Father’s Day Sermon: Imperfect Dads, God’s Bigger Story (Jacob & Joseph)

In a Father’s Day sermon at Clarksville Highway, Greg thanks the church for “Donuts with Dad,” appreciates hearing children during worship, and reflects on the difficulty of preaching on Mother’s and Father’s Day because of mixed emotions. Using a favorite hat’s memories and a ChatGPT-generated image of Jacob, Joseph, and his brothers, he turns to the Genesis story and the pattern of imperfect fatherhood in Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and even Joseph. He highlights Jacob’s favoritism, Joseph’s bad report, and Joseph’s dreams, noting Jacob “kept the matter in mind” despite not understanding God’s plan. The sermon urges fathers not to “wallow in mistakes,” emphasizes that God works through brokenness and uses imperfect families, and calls everyone to pursue God, find Jesus before trying to fix themselves, and return to the Father like a prodigal.