Family Bible Reading

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 ...

"Worry can be a natural first reaction to an uncertain situation, but to persist in worry reveals a lack of trust that God is in charge.” – Tim Clinton and Ron Hawkins Anxious feelings affect us all, some more than others. Having these feelings isn’t sinful, but when we dwell on them instead of dwelling on God, we are not only sinning, we are bringing discord and chaos into our hearts and lives. To help, Paul gives us a three-step program to orient our hearts, minds, and living on God instead of worry: the Three Ps Program, Pray, Ponder, and Practice. Pray When anxious thoughts come upon us, we should turn from dwelling on them to dwelling on rejoicing and prayer. Here’s some great things to pray about while you’re struggling with anxious feelings: ·        Thank God for these negative feelings driving you to prayer. We need reminders to pray and put our trust in God alone! ·        Thank God for his endless love for ...