Released in the UK May 2012
Released in the US July 2012
Paperback | 32 Pages
Read to me: 2-5
Read Myself: 5-6
9781845505523 • £2.99 $4.99
BISAC – JNF049130
Our Home is like a Little church was written to teach preschool children the Christian doctrine of the home as a place of worship where the father teaches his family God's commands and leads them to worship the one true God.
The home is the front line of ministry to children-not the Sunday school or public church gathering. All the practices present in a Christian worship service-the Scriptures, prayer, and praise-should be present in the home as well. Our Home is Like a Little Church teaches this truth by repeatedly putting church and home side by side-on adjacent pages.
God expects parents to teach their children when they sit down for meals, when they drive along the road, when they lie down for bed, and when they get up in the morning. These "pastoral" duties can be daunting so this book also serves as a reminder that these duties are done in light of God's grace shown to us through Jesus' work on the cross.
Parents and children together can read this engaging little book in order to discover what God's plans are for worshipping Him inside their home.
Lindsey Blair
Bobby Gilles, Lindsey Blair and Tessa Janes are members at Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Sojourn?s mission is to bring glory to God through lives changed by the gospel of Jesus Christ. They believe that the gospel-focused, missional church is God?s chosen instrument for doing the work of his Kingdom on earth.
Bobby Gilles
9781871676457 |
9781857925654 |
9781857925869 |
9781527109759 |
One of the most important features of a father's leadership in his home is his responsibility to train his children in the Scriptures and the Christian faith, and to nurture them in knowing and loving God. In this sense, fathers are pastors (i.e., shepherds) to their children, and they would do well to embrace this truth as their own. Our Home is like a Little Church helps both children and fathers see some of the beauty and richness of this relationship. How good it will be when an increasing number of Christian fathers own their roles as their family's pastors. May this little book be used by God to serve that end.
Bruce Ware
Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky & author of ‘Big Truths for Young Hearts’