The Godly Family in a Sick Society
Overview
Will Durant, the renowned historian, observed, “The family is the nucleus of civilization.” Two thousand years before there was a United States, Confucius, the sage of China, said, “The strength of a nation is derived from the integrity of its homes.” More reliable than these men are the inspired Scriptures: “Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it”; “Children obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord”; “Husbands be considerate as you live with your wives and treat them with respect”; “A wife must not separate from her husband—and a husband must not divorce his wife.” The Scriptures show that authority is learned in the home. If children do not learn it there, they will have no respect for teachers, government laws will be shunned, husbands will be despised by the women who marry them, men will not treat their wives properly, the aged will be looked upon with disdain, and ultimately, there will be no respect for God and His laws. The godly family will have to be strong if it intends to avoid these problems. Living in a sick society does not help things one bit. This volume examines the causes, results, and cures of the social sickness. In doing so, biblical families are examined in their societies; symptoms of a sick society are reviewed; the susceptibility of the family is laid open; and, most importantly, specific treatments are given. It is hoped that the reader will put this information to use in the development of his family, and that he may aid others in the same quest.
- Title: The Godly Family in a Sick Society
- Author: Melvin D. Curry
- Series: Florida College Annual Lectures
- Publisher: Florida College Bookstore
- Print Publication Date: 1979
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Family › Biblical teaching
- Resource ID: LLS:FCL1979GODLYFAM
- Resource Type: text.monograph.lecture
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