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That means that the loss of that father is also profound. Here\u2019s Jeff Kemp.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> God is an amazing Father who puts us in families for a purpose. A lot of us don\u2019t have perfect or amazing dads, and so many of us today don\u2019t even have our dad around; but I did. He was a big force, and we were close. But to lose this voice of encouragement\u2014this blueprint of influence and leadership\u2014was just huge, Bob.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>for Monday, June 8<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. How do we make adjustments, as sons and daughters, when someone as powerful as a dad is no longer in our lives? We\u2019ll talk with Jeff Kemp about that today. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em> Thanks for joining us. Do you remember when our guest today\u2014when I introduced him to our staff back the first time he spoke here?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes. [Laughter] It was another illustration of how you took a great guy and just kind of pointed out his flaws.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I don\u2019t know what I was thinking that morning but\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019m not sure either. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It was like I\u2019d not had my oatmeal or something because I did not honor him appropriately.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> We\u2019ll let our guest give his side of the story. Jeff Kemp joins us here on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Jeff, welcome to the broadcast.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> Thanks Dennis. It\u2019s great to be with you, and I\u2019m trying to get used to being with Bob again. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I understand.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Still a root of bitterness here. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You were an NFL quarterback. So, what did\u2014how did Bob\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> NFL quarterback for <em>11 years<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s right. So how did Bob introduce you? Do you remember? I\u2019m sure there\u2019s a root of bitterness somewhere in your heart.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> It\u2019s been a good humorous story to add to my arsenal of humiliating moments. [Laughter] I was excited to come to FamilyLife. Stacy and I had been to a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, and we\u2019d been listening to the radio show and raised our kids on this stuff. We look up to Bob Lepine and Dennis Rainey. We come out here. You guys kindly offer me the chance to speak to and inspire the team. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBob is on his iPad<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, pulling up Wikipedia<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and football stats. [Laughter] Now, it\u2019s my fault because I\u2019m the one that threw those incomplete passes and interceptions because: \u201cOur speaker today completed 51 percent of his passes. Is that any good?\u201d And most guys are thinking Peyton Manning, 90 percent. [Laughter] \u201cAnd he threw about as many interceptions as touchdowns. Is that good? No! No! Andrew Luck doesn\u2019t throw any interceptions\u2014they are all touchdowns. Well, anyway, he\u2019s our speaker for today. Welcome him.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> He played for the powerhouse of Dartmouth. That\u2019s where he was\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You had some fun with it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I did have some fun with it, and you showed appropriate humility when you got up to speak.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> I think I said: \u201cOf all the introductions I\u2019ve ever had, that\u2019s one of them.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cThat was one of them.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, Jeff has joined the team, here at FamilyLife, in 2012. He and his wife Stacy have been married since 1983. They have four sons \/ two daughters-in-law. He has just finished a book called <em>Facing the Blitz<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ve got two questions for you, right off the bat. First of all: \u201cWhat is a blitz?\u201d And then secondly: \u201cWhat\u2019s the most difficult blitz you\u2019ve ever faced in your life?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Are you talking football blitz or are you talking\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019m going to let <em>him<\/em> answer it; but what\u2019s a blitz, first of all?\u2014because we have a number of listeners, who are going: \u201cBlitz? I know what a blizzard is, but I\u2019m not sure what a blitz is.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> Well, at the end of this interview, I hope that women\/men, football fans\/non-football fans all identify with the blitz and know that this book and this message is for them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> They will.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> From a football standpoint, the blitz is the most dangerous moment of the game for the quarterback and the offense. What happens is\u2014the defense, which normally has four 300-pound guys rush the quarterback, chooses to send a couple extra guys. Their goal is to create a sack, an interception, a fumble, an injury. But with that very dangerous moment is also a phenomenal opportunity because they cannot cover as many receivers. They are vulnerable to a run that might break through for a touchdown, or a quick slant rod, or a long post route to the middle of the field. Some of football\u2019s greatest plays have come on the blitz. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe blitz is a defensive attack that provides an offensive opportunity. If the offense knows what to do\u2014and does it swiftly enough and sacrifices well enough\u2014they can make a great play out of what seemed to be real trouble.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> There was a blitz moment\u2014I don\u2019t know if this is the one that comes to mind when you think about facing your greatest blitz\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014but I know you talked about one. Wasn\u2019t it a Monday night game against Houston, where you were playing quarterback?