Gospel Centered Family
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Numerous books set out to help Christian parents in the challenging mission of raising their children well-so what's different about this one? Well, the answer's in the title! It's not about how the gospel fits into Christian family life, but how family life should fit into the gospel-God's greatest purpose for this universe, achieved in Christ.
Many books aim to raise up competent, balanced parents and well-trained, well-rounded children. But Tim Chester and Ed Moll focus on families growing God-knowing, Christ-confessing, grace-receiving, servant-hearted, mission-minded believers-adults and children together.
Christian families should be about...
- not just making good citizens but also church planters, missionaries, reformers, servants and evangelists
- not just learning about God but also showing Him to others;
- not just controlling behavior but also changing the heart;
- not just parents and children, but being an integral part of the wider church family.
In twelve concise chapters, Gospel-Centered Family takes us through the major Bible principles for family life, challenging us to give up our 'respectable' middle-class idols, and to become the distinctively different people that God, through His gospel, calls us to be.
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Part One: A Gospel-Centered Family
- 1. Gospel-centered families
- Your family can show how great it is to live under God's reign of love.
- 2. Gospel-centered hopes
- Knowing God is far more important than getting on in life.
- Part Two: A Grace-Centered Family
- 3. Disciplining a parent's heart
- The biggest obstacle to good discipline is our own selfish hearts.
- 4. Grace for a parent's heart
- Trying to be a good parent will crush you if you don't embrace grace.
- 5. Disciplining a child's heart
- Changing hearts matters more than controlling behavior.
- 6. Grace for a child's heart
- Don't train your child to be a legalist.
- 7. Children as a gift
- Make sure you enjoy your children!
- Part Three: A Word-Centered Family
- 8. Living the word
- Teach your children about God in the context of everyday life.
- 9. The word and other voices
- Shape what younger children watch and how older children watch.
- 10. Praying the word
- Teach children to pray by praying with them.
- Part Four: A Mission-Centered Family
- 11. A bigger family
- We belong to two families.
- 12. A Serving Family
- Children are not the center of the world.
Additional Information
| Author | Tim Chester & Ed Moll |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781908317070 |
| Pages | 96 |
| Publisher | The Good Book Company |
| No of Bible studies | Seven |
| Suggested Age Range | Adult |
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