Pam is a member of Hudsonville Protestant Reformed Church in Hudsonville, Michigan and wrote this as a Church History paper for Mr. Van Uffelen at Covenant Christian High School. All of us should take a moment and think of all the wonderful things that God has blessed us with. He has given us so much […]
The Shaping of a Christian Family by Elisabeth Elliot. Published by Fleming H. ReveIl a division of Baker House. 215 pages ($10.00) paperback. Elisabeth Elliot unfolds for us a fine description of structuring a biblical, godly home in the midst of this unconnected world. This book will warm the heart and encourage our covenant families […]
Why is it so important for mom to be in the home? I would say the greatest reason is that children learn from example more than from word. Not always, but usually when a girl gets married and starts a home, she imitates the home she came from. That’s why when a young couple starts […]
This speech was given at the gathering of the Grand Rapids area Sunday School teachers at Hudsonville Church in the summer of 1993. Why is teaching our children so important and enjoyable? Primarily because God gave these children to us their parents and told us to teach and nurture them. Already in Genesis 18:9 […]
The family is under attack from the devil and from the world. The devil knows that the heartbeat of the Church is the covenant family. The devil knows that if he can abolish the family unit from off the earth, he has also rid the world of the Church. He is working hard at it. […]
Our families are a gift, given to us on earth, By our Heavenly Father, the God of matchless worth. The parents must reflect God’s glory and His love, Until someday at last, we are a family up above. God intended families, His covenant to reflect, Each member has responsibilities, which he may not neglect. […]
No man is an island.” Every human being is created with an innate need for fellowship. God has created us as covenant creatures with a need for friendship first of all with Himself and then with other people. The contacts we have with others we call our social life, whether those contacts be few or […]
We had a sociology class when I was in college in which we spent much time belaboring the question of what is the chief characteristic (we called it mode) of the various institutions in society. Concerning marriage, for instance, what is its chief characteristic? Is it spiritual or biological or psychical or social or what? […]
Relationships in the home, as set forth in the article by Rev. Van Baren, was the issue taken up by the first of two discussion groups of the 1985 Convention. One very important point our group focused in on was that a foundation of love is imperative to a successful, God-glorifying family. What does this […]
The subject of “relationships” in the home is rather broad. It does, however, point out an area of concern both for parents and their children. What these relationships are, and what is demanded of each in these relationships, is not difficult to determine. One might mention first of all the relationship which exists between parents: […]