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> Yes, Monday night football. I was on the Philadelphia Eagles. We were playing the Houston Oilers. They had the second best defense in the league \/ we had the first best defense in the league\u2014defenses were dominating. They knocked one of our quarterbacks out of the game\u2014Jim McMahon. I joked that he sprained his ponytail [Laughter]; but no, he actually got injured and knocked out of the game. So, I got the privilege of jumping into this new team I\u2019d just joined three weeks earlier.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You actually referred to the Astrodome, where you were playing, as \u201cthe house of pain\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> It was \u201cthe house of pain.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014because their defense was so tough.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> They were. We were proving how tough they were\u2014we couldn\u2019t move the ball. The score was 6-3 late in the third quarter\u2014they\u2019re winning. Our coaches called a very slow-developing drop-back pass, which has a lot of risk for the quarterback to get hit before releasing the ball. As I was getting ready to snap the ball, I saw what looked to me like a blitz\u2014all these guys are getting ready\u2014beady eyes \/ froth in the mouth.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSure enough, they brought extra people, including the free safety\u2014more than we could handle. The play did turn around in a matter of seconds because players on our team dove in front of blitzing linebackers. Tight end changes his route to a much more quickly-developing post route. Quarterback\u2014myself\u2014I adapted and changed from a slow drop back to a real quick one. Then I looked to where the receiver was, who made this adjustment, so that I could hit him in the middle of the field\u2014where they had no more defenders due to the blitz\u2014but I couldn\u2019t see him because there was an eclipse. The free safety was in my face, but\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, no, there was also something taking place. You\u2019re about six feet tall. Most of the guys on the line are about 6\u20194\u201d to 6\u20197\u201d \/ 300-plus pounds; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> Yes, but I mean, quarterbacks\u2014I think Russell Wilson is one of the greatest quarterbacks around. He\u2019s 5\u20191\u2014I\u2019m much too tall to be a great quarterback. [Laughter] Most quarterbacks are 6\u20195\u201d, 6\u20194\u201d\/ 6\u20193.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> They can see over\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> It is difficult to see over them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tUsually you see though lanes, if you\u2019re my size. There was no lane to see through [Laughter]. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI love the quote that Helen Keller gave years ago\u2014she was asked on a college campus\u2014I think you\u2019ve used this Dennis: \u201cIs there anything worse than being blind Ms. Keller?\u201d And her answer was: \u201cOh yes. It\u2019d be so much worse to have your eyesight but lack vision.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAt that moment\u2014because the coaches had trained us of where the tight end was going to go\u2014I knew the distance at which he was going to go \/ I knew the timing of the play. I envisioned where he would be. I had a first initial glimpse of where he was going. So, I planted my foot\u2014got rid of the ball\u2014threw it right by the helmet of the free safety in my face. He landed on top of me, and stuffed me into the ground, and then we waited: \u201cWould it be really noisy?\u201d\u2014which would be good for the home crowd at \u201cthe house of pain\u201d\u2014or \u201cWould it be really silent?\u201d\u2014which is good for the visiting Eagles. Sure enough, it was deadly silent because we scored our only touchdown of the game on a play, where I couldn\u2019t see the receiver, but I did have the vision of where he would be. Everyone on our team adapted to the opportunity presented by that dangerous blitz.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That kind of experience in football provided for you a metaphor that you\u2019ve carried into how you tackle the kinds of life blitzes that all of us face\u2014because we may not face rushing linebackers coming our way\u2014but all of us face blindsiding events in our lives that we have to learn how to adapt to; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> When you lose a job, you don\u2019t expect it. When your child gets a disease that\u2019s far more serious than you expect, you don\u2019t expect it. When your marriage is in deep trouble\u2014and you hear from your spouse, \u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019m in love with you anymore,\u201d\u2014you didn\u2019t expect that. Those are blitzes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHonestly, if we believe in a God, who is all-encompassing and good, and who can take even the cross of Christ, and the grave, and three days in the grave and turn that into the greatest victory ever, He can turn our bad to good if we have His perspective on life\u2019s trials. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSome of that perspective comes straight from Jesus, who said: \u201cIn this life you\u2019re going to have trouble,\u201d\u2014this world\u2019s imperfect \/ expect it\u2014\u201cbut don\u2019t fear; I\u2019ve overcome the world.\u201d There are many other places where the Bible talks about what we do when we have trials, when we have tribulation, when we have suffering \/ when things, circumstantially, don\u2019t go the way we want. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod unfolds a bigger and better purpose\u2014much of it is to get in better relationship with Him, and much of it is to change our character. Eventually, much of it is to bless others around us\u2014which is what He put us on earth for\u2014even in the midst of our trial.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> For, really, the past almost-40 years, we\u2019ve been hosting what\u2019s called the <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> marriage getaway. We start Friday night with a message that is called \u201cFive Threats to Marriages Today.\u201d The fourth threat is a failure to anticipate trials, troubles, suffering, and problems. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs I listen to you tell the story of what took place in the Astrodome, you\u2019ve referred back to the training you had received, in advance of facing the blitz, to know what to do when you did <em>experience<\/em> a blitz. Most married couples move into marriage, having never been trained to know how to handle the storms of life\u2014so easily, the blitz occurs; and they become a statistic.