Gospel Centered Family (Tim Chester)

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Gospel Centered Family

Numerous books set out to help Christian parents in the challenging mission of raising their children well—so what’s different about this one? Well, the answer’s in the title! It’s not about how the gospel fits into Christian family life, but how family life should fit into the gospel—God’s greatest purpose for this universe, achieved in Christ.

Many books aim to raise up competent, balanced parents and well-trained, well-rounded children. But Tim Chester and Ed Moll focus on families growing God-knowing, Christ-confessing, grace-receiving, servant-hearted, mission-minded believers—adults and children together.

Christian families should be about…– not just making good citizens but also church planters, missionaries, reformers, servants and evangelists;– not just learning about God but also showing him to others;– not just controlling behavior but also changing the heart;– not just parents and children, but being an integral part of the wider church family.

In twelve concise chapters, Gospel-Centered Family takes us through the major Bible principles for family life, challenging us to give up our ‘respectable’ middle-class idols, and to become the distinctively different people that God, through his gospel, calls us to be.

Contents

• • Introduction
  • Part One: A Gospel-Centered Family1. Gospel-centered familiesYour family can show how great it is to live under God’s reign of love.2. Gospel-centered hopesKnowing God is far more important than getting on in life.
  • Part Two: A Grace-Centered Family3. Disciplining a parent’s heartThe biggest obstacle to good discipline is our own selfish hearts.4. Grace for a parent’s heartTrying to be a good parent will crush you if you don’t embrace grace.5. Disciplining a child’s heartChanging hearts matters more than controlling behavior.6. Grace for a child’s heartDon’t train your child to be a legalist.7. Children as a giftMake sure you enjoy your children!
  • Part Three: A Word-Centered Family8. Living the wordTeach your children about God in the context of everyday life.9. The word and other voicesShape what younger children watch and how older children watch.10. Praying the wordTeach children to pray by praying with them.
  • Part Four: A Mission-Centered Family11. A bigger familyWe belong to two families.12. A Serving FamilyChildren are not the center of the world.

About the Author:

Tim Chester is a senior faculty member of Crosslands Training and has written over 40 books. He has a PhD in theology and PgDip in history along with 25 years experience of pastoral ministry. He is married with two grown-up daughters and lives in rural Derbyshire where he is part of a church plant.