Bart Millard grew up with an abusive father. After Bart became a grown man, his father changed, repented for what he had done, and reconciled with Bart. When his dad passed away from cancer, Bart wrote the song “I Can Only Imagine”, which eventually reached five-times platinum. Then Bart became a father himself, and though he had reconciled with his father, he never had a good model of fatherhood. He was unsure how to do it well, despite his deep desire to be a great dad…

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