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> Well, I agree with you. I think a big reason for that is because we\u2019re in a consumer society, where we think everything is supposed to make us happy. Sometimes, we have a romanticized idea of how natural, and how easy, and how fun marriage is going to be. Now\u2014Bob, Dennis, and Jeff\u2014we\u2019re all huge marriage fans; right?\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff: <\/strong>\u2014but honestly, we\u2019re realists in this room. That\u2019s because we\u2019ve been married so long and, of course, seeing all the people you\u2019ve ministered to over the years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut you go into marriage\u2014and you kind of expect it to be natural and easy, and that isn\u2019t great training. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSecondly, you haven\u2019t really been taught the blueprints, in most cases, or been exposed to a mentor couple, who has kind of role-modeled marriage really well for you. And then, of course, a lot of it is the school of hard knocks\u2014you don\u2019t know what you don\u2019t know until you\u2019ve been through it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt would be a real blessing for more marriages to tell their blitz stories and let the young couples, [who] are going into it, know: \u201cYou\u2019re going to face challenges and hits in your marriage. You\u2019re going to have the differences\u2014that were so cute when you dated\u2014are frustrating the heck out of you now. Problems that you never expected are going to hit you, but those are opportunities to develop intimacy (A) with God \/ (B) with each other; and then, you\u2019ll learn to minister to others, using <em>your<\/em> challenges as the bridge into other people\u2019s lives.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> A little earlier in the broadcast, I asked you: \u201cWhat was the biggest blitz of your life?\u201d Bob took you off the hook by allowing you to answer it with a sports story of the Houston Oilers and the team you played on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to go back to it and ask the question, \u201cIn your life, what has been the single biggest blitz that you\u2019ve ever faced?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> I\u2019m going to say two of them. You can ask me about the other one later. I\u2019m going to start with the loss of my dad. I grew up with this larger-than-life, encouraging, amazing, visionary, hugging, kissing, loving, leader dad. He planted a whole lot of that legacy and passion into us. I always grew up thinking that Jack Kemp would be around forever.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And we should say\u2014because a lot of our listeners know who your dad is\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> \u2014and many don\u2019t.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> A lot of listeners know your dad played football on the National Football League.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> He played 13 years as a quarterback; so I thought, \u201cOh well, I\u2019ll be a quarterback.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Then he went on and was a member of Congress for many years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe was a candidate for Vice President. He was Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. We knew Jack Kemp from a distance; you knew him, up-close and personal.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> Yes, in addition to all those macro things, he was my greatest encourager\u2014notes \/ phone calls: \u201cYou\u2019re a Kemp. Be a leader.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re a Kemp. Be a leader.\u201d \u201cYour day\u2019s going to come\u2014you\u2019re going to shine.\u201d He gave all these words of exhortation. He was like the angel of Gideon in my life\u2014not a perfect man, not even a perfect dad, not a perfect husband\u2014but what a wonderful legacy that he lived with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I never really considered that he would get sick and pass away some day. He started having some health challenges back in 2007\/2008. He thought they were football-related\u2014sore hip \/ things in his back. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was at a marriage conference with a bunch of other marriage movement leaders \/ ministry leaders. There was a devotion time. During the devotion, I thought about my dad\u2019s ill feelings and how he was doing. I thought: \u201cYou know what? My dad might get sick and actually die someday. What would it be like if he left and he wasn\u2019t around anymore?\u201d I\u2019d never entered into that thought. I entered into that thought, and I started to cry. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBig friend of mine\u2014Marvin Charles, who leads the inner-city fatherless mentoring program\u2014put his hand on me and said, \u201cAre you okay, brother?\u201d I said: \u201cI think I\u2019m going to cry, Marvin. I\u2019m thinking about my dad and when I might lose him.\u201d He said, \u201cLet me pray for you\u201d; and I just started bawling. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat happened was\u2014I grieved the loss of my dad before he was gone and before I even knew the news that I would receive two weeks later\u2014which was that he had melanoma that had metastasized throughout his body. The cancer was so serious that there was probably no treatment that could save him\u2014though he tried treatment, I think, for our sake. He was gone by May 2, of 2009, just four-and-a-half months of this blitz of experiencing the emotions of grieving my dad\u2019s loss, even prior to his leaving. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Why was the loss of your dad such a big blitz in your life?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> Well, the first reason is because God is an amazing Father who puts us in families for a purpose. A lot of us don\u2019t have perfect or amazing dads. So many of us today don\u2019t even have our dad around, but I did. He was a big force, and we were close\u2014he was a quarterback \/ I was a quarterback. He was a skier \/ I was a skier. He was a speaker \/ I was a speaker. We were both passionate\u2014we wanted to make the world better\u2014he did it politically \/ I did it though ministry and community activities. