The Fulfilled Family
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Overview
With traditional family values in decline and under assault, how can parents convey Godly principles and morals amid competing messages? In The Fulfilled Family, John MacArthur, respected Bible teacher as well as experienced father and grandfather, takes a look at strategy for families as outlined in Ephesians 5 and 6.
What is MacArthur's secret to his successful family? "There's no magic. There's no formula. There's no gimmick," he says. "It's not about how many times we did something, or who was in charge of this or that, or what kind of processes or methods we used. It comes down to questions that have to start in my heart: Am I committed to obedience to the Spirit of God? Am I committed to the controlling influences of the Word of God? Am I going to live out a Christian life? Because you must first answer yes to all of those questions before you have a successful family."
PLEASE NOTE: This resource is not identical to The Fulfilled Family from Moody Press. This book is written in paragraph form and instructs parents on their roles in the family as husband, wife and parent(s).
Top Highlights
“Christ must be first in our hearts and in our families.” (Page 5)
“But to be ‘filled with the Spirit’ is to be controlled by the Spirit.” (Page 7)
“Jesus said, ‘He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me’ (Matt. 10:37). So He demands to be first in the family. It’s only when we love Him more than family that we can really love our families in the highest, purest sense.” (Page 5)
“Here Paul suggested that the Spirit-filled life is not a fight for the top; it’s a fight for the bottom.” (Page 9)
“It is significant, by the way, that husbands are not commanded to lead, but to love their wives.” (Page 58)
- Title: The Fulfilled Family
- Author: John MacArthur
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publication Date: 2005
- Pages: 121
John MacArthur (b. 1939) is a Calvinist theologian, author, editor, and teacher. He is a popular conference speaker and the president of both The Master's College and The Master's Seminary. He has also served as pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969. Best known for his expository exegesis of the Bible, Logos has collected more than 3,000 of his sermons in the John MacArthur Sermon Archive and offers the complete MacArthur New Testament Commentary.
MacArthur’s pulpit ministry extends around the globe through his media ministry, Grace to You. In addition to producing daily radio programs for nearly 2,000 English and Spanish radio outlets worldwide, Grace to You distributes books, software, and CDs by John MacArthur. He has written hundreds of books and study guides, including the bestselling John MacArthur Essential Bible Study Library and the MacArthur Study Bible. He is also the author of notable titles like Different by Design and Twelve Ordinary Men.
Reviews
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C.J. Scott
4/20/2013
This is an excellent book, It covers in a easy to understand an biblical way the role for everyone in the family, the great thing about the logos version is that you can easily use it for quotes or to make your own notes etc