Many earnest people today are very concerned about the future of the family. Many of these people are Christians, others are Muslims, others are agnostic or otherwise professedly irreligious.
Many efforts are being put forward to "save" the home and the family. Some propose that the homeschool movement is the hope for the reclaiming of the family's rightful place in society, and for its redemption. Other people have other answers.
But ironically, the family's *only* hope is right under its nose, and it is often neglected. If the home is to be saved, the church must do it. Nothing else: not huddled individual families seeking to stave off the evil world; not the government's best efforts to help the family; not any educational system--but only Jesus Christ, through His church, can "redeem" the home.
Why is this? Doesn't this seem strange? After all, isn't the church generally perceived as weak, and (by some) regarded as the family's "enemy"?
The reason is because God has so ordained it to be this way. The family does not possess the redemptive virtue of Christ's atonement, in and of itself. It (the family) is not given the sacraments of the church (baptism and the Lord's Supper). The family's hope is not derived from itself, or the state--but only from the church.
So there you have it. Do you love your family? Do you want it to thrive into the future generations? Then, don't teach them that their culture must be one of homeschooling (for instance). Teach them to love God's church. There, they will grow to sincerely love God's Son.
The Forum for Ecclesiocentricity is designed to educate Christians and non-Christians alike to understand the Biblical teaching concerning the Church (the "Puritan" church in particular), with regard to its principal role on the earth. When this is achieved, it is hoped that the Church would then be in a better position to convey Christ's redemptive virtues to the civil government (state), and the family. (You may email me at: markjhenninger@gmail.com)