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo lose this voice of encouragement \/ this blueprint of influence and leadership was just huge, Bob. It was the emotion that came\u2014snuck up on me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOf course, his blitz of facing cancer and leaving the world early was huge. That was hard on all of us; but it was almost like God put me through a deeper blitz, early, to get me ready to minister to him during the four months that he had with cancer\u2014which I had some amazing times with him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, when his life ended, it was a celebration of everything he deposited in us. There was less sorrow than gratitude. I feel that we turned the corner pretty quickly because of that\u2014I can\u2019t say that for everyone in my family\u2014but I think that\u2019s the case for most of us, and I felt it for sure. So, that\u2019s the blitz that turned around\u2014I\u2019d say pretty quickly\u2014after those four or five months of his cancer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Knowing your dad was facing death, you sat down and began to write out all of the things you were thankful for in his life. That list just went on and on and on.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> Well, I wrote it in my journal; and then I said, \u201cMom\/Dad, tonight, can I read you some things that I want to thank you for?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey said, \u201cSure.\u201d I just went through this list of everything\u2014from how much he hugged us and kissed us, including at college football games, embarrassing me in front of my friends\u2014but I was cool with that because he was a great dad\u2014 to taking me on the floor of Congress when I was in junior high school\u2014to taking me to the Buffalo Bills Stadium on Saturday mornings with his teammates and letting me get to know all of his teammates. I knew these NFL players as buddies and threw the ball around with them. This list is long, and I shouldn\u2019t go much further; but one of the greatest things I thanked him for is these notes that I\u2019m holding up here in front of you. These are JFK Grams\u2014his name was Jack French Kemp\u2014same initials as President Kennedy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe would write these notes on US Congress stationary and: \u201cI want to let you know, Jeff, that you\u2019re always a starter. You\u2019re in your right place. God has a plan for you. How you think in your mind is going to shape how to behave on the field. I\u2019m behind you all the time.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe gave these to my sisters. They\u2019d show up at the dinner table; they\u2019d be on your pillow; they\u2019d be in your car before you drove to work or school. He sent them to us in college. I got them all through pro-football \/ I got them after pro-football\u2014these were letters where he would send maybe a Scripture, a quote from Teddy Roosevelt, his own positive, optimistic mentality and usually his affirmation of our identity, which my dad was excellent at. He really affirmed the identity of his children as a child of God, someone special that was made to make a difference in this world\u2014always labeled us as leaders. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, with my sons\u2014as I know you guys have done with your sons\u2014I don\u2019t have daughters\u2014my biggest words of Gideon encouragement \/ Jack Kemp encouragement are focused on their faith, their character, their perseverance, their humility, the way they care for others, the way they bounce back, the way they love their family, the loyalty they show to their friends. Those things will never change in your identity\u2014but being a starting quarterback, which my dad kept encouraging me to become, which it happened \/ that went away\u2014that wasn\u2019t my identity.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You know, it hits me, Jeff\u2014as I\u2019m listening to you talk about your life, your dad\u2019s life, and the blitzes you\u2019ve faced\u2014you\u2019ve both experienced some victories and some losses. What you\u2019re challenging us to do here is just take a step back\u2014in the pocket, so to speak in football terms\u2014and view life from God\u2019s perspective if you\u2019re being \u201cblitzed\u201d right now. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe training I think we all need is from the Scripture, and walking with Jesus Christ\u2014when the sun\u2019s out, and when it\u2019s shining, and there is no rain and there are no storms\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014so when the storms do come, you will be able to stand firm in your faith in Christ, and withstand the blitzes, and get back in the game of life and raise your children. This is one of the big takeaways as I listen to you today: \u201cGet back up,\u201d and \u201cMen, lead your children in knowing how to tackle life, as well, because they\u2019re going have failures too. <em>They<\/em> need to know how to succeed but, also, how to process failures as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Tell our listeners who you had in mind and who you were thinking about as you wrote this book.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> I was thinking about guys that are probably 45 to 50 years old. I was thinking of some of my fraternity brothers\u2014guys who are solid guys, great Americans, hard workers, successful\u2014but they\u2019re at the stage where some tough things are happening\u2014you lose a parent, business goes south, a marriage gets in trouble, a child has a super big problem, maybe even lose a child. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey don\u2019t really know how to handle a loss\u2014I want to encourage people.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You know, Dennis, I think about listeners, who may be facing blitzes, who may need encouragement today. They may want to get a copy of Jeff\u2019s book, either for them or if they know someone who\u2019s going through a tough time\u2014get a copy of the book, <em>Facing the Blitz<\/em>, by Jeff Kemp and pass it on to them, particularly if they\u2019re football fans. I just think that it would help a little bit; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have copies of <em>Facing the Blitz<\/em> in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource center. Go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d You\u2019ll see information about Jeff Kemp\u2019s book, <em>Facing the Blitz<\/em>. Once again, our website is FamilyLifeToday.com. Click in the upper left-hand corner of the screen and look for <em>Facing the Blitz<\/em> when you get in touch with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr call 1-800-FL-TODAY if you\u2019d like to order over