Everyone dreams of a happy home, but who really knows how to build one when both people bring completely different baggage into a marriage? The couple opening this new series on family speak about themselves without embellishment: a parents’ divorce, a fourth generation of believers, an irritation that turned into love. Against that backdrop come Paul’s difficult words about submission and love from Colossians and Ephesians (Colossians 3, Ephesians 5), read as mutual service rather than a struggle for control. Listen if you want to see how an ordinary home becomes extraordinary.
An Ordinary, Extraordinary Family
An Ordinary, Extraordinary Home
Everyone dreams of a happy home, but not everyone knows how to turn those dreams into reality and build such a home. In the Holy Scriptures, we find many wise principles and guidelines that, while they don’t guarantee that everything in our family life will go smoothly, do help us build healthy relationships. So what can we do to have such an ordinary yet extraordinary home, despite our shortcomings and imperfections?
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