Family Bible Reading

Monday, April 28 2 Timothy 2           Commentary In contrast to those who turned away from the faith that Paul mentioned in the last chapter, he tells Timothy to lean on Christ for strength and to pass on God’s truth to faithful men, who can then pass it on to even more people. Paul shows us two big priorities for Christians here. First, we should have pastors who are strong in the faith, bold and passionate in preaching the Word, and able to raise up and train more teachers. Second, we should all be passionate about passing on the faith to those around us and to the next generation – especially our children. If Paul teaches Timothy, and Timothy teaches just four men, and those four men teach four more, there is an explosive, exponential spread of the gospel that will result. Never underestimate how God will use your faithfulness – obey him in faith and watch as God works, even through everyday people like you and me. Paul then giv...

This is a paper I wrote on Richard Baxter's understanding of family worship in case you have a special interest in the topic.           Introduction                Richard Baxter (1615-1691) was an English Puritan minister, known for his extensive body of work, including The Reformed Pastor (1656) and The Saints’ Everlasting Rest (1650). [1] Baxter, like many of his pastoral contemporaries, was a strong proponent of family worship, the practice of families praying and learning the Scriptures together in the home. As this study will seek to demonstrate, Richard Baxter’s understanding of family worship is thoroughly consistent with what the Bible teaches about the necessity and practice of family worship and his model of family worship is translatable to a variety of church contexts today.           Biographical Information of Richard Baxter Richard Baxter was born in 1615 in the ...