the phone: 1-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, I\u2019m thinking, as Jeff was talking today, about the number of couples we see at our <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> marriage getaways, who are going through a blitz. It may be because the two of them aren\u2019t on the same page, or it may be that life has just thrown a lot at them\u2014and it\u2019s gotten hard\u2014and maybe they\u2019ve gotten sideways in the midst of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFamilyLife\u2019s goal in all that we do\u2014whether it\u2019s at a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> getaway, through our daily radio program \/ the resources we have available online\u2014we want to provide help. We want to be like the offensive line and help hold off some of the tacklers so that you can survive and thrive in your marriage and in your family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re enabled in this by those of you who join with us as additional members of the offensive line. You help provide the funding for this ministry through your support, either as a monthly Legacy Partner or as somebody who makes an occasional contribution to help support this ministry. We\u2019re grateful for all that you do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you can help with a donation today to support our ministry, we\u2019d like to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d by sending you a two-book bundle. We call it the Courageous Living bundle. We have Dennis Rainey\u2019s book, <em>Stepping Up<\/em>, for men. We have the new book by Mary Kassian and Nancy Leigh DeMoss called <em>True Woman 201<\/em>. It\u2019s available for women. We\u2019re sending out both books as a thank-you gift if you can help with a donation today of, at least, $50. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cI CARE,\u201d\u2014make an online donation. Or call 1-800-FL-TODAY\u2014make your donation over the phone and ask for the books by Dennis Rainey and Mary Kassian \/ Nancy Leigh DeMoss. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr you can mail your donation <em>to FamilyLife Today<\/em>, PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to continue our conversation with Jeff Kemp. We\u2019re going to talk more about football, and families, and faith, and how we press through all the issues in life together. Hope you can tune in for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. 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[Laughter] Now, it\u2019s my fault because I\u2019m the one that threw those incomplete passes and interceptions because: \u201cOur speaker today completed 51 percent of his passes. Is that any good?\u201d And most guys are thinking Peyton Manning, 90 percent. [Laughter] \u201cAnd he threw about as many interceptions as touchdowns. Is that good? No! No! Andrew Luck doesn\u2019t throw any interceptions\u2014they are all touchdowns. Well, anyway, he\u2019s our speaker for today. Welcome him.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> He played for the powerhouse of Dartmouth. 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They are vulnerable to a run that might break through for a touchdown, or a quick slant rod, or a long post route to the middle of the field. Some of football\u2019s greatest plays have come on the blitz. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe blitz is a defensive attack that provides an offensive opportunity. If the offense knows what to do\u2014and does it swiftly enough and sacrifices well enough\u2014they can make a great play out of what seemed to be real trouble.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> There was a blitz moment\u2014I don\u2019t know if this is the one that comes to mind when you think about facing your greatest blitz\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014but I know you talked about one. Wasn\u2019t it a Monday night game against Houston, where you were playing quarterback?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> Yes, Monday night football. I was on the Philadelphia Eagles. We were playing the Houston Oilers. They had the second best defense in the league \/ we had the first best defense in the league\u2014defenses were dominating. They knocked one of our quarterbacks out of the game\u2014Jim McMahon. I joked that he sprained his ponytail [Laughter]; but no, he actually got injured and knocked out of the game. So, I got the privilege of jumping into this new team I\u2019d just joined three weeks earlier.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You actually referred to the Astrodome, where you were playing, as \u201cthe house of pain\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> It was \u201cthe house of pain.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014because their defense was so tough.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> They were. We were proving how tough they were\u2014we couldn\u2019t move the ball. The score was 6-3 late in the third quarter\u2014they\u2019re winning. Our coaches called a very slow-developing drop-back pass, which has a lot of risk for the quarterback to get hit before releasing the ball. As I was getting ready to snap the ball, I saw what looked to me like a blitz\u2014all these guys are getting ready\u2014beady eyes \/ froth in the mouth.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSure enough, they brought extra people, including the free safety\u2014more than we could handle. The play did turn around in a matter of seconds because players on our team dove in front of blitzing linebackers. Tight end changes his route to a much more quickly-developing post route. Quarterback\u2014myself\u2014I adapted and changed from a slow drop back to a real quick one. Then I looked to where the receiver was, who made this adjustment, so that I could hit him in the middle of the field\u2014where they had no more defenders due to the blitz\u2014but I couldn\u2019t see him because there was an eclipse. The free safety was in my face, but\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, no, there was also something taking place. You\u2019re about six feet tall. Most of the guys on the line are about 6\u20194\u201d to 6\u20197\u201d \/ 300-plus pounds; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> Yes, but I mean, quarterbacks\u2014I think Russell Wilson is one of the greatest quarterbacks around. He\u2019s 5\u20191\u2014I\u2019m much too tall to be a great quarterback. [Laughter] Most quarterbacks are 6\u20195\u201d, 6\u20194\u201d\/ 6\u20193.