The Godly Home

by Baxter, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781433513442
• ISBN10: 1433513447
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-08
• Publisher: Good News Pub

Summary

One-of-a-kind stand-alone collection of seventeenth-centuryPuritan writer Richard Baxter's guidance on how to have a godlyhome.In twenty-first century America, at a time when the familystructure is crumbling, divorce rates are at an all-time high, andrespect for parents is diminishing, The Godly Homeserves asa balm for those seeking God's plan for the family. With anintroduction by J. I. Packer, this book includes topics for thosepassionate about families or those teaching on the characteristicsof a godly family. Richard Baxter covers topics such as marriage,children, and family worship methodically and comprehensivelythrough both hypothetical and real-life questions and concerns thatarise in family dynamics. He uses arguments, objections, andfrequent Scripture to help husbands, wives, and children to livegodly lives.More than three centuries ago, Puritan church leader Baxtercompiled a 1,143-page tome entitled Christian Directory,which included a section on family life. The Godly Homeisthe only stand-alone version of that section of ChristianDirectory.Editor Randall Pederson has updated the language andsyntax to make this seventeenth-century collection of words onethat will continue on for generations to come.