.

This encouraging and practical book equips fathers to move beyond uncertainty and into confident, intentional leadership in their daughters’ lives. Through honest reflections, real-life stories, and practical guidance, fathers will learn how to build trust, strengthen connection, and provide the affirmation their daughters need to grow into strong, confident women.

Whether your daughter is young, a teenager, or an adult, this book will help you deepen your relationship and embrace the unique role God has given you as her father.

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Drawing from decades of counseling and mentoring males, the authors walk readers through the internal struggles young men commonly face:

• Identity
• Peer pressure
• Sexual temptation
• Anger
• Passivity
• Desire for approval

This practical and spiritually grounded guide to manhood is written especially for teenage boys and young men who are trying to figure out who they are and who they are meant to become. Rather than offering shallow cultural definitions of masculinity, this book presents manhood as a purposeful journey shaped by character, responsibility, and a growing relationship with God.

Bull also emphasizes that boys do not become men automatically; they become men through guidance, mentoring, and intentional decisions. For that reason, the book encourages fathers, mentors, and leaders to actively guide younger males, helping them understand responsibility, relationships, and faith. Ultimately, Smith presents real manhood not as dominance or toughness, but as strength under control — a life anchored in Christ, lived with purpose, and expressed through service to others.

Recommendation: Bull encourages fathers and mentors to guide young men through the process of discovering what it means to be a real man. At the end of each chapter, discussion questions are provided to encourage open and honest conversations between both generations about their thoughts, beliefs, and feelings.

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You’re Not Dead Yet is a powerful, Bible-based call to action for men—especially those in the second half of life—to step out of passivity and into the mission God still has for them. This book challenges men to reject the lie that their best years are behind them and instead embrace the truth that, if they are still breathing, God is not finished with them.

In a culture where many men drift into comfort, isolation, or disengagement, this resource reignites purpose—calling men to lead, influence, and make a lasting spiritual impact in their families, churches, and communities.

Through practical teaching, real-life insight, and biblical truth, men will:

• Discover God’s “why” for their life and how to live it out daily
• Break free from passivity and re-engage with purpose and conviction
• Overcome past failures, regrets, and cultural distractions
• Strengthen relationships with God, family, and other men
• Embrace leadership and influence in a world that desperately needs it
• Finish life with strength, intention, and faith

 
Written specifically for men 50 and older, this book is both a challenge and an encouragement—to use your experience, wisdom, and influence to make a difference right now.

This isn’t about slowing down—it’s about stepping up.

You’re not done.
You’re not finished.
You’re not dead yet.

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