Family Worship: Biblical Examples
Den Hartog articulates the biblical basis and practical importance of regular family worship as a covenant practice, emphasizing its elements (Scripture reading, prayer, singing, doctrine, and spiritual conversation) and its role in spiritual headship and family unity. The article argues that family worship is essential for maintaining the vitality of God's covenant relationship within the home and addressing the spiritual neglect of this practice in modern Christianity.
For my contribution to this rubric in the next few installments I intend to write a few articles on the important subject of family worship. By family worship is meant the regular worship of God in a covenant marriage with husband and wife, or in the covenant home with the family together, parents with their covenant children. Such worship is simple in form, including the obvious elements of reading a portion from the Bible, some discussion of what is read, singing, and prayer. It should also...
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