The sixteenth-century reformation of the family
Lanning examines how the sixteenth-century Reformation, led by figures like Martin Luther and John Calvin, restored and reformed Christian family life in response to Roman Catholic corruption of covenant family structures. The article argues that God's will for humanity centers on the family as established through creation, commandment, and covenant, while emphasizing the spiritual conflict between God's design for families and Satan's assault on them through seduction and worldly pressures.
God wills the family. By creation, commandment, and covenant, God declares that His will for humans is family life. Creation: The first human institution God created was the family, making Eve from the rib of Adam and bringing the woman to the man in the first wedding and marriage. Commandment: God's law addresses spouses, that they commit no adultery. God's law addresses children, that they honor father and mother. God's law addresses generations, that God will show His mercy unto thousands of...
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