What an important and provoking lesson in maturity! It's such a privilege to serve God who through his cross unites us to him AND one another. In spite of that messiness you spoke about, there is a beauty in pilgrims along the journey of the Christian life banding together to see Him glorified. May that messiness not keep us from seeing the beauty in God's design of the church. :)

Wow! What a great observation! :) Glad to hear what family devotions sound like in your home.

Such truth and learning it first-hand right now!

Great video! I really like how it clarify's the elements that make a case for the truthfulness and reliability of Scripture.

Glad to have you back Julian!

Amen!!! This is great! :)

Excited to start reading her blog! :)

HA HA HA HA! :) Oh you crazy Canadians! Bless you brother!

Reading the full article definitely clued me into what MacArthur is saying here and is definitely worth-reading and learning from. Attention paid to our temporal families is not an ends in and of itself, but a part of the greater purpose of equipping our wives and children for the purposes of God's kingdom. God commands men to be spiritual leaders of their families and hands them the responsibility of imparting knowledge of Scripture so that their household's live out the Gospel. A man who is doing this duty should have a family that displays love to Christian brothers and sisters outside the nuclear family.

I completely stand behind what you're saying here! I think as Christians we must carefully study Scripture in order to understand its defining principles rather than simply looking for a lists of dos and don'ts. While there are certain "rules" in the Bible, the way the day-to-day Christian life is spoken about is rooted more in guiding principles (i.e. loving God first and foremost, loving your neighbor, having a husband-wife relationship that mirrors Christ's relationship to the father, being dependent on God like a child). It's in these guiding principles we're best able to live the Gospel in a plethora of life's situation, and give concrete answers to very specific ways practically living out faith. Great post Julian!