Mount Barker Presbyterian Church

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Family & Household

Family Worship Bible Guide

by

Michael Barratt; Joel Beeke; Jerry Bilkes; Paul Smalley

Joel Beeke said that to the Puritans, daily family worship was as essential to life as air or water. He wrote that Richard Baxter said that “a Christian family… is church, a society of Christians combined for the better worshipping and serving God”, and that similarly, William Perkins wrote of the goal we should all set before us: “These families wherein this service of God is performed are, as it were, little churches, yea even a kind of Paradise upon Earth.” Beeke continued, [the Puritans] “encourage us to view family worship not as a dutiful burden, but as a joyous delight- a taste of heaven on earth.”

In our busy family, this little book- the Family Worship Bible Guide– has made family worship efficient and productive. Each day, we sing, read a chapter of the Bible plus the rich, devotional thoughts on that chapter from this book, chat about it, and then we pray.

We recommend this book to every family!

Competent to Counsel

by

Jay E Adams
 
Jay Adams wants Christians to train themselves to be competent to counsel. He says that Christian counseling is far from psychiatry. Instead, it is “nouthetic counseling”. “The word nouthetic comes from the Greek word noutheteō. The word, which is primarily used by Paul in the New Testament, is translated into English as “admonish,” “correct,” or “instruct.” This is the word that occurs in Romans 15:14, where Paul writes, “I myself am satisfied about you my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.”

This book is for any Christian who would like to be better equipped to help others find God’s answers to their difficulties

Competent to Counsel by Jay E Adams

Masculine Christianity

by

Zachary Garris
 
Our world is in rebellion against God’s good design for our world. Men don’t want to stand up and be men, and women are left to bear the burden left by their abdication, leaving the church of the Lord Jesus Christ effeminate and weak. This book is a call to action to Biblical Manhood. Buy a copy for every Christian man you know.

Masculine Christianity by Zachary Garris

No Mere Mortals

by

Toby Sumpter
 
“Your husband or wife is no mere mortal, but an eternal soul who is going to grow closer to God or further from Him because they are married to you.”

Biblical marriage-preparation books are sometimes difficult to read, but in this helpful paperback, Sumpter addresses a wide variety of important aspects of married life in a Scriptural, but conversational and easily understood manner, and is peppered with personal anecdotes and analogies. While enthusiastically recommended for couples preparing for marriage, this book is useful to all of us who have been married for many years too!

No Mere Mortals by Toby Sumpter

The Covenant Household

by

Douglas Wilson
 
This is a helpful little book that celebrates the joys of the Christian family, and also addresses common difficulties faced by husbands, wives, and parents. Recommended for those who are married and also for those preparing for marriage, this eminently readable softcover is contemporary, thoughtful, and thoroughly Biblical.

The Covenant Household by Douglas Wilson