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Gospel-centred famly
Becoming the parents God wants you to be
At home with the kids
GOSPEL-CENTRED FAMILY
Becoming the parents God wants you to be
By Ed Moll & Tim Chester
The Good Book Company (http://www.thegoodbook.co.uk). 96 pages. £5.00
ISBN 978-1-90633-470-3
This book certainly is ‘good news’ for families everywhere! It is a brilliant resource that will encourage families of every shape and size to explore how life, both inside and outside the family unit, fits into God’s plan for creation. Co-authors Ed Moll and Tim Chester share honestly about their own experience as dads, but this is so much more than a ‘self-help’ guide for parenting!
The book divides into four parts illustrating in various ways what Gospel, Grace, Word, and Mission-centred family life can look like. The brevity of the 12 chapters has been designed with busy parents in mind, and helpfully follows a symbol-coded layout. Each chapter begins with an everyday family scenario that provokes the reader to think about what would be the right gospel-shaped response. It then explores a relevant biblical principle before applying it in contemporary ways. The chapter ends with questions for reflection that can be used either personally or in group discussion.
This little gem should be compulsory reading for all Christian parents. Its emphasis upon applying gospel truths into every area of family life, acknowledging the sin of self-focused hearts and growing together as a family under God’s grace and rule is challenging, refreshing and liberating. Above all it’s about modelling the grace that begins with the heart, moves into the home and then reaches out to the far corners of the earth. Parenting is, after all, about God’s grace!