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> They can see over\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> It is difficult to see over them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tUsually you see though lanes, if you\u2019re my size. There was no lane to see through [Laughter]. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI love the quote that Helen Keller gave years ago\u2014she was asked on a college campus\u2014I think you\u2019ve used this Dennis: \u201cIs there anything worse than being blind Ms. Keller?\u201d And her answer was: \u201cOh yes. It\u2019d be so much worse to have your eyesight but lack vision.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAt that moment\u2014because the coaches had trained us of where the tight end was going to go\u2014I knew the distance at which he was going to go \/ I knew the timing of the play. I envisioned where he would be. I had a first initial glimpse of where he was going. So, I planted my foot\u2014got rid of the ball\u2014threw it right by the helmet of the free safety in my face. He landed on top of me, and stuffed me into the ground, and then we waited: \u201cWould it be really noisy?\u201d\u2014which would be good for the home crowd at \u201cthe house of pain\u201d\u2014or \u201cWould it be really silent?\u201d\u2014which is good for the visiting Eagles. Sure enough, it was deadly silent because we scored our only touchdown of the game on a play, where I couldn\u2019t see the receiver, but I did have the vision of where he would be. Everyone on our team adapted to the opportunity presented by that dangerous blitz.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That kind of experience in football provided for you a metaphor that you\u2019ve carried into how you tackle the kinds of life blitzes that all of us face\u2014because we may not face rushing linebackers coming our way\u2014but all of us face blindsiding events in our lives that we have to learn how to adapt to; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> When you lose a job, you don\u2019t expect it. When your child gets a disease that\u2019s far more serious than you expect, you don\u2019t expect it. When your marriage is in deep trouble\u2014and you hear from your spouse, \u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019m in love with you anymore,\u201d\u2014you didn\u2019t expect that. Those are blitzes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHonestly, if we believe in a God, who is all-encompassing and good, and who can take even the cross of Christ, and the grave, and three days in the grave and turn that into the greatest victory ever, He can turn our bad to good if we have His perspective on life\u2019s trials. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSome of that perspective comes straight from Jesus, who said: \u201cIn this life you\u2019re going to have trouble,\u201d\u2014this world\u2019s imperfect \/ expect it\u2014\u201cbut don\u2019t fear; I\u2019ve overcome the world.\u201d There are many other places where the Bible talks about what we do when we have trials, when we have tribulation, when we have suffering \/ when things, circumstantially, don\u2019t go the way we want. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod unfolds a bigger and better purpose\u2014much of it is to get in better relationship with Him, and much of it is to change our character. Eventually, much of it is to bless others around us\u2014which is what He put us on earth for\u2014even in the midst of our trial.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> For, really, the past almost-40 years, we\u2019ve been hosting what\u2019s called the <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> marriage getaway. We start Friday night with a message that is called \u201cFive Threats to Marriages Today.\u201d The fourth threat is a failure to anticipate trials, troubles, suffering, and problems. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs I listen to you tell the story of what took place in the Astrodome, you\u2019ve referred back to the training you had received, in advance of facing the blitz, to know what to do when you did <em>experience<\/em> a blitz. Most married couples move into marriage, having never been trained to know how to handle the storms of life\u2014so easily, the blitz occurs; and they become a statistic.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> Well, I agree with you. I think a big reason for that is because we\u2019re in a consumer society, where we think everything is supposed to make us happy. Sometimes, we have a romanticized idea of how natural, and how easy, and how fun marriage is going to be. Now\u2014Bob, Dennis, and Jeff\u2014we\u2019re all huge marriage fans; right?\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff: <\/strong>\u2014but honestly, we\u2019re realists in this room. That\u2019s because we\u2019ve been married so long and, of course, seeing all the people you\u2019ve ministered to over the years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut you go into marriage\u2014and you kind of expect it to be natural and easy, and that isn\u2019t great training. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSecondly, you haven\u2019t really been taught the blueprints, in most cases, or been exposed to a mentor couple, who has kind of role-modeled marriage really well for you. And then, of course, a lot of it is the school of hard knocks\u2014you don\u2019t know what you don\u2019t know until you\u2019ve been through it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt would be a real blessing for more marriages to tell their blitz stories and let the young couples, [who] are going into it, know: \u201cYou\u2019re going to face challenges and hits in your marriage. You\u2019re going to have the differences\u2014that were so cute when you dated\u2014are frustrating the heck out of you now. Problems that you never expected are going to hit you, but those are opportunities to develop intimacy (A) with God \/ (B) with each other; and then, you\u2019ll learn to minister to others, using <em>your<\/em> challenges as the bridge into other people\u2019s lives.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> A little earlier in the broadcast, I asked you: \u201cWhat was the biggest blitz of your life?\u201d Bob took you off the hook by allowing you to answer it with a sports story of the Houston Oilers and the team you played on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to go back to it and ask the question, \u201cIn your life, what has been the single biggest blitz that you\u2019ve ever faced?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> I\u2019m going to say two of them. You can ask me about the other one later. I\u2019m going to start with the loss of my dad. I grew up with this larger-than-life, encouraging, amazing, visionary, hugging, kissing, loving, leader dad. He planted a whole lot of that legacy and passion into us. I always grew up thinking that Jack Kemp would be around forever.