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Gospel-Centered Family: Becoming the Parents God Wants You to Be
Numerous books set out to help Christian parents in the challenging mission of raising their children well - so what's different about this one? Well, the answer's in the title! It's not about how the gospel fits into Christian family life, but how family life should fit into the gospel - God's greatest purpose for this universe, achieved in Christ.
Many books aim to raise up competent, balanced parents and well-trained, well-rounded children. But Tim Chester and Ed Moll focus on families growing God-knowing, Christ-confessing, grace-receiving, servant-hearted, mission-minded believers - adults and children together.
Christian families should be
Not just making good citizens but also church planters, missionaries, reformers, servants, and evangelists; Not just learning about God but also showing him to others; Not just controlling behavior but also changing the heart; Not just parents and children, but being an integral part of the wider church family. In 12 concise chapters, Gospel-Centered Family takes us through the major Bible principles for family life, challenging us to give up our "respectable" middle-class idols and to become the distinctively different people that God, through his gospel, calls us to be.
Many books aim to raise up competent, balanced parents and well-trained, well-rounded children. But Tim Chester and Ed Moll focus on families growing God-knowing, Christ-confessing, grace-receiving, servant-hearted, mission-minded believers - adults and children together.
Christian families should be
Not just making good citizens but also church planters, missionaries, reformers, servants, and evangelists; Not just learning about God but also showing him to others; Not just controlling behavior but also changing the heart; Not just parents and children, but being an integral part of the wider church family. In 12 concise chapters, Gospel-Centered Family takes us through the major Bible principles for family life, challenging us to give up our "respectable" middle-class idols and to become the distinctively different people that God, through his gospel, calls us to be.
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Published December 21, 2020
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Tim Chester
150 books186 followersDr Tim Chester is involved in The Crowded House, a church planting initiative in Sheffield, UK. He was previously Research & Policy Director for Tearfund UK, and has been published widely on prayer, mission, social issues and theology. He is married to Helen and has two daughters.
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