This morning we are looking at God’s purpose for family life. Our own little family studies course this morning: No better place to start than at the very beginning. Turn to Genesis- which means beginnings. Here we discover not only our origins but the origins of family life. 1. God created family.*…

How is camaraderie built? The charge to not give up and stay together falls on deaf ears when those admonished do not see a cause or have not faced much together. As we continue to the end of the letter to the Philippians and the culminating call to unity, it is important to consider the bond between…

1 Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. 3 Honor widows who are truly widows. 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household…

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

One of the primary ways the church is described is as the household of God. What does it mean for the church to be a family?

Were part of a family Yep, as a church we are part of a family that’s been born again. What we do as family members and how we treat one another as family matters. (insert: Family-matters picture here) An illustration I read from Eugene Peterson, it is good, focus on the family not the theology of the…

Advice to the church - Family

1 Timothy 5:1-16

Family Matters I Timothy 5:1-16 Introduction: When the word family is mentioned, most people think of a caring, close group of people who are related by marriage or blood. The same holds true for the local church. We, as believers, are a vital part of the family of God. Inevitably, within all family…

Today we talk about what our church should be, and how they are our family. Also we should bring them in like our family, and teach our children the same things so when they grow up they will know how to teach there children.

Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. What are the various groups we notice in church age, familiarity, ethnicity, appearance, gender, friendliness/cliques, marital status An older…

The daughter of one’s parents, or of either mother or father. The relationship with a sister is a close one, especially with an unmarried sister.