Marriage & Family

 

Christian families are a vital element in rebuilding a biblical culture. Husbands must be the spiritual leaders, the providers, the protectors; wives, submissive yet wise and strong help meets; children Christian warriors in training. Through the Messiah, God promised blessings to His people, their children, and their children's children forever.

In a culture like ours, though, the family and marriage are under assault. Many are seeking a new way, that of the unconnected individual. But man is indissolubly social. God said to Adam in the Garden, “It is not good for man to be alone” (Gen. 2:18). What was true of our first father before the Fall is even more established in the experience of all men since. Man needs woman. Parents need children. Children need parents. By definition marriages and families are essential to the good and well being of any society of men. That is certainly true of the society of the church.

Marriage and family are institutions created by God and ordered by his Word. In the Bible, we learn that God has assigned various roles to husbands, wives, parents, and children. These roles consist in obligations and prerogatives (Eph. 5:22-6:4). As with all that God commands, when people are careful to observe these standards they find life filled with meaning and joy. A good marriage is a great delight. A happy family showers blessings on each member at all times. As the church we must recover and remind our culture of these truths.

Recovering marriage and family will mean recovering the vision of the servant. Fathers, mothers, parents, children, sisters, and brothers are all offices of service. Sometimes that service is expressed through leadership and authority (fathers, parents, older siblings, etc.). Sometimes service manifests itself in offices of submission and obedience. All serve Christ. All submit to divine authority. All honor and assist each other.

The family is also founded upon the ultimate family; that of the Godhead. Between the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit there exists a familial relationship. That bond within the Trinity provides the ultimate example of how to live in love and service to one another. Reviving this Christian view of marriage and family will prove key to the recovery of a truly Christian culture in our land. Every effort and all exertion toward that end will be gloriously repaid in the generations to come. God has promised great things to our families.

We pray that these books may assist you in laying claim to those promises.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he is a husband and father, teaches adult Sunday school in his Presbyterian congregation, and likes weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

 

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"We're Just Friends" And Other Dating Lies
by Chuck Milian
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in Preparing for Marriage (Location: XFA-PREP)
$13.50
5 Paths to the Love of Your Life
by Alex Chediak (General Editor)
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Advent and Christmas In Family Worship
by Doug & Amy Hayes
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Already Gone
by Britt Beemer, Ken Ham, with Todd Hillard
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Be Thou My Vision
by Jonathan Gibson
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Big Beliefs!
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Book of Psalms for Singing
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$21.00
Breastfeeding Made Simple
by Nancy Mohrbacher and Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Call the Sabbath a Delight
by Walter J. Chantry
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Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies
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by Jasmine L. Holmes
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Dating with Integrity
by John Holzmann
from Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd.
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Defending Traditional Marriage
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Every Man, God's Man
Every Man Series
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Every Moment Holy Prayer Journal
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Every Moment Holy Volume 1
by Douglas McKelvey, Illustrated by Ned Bustard
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by Douglas McKelvey, Illustrated by Ned Bustard
from Rabbit Room Press
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Every Moment Holy Volume 2
by Douglas McKelvey, Illustrated by Ned Bustard
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by Douglas McKelvey and Pete Peterson (editors), Art Direction by Ned Bustard
from Rabbit Room Press
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Family Table - CD
by Doug Phillips
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Family Worship Book
by Terry L. Johnson
from Christian Focus Publications
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Family: God's Weapon for Victory
by Robert Andrews
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Feminine Appeal
by Carolyn Mahaney
from Crossway Books
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$11.99
For the Family's Sake
by Susan Macaulay
from Crossway Books
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From Conception to Birth
by Alexander Tsiaras
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Get the Girl
by Douglas Wilson
from Canon Press
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Getting Serious About Getting Married
by Debbie Maken
from Crossway Books
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God's Priceless Woman
by Wanda Sanseri
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$14.00 (1 in stock)
Good and Angry
from Shaw Books
for Preschool-12th grade
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
by John Bunyan
from Hendrickson Publishers
Autobiography for 10th-Adult
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Her Hand In Marriage
by Doug Wilson
from Canon Press
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Hidden Art of Homemaking
by Edith Schaeffer
from Tyndale House
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His Perfect Faithfulness
by Eric & Leslie Ludy
from Harvest Books
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Honey for a Teen's Heart
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I Gave Dating a Chance
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1st edition from WaterBrook Press
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I Loved a Girl
by Walter Trobisch
from Quiet Waters Publications
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by Bill Ameiss, Jane Graver
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by Tim Keller, Kathy Keller
Reprint from Riverhead Books
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Mission Accomplished
by Scott James
from New Growth Press
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Mother
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O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
by Jonathan Gibson
from Crossway Books
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by Jeff & Danielle Myers
from Myers Institute
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Peacemaker
by Ken Sande
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from Crossway Books
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Quest for Love
by Elisabeth Elliot
from Revell Publishing
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Quest for Love
by Elisabeth Elliot
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by Rebecca Hayford Bauer
from Victor Books
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Sex and the Single Girl
by Ellen Dykas
from New Growth Press
for 11th-Adult
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Spiritual Midwifery
by Ina May Gaskin
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for 10th-12th grade
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Then Sings My Soul Book 1
by Robert J. Morgan
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for 9th-Adult
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Thoughts for Young Men
by J. C. Ryle
from Canon Press
for 10th-Adult
in Raising Sons (Location: XFA-SON)
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Virtuous
by Nancy Wilson
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for 7th-Adult
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
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Waiting for Her Isaac
by Mr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Castleberry
from Castleberry Farms
for 9th-12th grade
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What He Must Be
by Voddie Baucham
from Crossway Books
for parents
in Preparing for Marriage (Location: XFA-PREP)
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Wild at Heart
by John Eldredge
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for 10th-Adult
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You Who?
by Rachel Jankovic
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for 11th-Adult
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