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When we use the word family, we should think first of the family of God, since that is the most important family to God and to believers. Christ calls many to forsake their earthly families in order to follow him. God’s covenant is with his family, the church, and not our nation. His family may incl
We dearly love our families and the idea of the line of generations, and we should; but we may not make idols of our families. I also know that Luther referred to his family as his “little church.” CP takes that idea and defines church differently from what the apostles developed in the NT and makes
Our varied Christian experiences of the two decades earlier have prepared us to appreciate better the covenant faith and walk of these people of God of whom we now are a part. We have come to see more completely than ever before how the Christian family is itself a type of Gods greater family, the c
Church unity and familial bonds established by Christ The above two points for us have helped inculcate in us the idea of church as family. As scripture affirms, the church is where we find the truest and holiest form of family. As family, we love the church! I can say that there are times that
Our family life is strong and rich, for also in our family life there is a reflection of the covenant fellowship of God’s family where God is our Father, Christ is our Elder Brother, and all the saints are brothers and sisters in the one household of faith. The inroads of sin which destroy so many h
What a wonderful time that is when your children get their first lessons of God and of His mighty works from you. That's where God ordains that they get those lessons. God ordains His grace to touch them in their infancy under those lessons as covenant children. And that means you tell them mor