Gospel-Centered Family

Numerous books set out to help Christian parents in the challenging mission of raising their children well-so what's different about this one? Well, the answer's in the title! It's not about how the gospel fits into Christian family life, but how family life should fit into the gospel-God's greatest purpose for this universe, achieved in Christ. Many books aim to raise up competent, balanced parents and well-trained, well-rounded children. But Tim Chester and Ed Moll focus on families growing God-knowing, Christ-confessing, grace-receiving, servant-hearted, mission-minded believers-adults and children together. Christian families should be about... - not just making good citizens but also church planters, missionaries, reformers, servants and evangelists - not just learning about God but also showing Him to others; - not just controlling behaviour but also changing the heart; - not just parents and children, but being an integral part of the wider church family. In twelve concise chapters, Gospel-Centered Family takes us through the major Bible principles for family life, challenging us to give up our 'respectable' middle-class idols, and to become the distinctively different people that God, through His gospel, calls us to be.

1. Opening Credits
2. Introduction
3. Part 1: A Gospel-Centered Family | Chapter 1: Gospel-Centered Families
4. Chapter 2: Gospel-Centered Hopes
5. Part 2: A Grace-Centered Family | Chapter 3: Disciplining a Parent's Heart
6. Chapter 4: Grace for a Parent's Heart
7. Chapter 5: Disciplining a Child's Heart
8. Chapter 6: Grace for a Child's Heart
9. Chapter 7: Children as a Gift
10. Part 3: A Word-Centered Family | Chapter 8: Living the Word
11. Chapter 9: The Word and Other Voices
12. Chapter 10: Praying the Word
13. Part 4: A Mission-Centered Family | Chapter 11: A Bigger Family
14. Chapter 12: A Serving Family
15. Closing Credits