Recently I have read about men who say that we don't need to be too consistent with family worship. After all, they may say, it's not in the Bible. The reality of family worship is in the Bible. In addition, this opinion, by some men, is contrary...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Hear Octavius Winslow on the supremacy of Christ to the family: There is a supremacy in the feeling of Christ’s preciousness to the believer, which is worthy of a remark. Christ has the pre-eminence in the affection of the regenerate....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A simple concordance search on families does not tell you everything you need to know about what the New Testament teaches about family life. But the New Testament presents many expressions of family life: A spiritual father mentoring young men...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Why study history? There are many reasons. One reason is that we are commanded to study history– “remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations” (Deut 32:7). Here is another reason posed by one of the reformers...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Here is another deposit in the Couch Potato Patriarch's logbook, Why is it that I Always See My Mom Shoveling the Driveway? Tim Challies remarks about his neighborhood: "In most cases the children are teenagers, in their twenties or even in their...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There is a brand of patriarchs that do nothing but their own thing. Their wives are "keepers at home," but the patriarch lifts not a finger to help. Just completing this sentence pains me for my own failure. Our church's confession of faith, the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
What you are about to read is a blast from the past. Robert Murray McCheyne, a pastor in Scotland, wrote this wonderful letter to the Rev. William Burns, one who was a missionary to China during a portion of his life. This letter would make an...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We have been seeing the Ohio shooting case play out in the news. This morning, CBSNews released an article entitled "Violent past for Ohio shooting suspect." Many people have sorrow and hardship in their life, but the blame for their actions does...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The present national climate promotes individualism and independence with almost complete disregard of God's directive for families. What lies in many people's hearts is depression and dominating sin because they have not found their rest in the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
