What is best for Family Worship? According to Philip Henry, father of Matthew Henry... … Read More →
Family Worship Fuel
Do you think that family worship during the week might encourage our Sunday worship with the church? I should think so, but the reverse is true as well. Sunday worship with the church should fuel our family worship. Our weekly gatherings, then, should empower our daily gatherings as a family. With blessed times in Sunday morning church (joyful singing, encouraging prayer, learning from God's Word, etc.), I am much more motivated to do these things in the home: singing, praying, and … Read More →
Leadership in the Home: Integrity
As a parent (especially for fathers, here), have you given thought to your leadership within the family? Are you feeling like you just ain’t gett’in no respect? Feeling like a failure? Missing key leadership features in directing the family? Are the children only responding to you if you yell at them? Does Mr. T from the A-Team come to mind in how you are responding to those around you? Do you feel your wife is on-board but on another plane going another direction? Do you want to … Read More →
Team Together: Pastors and Parents in the Home
How can Pastors and the Parents team together for the sake of the home and the church? One of the dangers of the Christian life is to rely too heavily on the pastor or the church leadership to nurture the family in the Christian faith. There is no teaming together with the pastor and the parents. This default thinking can be disastrous. Parents, instead of leading spiritually in the home with family worship and discipleship, leave the responsibility of spiritual development in the hands … Read More →