family worship

How do you determine when to teach deep into a doctrine during family worship? I realize all of scripture will produce doctrine in some category, but specifically, I was teaching about election/reprobation from Ephesians 1 last night. My wife felt it was a little deep for our son. He just...

The Cursed Family, or the Evil of Neglecting Family Prayer by Thomas Risley (1630–1716) Thomas Risley (1630–1716) was an English Presbyterian minister with a tender pastoral heart, and a fiery preacher of Christ’s Gospel. Risley’s thesis is that wicked houses are under the curse of God, and...

Good Evening Friends, Lately the conversations many of us have had in our homes, with members of our congregations, and no doubt here on the PB has revolved around worship, specifically how COVID-19 has impacted our ability to gather for corporate worship. For the fortunate few who are in...

Christ's Directives on the Nature of True Worship by Arthur Hildersham (1563-1631) Arthur Hildersham (1563-1631) was a shining light in the puritan party, and celebrated for his exemplary learning and piety as a minister of Jesus Christ. This work is an abridged version of Arthur Hildersham’s...

The Simplicity of Holy Worship – by John Wilson (1588–1667). John Wilson (1588–1667) was a passionate and intense Reformed minister of the Gospel who was praised by men such as William Ames, Thomas Goodwin, Jeremiah Burroughs, and other celebrated divines. Wilson uses John 4:24 to explain in...

I can't tell you how much I love both Owen and Hutchins on this topic. Owen on worship is astoundingly good (who doesn't love Owen?). Hutchins on Psalmody, is one of the best reads on the subject concerning the Gentiles singing Psalms under the New Testament. Excellent! (Almost a book in and of...

WARNING: Do not read this book unless you want to be thoroughly convicted... How to Serve God in Private and Public Worship – by John Jackson (1600-1648). John Jackson (1600-1648) was a Westminster Puritan divine with a hearty theological intellect, and tender pastoral understanding. In this...

Do you love God and your family? If you love God, you love more than anything in life communing with Him and worshipping Him, above the distractions of life. If you love your family, you desire to provide them the best things. And if you love both God and your family, you will find...

Do you agree with Richard Baxter that parents who do not train their family to God's ways or do not have family worship time are more fit to be called a devil, than a parent? Are there pastors now day like Baxter that go to every house in their church to make sure eveyone knows how to properly...

Hi, Was wondering if anyone knew any good online family worship resources. This would be for me and also would like to add to my website Family Worship page. This is what I have so far Family Worship Page - Good Tree Ministries (Bearing Good Fruit) I am always looking to add to my family...

We are pretty consistently doing family worship now (Praise the Lord). One difficulty we have had is outbursts from our 14-month old. He has a very hard time sitting quietly on my wife's lap and starts crying very loud. Obviously, that is pretty distracting and makes it difficult to have a...

I was reading this book: Amazon.com: The Family Worship Book: A Resource Book for Family Devotions (9781857924015): Terry L. Johnson: Books and the author makes a point of saying that everything in the communial worship on Sunday's should be present in the family worship except the...

I am using the Westminster Directory for Family Worship as a basis for this discussion. I am concerned that various 'home' or 'cell' groups can detract from the mandate for daily family worship. At my local Cape Town church, most 'home groups' meet Wednesday nights at 7:30pm. When I arrive...

My wife was looking through the Reformation Heritage Books catalog yesterday and was interested in a lot of the books related to family. Her birthday is coming up so I will probably get one or two books. However, I don't know much about the books. What would you buy? Why? Thoughts on...