In the family life of church members, parents mediate the values of the world to children even if they also express their faith in Jesus
Christ in family relationships.
Not exact matches
The explanation, argues South African theologian John de Gruchy
in his book Reconciliation, lies
in the growing conviction among Christian theologians
in the twentieth century that God's reconciliation of the world to himself through Jesus
Christ encompasses political orders, not merely
relationships among persons or within
families or church communities.
Perhaps,
in these personal and collective ways, we can redeem a sense of the rootedness Weil describes: one new
relationship, lasting connection and encounter with the
family of
Christ at a time.
I believe
in this case, letting
Christ be our defenders allowed for that open door for this kind
family call us and talk through things and begin a new
relationship.
The social ethic for
family members found
in a household rule provides only general guidelines for the ordering of
relationships grounded
in equality
in Christ.
Just as Christian marriage is a lifelong adventure of discovery, just as
family life
in Christ is a lifelong adventure
in relationships, so is the ownership of goods a lifelong adventure
in management.
Paul blessings as i shared with Christine it is a personal
relationship with Jesus when Jesus called his disciples he said follow me not the church not man.I belong to 2 churchs and i keep
in touch with a couple indirectly and minister from time to time they are all different styles and different doctrines and
in each of them i have people i care about they are
family to me brothers and sisters
in the Lord and i can go there and feel at home we sing and worship the Lord and hear the word together its awesome.I used to feel that i did nt fit
in now i can fit
in anywhere because where we go he goes with us.There is unity
in Christ even though we may differ
in doctrine.brentnz
And, since our anniversary is tomorrow, we just had Valentine's Day, and we're
in the throes of adding another child to our
family, it's SO important for us to remember the core of our
family... our
relationship with each other and our
relationship with
Christ.
For
families who choose it, our Christian programming focuses on growing
in a
relationship with
Christ and glorifying Him at all times.