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And we should say\u2014because a lot of our listeners know who your dad is\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> \u2014and many don\u2019t.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> A lot of listeners know your dad played football on the National Football League.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> He played 13 years as a quarterback; so I thought, \u201cOh well, I\u2019ll be a quarterback.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Then he went on and was a member of Congress for many years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe was a candidate for Vice President. He was Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. We knew Jack Kemp from a distance; you knew him, up-close and personal.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> Yes, in addition to all those macro things, he was my greatest encourager\u2014notes \/ phone calls: \u201cYou\u2019re a Kemp. Be a leader.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re a Kemp. Be a leader.\u201d \u201cYour day\u2019s going to come\u2014you\u2019re going to shine.\u201d He gave all these words of exhortation. He was like the angel of Gideon in my life\u2014not a perfect man, not even a perfect dad, not a perfect husband\u2014but what a wonderful legacy that he lived with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I never really considered that he would get sick and pass away some day. He started having some health challenges back in 2007\/2008. He thought they were football-related\u2014sore hip \/ things in his back. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was at a marriage conference with a bunch of other marriage movement leaders \/ ministry leaders. There was a devotion time. During the devotion, I thought about my dad\u2019s ill feelings and how he was doing. I thought: \u201cYou know what? My dad might get sick and actually die someday. What would it be like if he left and he wasn\u2019t around anymore?\u201d I\u2019d never entered into that thought. I entered into that thought, and I started to cry. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBig friend of mine\u2014Marvin Charles, who leads the inner-city fatherless mentoring program\u2014put his hand on me and said, \u201cAre you okay, brother?\u201d I said: \u201cI think I\u2019m going to cry, Marvin. I\u2019m thinking about my dad and when I might lose him.\u201d He said, \u201cLet me pray for you\u201d; and I just started bawling. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat happened was\u2014I grieved the loss of my dad before he was gone and before I even knew the news that I would receive two weeks later\u2014which was that he had melanoma that had metastasized throughout his body. The cancer was so serious that there was probably no treatment that could save him\u2014though he tried treatment, I think, for our sake. He was gone by May 2, of 2009, just four-and-a-half months of this blitz of experiencing the emotions of grieving my dad\u2019s loss, even prior to his leaving. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Why was the loss of your dad such a big blitz in your life?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> Well, the first reason is because God is an amazing Father who puts us in families for a purpose. A lot of us don\u2019t have perfect or amazing dads. So many of us today don\u2019t even have our dad around, but I did. He was a big force, and we were close\u2014he was a quarterback \/ I was a quarterback. He was a skier \/ I was a skier. He was a speaker \/ I was a speaker. We were both passionate\u2014we wanted to make the world better\u2014he did it politically \/ I did it though ministry and community activities. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo lose this voice of encouragement \/ this blueprint of influence and leadership was just huge, Bob. It was the emotion that came\u2014snuck up on me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOf course, his blitz of facing cancer and leaving the world early was huge. That was hard on all of us; but it was almost like God put me through a deeper blitz, early, to get me ready to minister to him during the four months that he had with cancer\u2014which I had some amazing times with him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, when his life ended, it was a celebration of everything he deposited in us. There was less sorrow than gratitude. I feel that we turned the corner pretty quickly because of that\u2014I can\u2019t say that for everyone in my family\u2014but I think that\u2019s the case for most of us, and I felt it for sure. So, that\u2019s the blitz that turned around\u2014I\u2019d say pretty quickly\u2014after those four or five months of his cancer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Knowing your dad was facing death, you sat down and began to write out all of the things you were thankful for in his life. That list just went on and on and on.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> Well, I wrote it in my journal; and then I said, \u201cMom\/Dad, tonight, can I read you some things that I want to thank you for?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey said, \u201cSure.\u201d I just went through this list of everything\u2014from how much he hugged us and kissed us, including at college football games, embarrassing me in front of my friends\u2014but I was cool with that because he was a great dad\u2014 to taking me on the floor of Congress when I was in junior high school\u2014to taking me to the Buffalo Bills Stadium on Saturday mornings with his teammates and letting me get to know all of his teammates. I knew these NFL players as buddies and threw the ball around with them. This list is long, and I shouldn\u2019t go much further; but one of the greatest things I thanked him for is these notes that I\u2019m holding up here in front of you. These are JFK Grams\u2014his name was Jack French Kemp\u2014same initials as President Kennedy. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe would write these notes on US Congress stationary and: \u201cI want to let you know, Jeff, that you\u2019re always a starter. You\u2019re in your right place. God has a plan for you. How you think in your mind is going to shape how to behave on the field. I\u2019m behind you all the time.