One Drop of Evil
“I don’t see why you won’t let me play with Will Hunt,” pouted Walter Kirk. “I know he doesn’t always mind his mother, and smokes cigars, and once in a while swears just a little; but I have been brought … Continued
Standing Against Culture’s Sway
When culture rushes down on your family and the professing church is trying to imitate the world itself, how will your family keep from being swept away in its path? Only through the Word of God! Family worship, on a … Continued
The Saved Sinner’s Gratitude
That good man, the late John B. Gough, used to tell this story: “One day I was going to meet an engagement to lecture at a town in England. I had six miles to ride so as to reach the … Continued
The Elements of Family Worship
Primarily the elements available to the father (or head of the household) as he leads family worship are the same as those found in weekly public worship. At a minimum these three are most essential and should always be included: … Continued
Kindness Returned
An English farmer had three fine horses and a donkey on his farm. These animals were often put to graze together in the same field. Now it generally happens that horses do not like to have a donkey near them, … Continued
Practically Nonexistent
The lifelessness experienced in so many churches in our day can be traced directly to the multitudes of families in those churches which contain Sunday-morning Christians only. It is plain to see the cause for such deadness when such individuals … Continued
How to do Family Worship
In this video Donald Whitney gives a brief and excellent overview of how to do family worship.
Family Worship 101
“Why did you steal my gods?” With these words, Laban ended a passionate speech against his son-in-law, Jacob (Gen. 31:30). In fact, Laban’s daughter Rachel had stolen the gods, doubtless to keep alive the memory of her family after moving … Continued
Saved by His Donkey
Dr. Hammond, a surgeon in the United States Army, tells this story as occurring in connection with himself. At the time here referred to, Dr. Hammond was stationed at Fort Webster, in that part of the country which is now … Continued
Charged with Souls
Every pastor, missionary, and ruling elder, and every Sabbath-schoolteacher, out of love for the generation to come, should make the establishment of Family-Worship an object of separate and earnest endeavor. Every father of a family should consider himself as charged … Continued