Can you guess what “fast food” conversations look like? This article talks about the tendency in family life to limit conversation to what is necessary, and about the rarity of offering something that edifies. It reflects on Ephesians 4:29, calling for conversations to reflect how Christ relates to us.
In this article about being grandparents, the author also focuses on grandparents as example to grandchildren.
A God-glorifying home is built upon the authority and sufficiency of Scripture. This article explains the role of sola scriptura in building a Christian home.
The qualifications for being an elder should not be limited to them. They should be characteristics of all Christians. This article explains how in 1 Timothy 3:4-5 God calls Christian men to exercise leadership in their homes.
The fifth commandment requires children to honour their parents. How do children show such honour? This article gives six practical ways.
Do children have obligations toward their parents? The fifth commandment, Mark 7:9-13, and 1 Timothy 5:3-4 help in answering the question of financial obligation towards parents.
Husbands are called to lead both their wife and children. Why is it that leadership seems to be so difficult for men? This article gives reasons why men do not lead and explains how men should lead.
In Chapter 1 the author argues that the health and wholeness of our human relationships find their source in the wholeness of our relationship with God through Jesus Christ. His work enables husbands and fathers to grow in our relationship not only with God, but also with others, especially their wives and family.
From the beginning God intended marriage and family life to be a place of happiness. God made Adam and Eve one, so that they might enjoy this happiness. With the Fall into sin this happiness was destroyed, but in Christ this happiness is restored. Christian marriage can still be filled with joy if husband and wife obediently live out their God-given roles.
God created the family as a picture of heaven in all its glory. The family model reflects the relationship between Christ and His church. The family is also a means God uses to build His church. This article discusses what relationships in a covenant family should look like.
Parents are entrusted with the responsibility to rule over their children, guide their development, protect them from evil, and train them in the way of the Lord. This responsibility is given to them by God, and the father has a special role to play in the way he exercises his authority in the home. This article focuses on the way the father exercises his authority during the child's different stages of growth.
Parents are entrusted with the responsibility to rule over their children, guide their development, protect them from evil, and train them in the way of the Lord. This responsibility is given to them by God, and the father has a special role to play in the way he exercises his authority in the home. This article shows that fathers should in their actions mirror our Father in heaven.
Looking at the text of Deuteronomy 6:6-9, this series of articles looks at how Christians can live covenant lives in the home. This article draws some guidlines for living covenant lives, urging parents to set times for regular conversations and formal instruction in the law of God. Parents can reflect this teaching in how they treat each other, handle their material possessions, and the way they talk about the church and office bearers.
Looking at the text of Deuteronomy 6:6-9, this series of articles looks at how Christians can live covenant lives in the home. The foundation for the Christian family is love for God. This is basic to the structure of family life. The author draws images of what loving God looks like, describing practical implications of this love in the home.
Looking at the text of Deuteronomy 6:6-9, this series of articles looks at how Christians can live covenant lives in the home. The foundation for the Christian family is love for God. This is basic to the structure of family life. The author draws images of what loving God looks like, describing practical implications of this love in the home. Love for God shapes the expression of love in the family.
Looking at the text of Deuteronomy 6:6-9, this series of articles looks at how Christians can live covenant lives in the home. One can truly say that the home is the basic institution of society. This article shows that God instituted the home through the creation of marriage. He intended the home to be a place where covenantal life can be truly experienced.
This article explains the Family-Integrated Church movement. Prominent within the homeschooling community, the movement promotes discarding church activities, services, and programs that physically separate children from parents. The author evaluates the movement and its claim that all age-segregated approaches in the church are unbiblical, even evolutionary, to see if it is biblically founded.
Grandparents are to be a blessing to their grandchildren. This article provides four truths for grandparents to consider if they want to impact the lives of their grandchildren.
The Hughes are convinced that a vital element for building a family is instilling a healthy sense of heritage. By that they mean an appreciation of family roots, both earthly and spiritual. It has become increasingly common in our world for children to have no such sense of continuity or regard for family history. The authors see it as one of the disciplines of a godly family.
What is a family? The authors of this chapter are convinced that we need a renewed understanding of the foundational principles of the Christian family. They address the question of what the Bible has to say about Christian families.
The standard for the Christian life is God's Word. This article reflects on what Christian standards should be when it comes to sexual conduct, family life, and singleness.
Is your father someone you can glory in? God gave parents abilities and opportunities to provide for their children. He also gave them authority over their families, has endowed them with life experience, and has made them His representative. All of these things qualify their parenting call, and makes them deserving of respect.
The average American family today consists of 2.63 people; the average Israelite household would have consisted of 50 to 100 people. Jacob's household included about 70 people. The modern "Western" notion of family is more narrow, individualistic, private, and exclusive than the biblical view.
This article is about housekeeping, having a clean house, and making your house a home.
This article shows (from Psalm 103:13-14) how God as Father treats us, and what that means for our fatherhood. This text is all about the compassion of God.