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe gave these to my sisters. They\u2019d show up at the dinner table; they\u2019d be on your pillow; they\u2019d be in your car before you drove to work or school. He sent them to us in college. I got them all through pro-football \/ I got them after pro-football\u2014these were letters where he would send maybe a Scripture, a quote from Teddy Roosevelt, his own positive, optimistic mentality and usually his affirmation of our identity, which my dad was excellent at. He really affirmed the identity of his children as a child of God, someone special that was made to make a difference in this world\u2014always labeled us as leaders. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, with my sons\u2014as I know you guys have done with your sons\u2014I don\u2019t have daughters\u2014my biggest words of Gideon encouragement \/ Jack Kemp encouragement are focused on their faith, their character, their perseverance, their humility, the way they care for others, the way they bounce back, the way they love their family, the loyalty they show to their friends. Those things will never change in your identity\u2014but being a starting quarterback, which my dad kept encouraging me to become, which it happened \/ that went away\u2014that wasn\u2019t my identity.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You know, it hits me, Jeff\u2014as I\u2019m listening to you talk about your life, your dad\u2019s life, and the blitzes you\u2019ve faced\u2014you\u2019ve both experienced some victories and some losses. What you\u2019re challenging us to do here is just take a step back\u2014in the pocket, so to speak in football terms\u2014and view life from God\u2019s perspective if you\u2019re being \u201cblitzed\u201d right now. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe training I think we all need is from the Scripture, and walking with Jesus Christ\u2014when the sun\u2019s out, and when it\u2019s shining, and there is no rain and there are no storms\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014so when the storms do come, you will be able to stand firm in your faith in Christ, and withstand the blitzes, and get back in the game of life and raise your children. This is one of the big takeaways as I listen to you today: \u201cGet back up,\u201d and \u201cMen, lead your children in knowing how to tackle life, as well, because they\u2019re going have failures too. <em>They<\/em> need to know how to succeed but, also, how to process failures as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Tell our listeners who you had in mind and who you were thinking about as you wrote this book.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Jeff:<\/strong> I was thinking about guys that are probably 45 to 50 years old. I was thinking of some of my fraternity brothers\u2014guys who are solid guys, great Americans, hard workers, successful\u2014but they\u2019re at the stage where some tough things are happening\u2014you lose a parent, business goes south, a marriage gets in trouble, a child has a super big problem, maybe even lose a child. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey don\u2019t really know how to handle a loss\u2014I want to encourage people.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You know, Dennis, I think about listeners, who may be facing blitzes, who may need encouragement today. They may want to get a copy of Jeff\u2019s book, either for them or if they know someone who\u2019s going through a tough time\u2014get a copy of the book, <em>Facing the Blitz<\/em>, by Jeff Kemp and pass it on to them, particularly if they\u2019re football fans. I just think that it would help a little bit; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have copies of <em>Facing the Blitz<\/em> in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource center. Go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d You\u2019ll see information about Jeff Kemp\u2019s book, <em>Facing the Blitz<\/em>. Once again, our website is FamilyLifeToday.com. Click in the upper left-hand corner of the screen and look for <em>Facing the Blitz<\/em> when you get in touch with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr call 1-800-FL-TODAY if you\u2019d like to order over the phone: 1-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, I\u2019m thinking, as Jeff was talking today, about the number of couples we see at our <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> marriage getaways, who are going through a blitz. It may be because the two of them aren\u2019t on the same page, or it may be that life has just thrown a lot at them\u2014and it\u2019s gotten hard\u2014and maybe they\u2019ve gotten sideways in the midst of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFamilyLife\u2019s goal in all that we do\u2014whether it\u2019s at a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> getaway, through our daily radio program \/ the resources we have available online\u2014we want to provide help. We want to be like the offensive line and help hold off some of the tacklers so that you can survive and thrive in your marriage and in your family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re enabled in this by those of you who join with us as additional members of the offensive line. You help provide the funding for this ministry through your support, either as a monthly Legacy Partner or as somebody who makes an occasional contribution to help support this ministry. We\u2019re grateful for all that you do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you can help with a donation today to support our ministry, we\u2019d like to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d by sending you a two-book bundle. We call it the Courageous Living bundle. We have Dennis Rainey\u2019s book, <em>Stepping Up<\/em>, for men. We have the new book by Mary Kassian and Nancy Leigh DeMoss called <em>True Woman 201<\/em>. It\u2019s available for women. We\u2019re sending out both books as a thank-you gift if you can help with a donation today of, at least, $50. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cI CARE,\u201d\u2014make an online donation. Or call 1-800-FL-TODAY\u2014make your donation over the phone and ask for the books by Dennis Rainey and Mary Kassian \/ Nancy Leigh DeMoss. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr you can mail your donation <em>to FamilyLife Today<\/em>, PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; and our zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to continue our conversation with Jeff Kemp. We\u2019re going to talk more about football, and families, and faith, and how we press through all the issues in life together. Hope you can tune in for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. 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