The Home & Family “And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” - Josh. 24:15

Created for Man’s Benefit The Home & Family Basic Unit of Society Governments. Church. Created for Man’s Benefit Psa. 127:3 We Must Guard It

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Various The Home & Family Definition Place to eat and sleep. Place of emotional security and appreciation. Place to be self. Tongue. Temper. Temptation. Place to be pampered.

Dictionary The Home & Family Definition 1. A group of individuals living under one roof. 2. A group of persons of common ancestry. 3. A group of people united by certain convictions. 5. The basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their own or adopted children. - Merriam-Webster

Bible The Home & Family Definition “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” - Gen. 2:24

Bible The Home & Family Definition Positively. Man: Husband. Woman: Wife. Children, Gen. 1:26-27; 4:1-2 Not always,11:29-30

Bible The Home & Family Definition Negatively. Not two men. Not two women. Not a mixed group of unmarried, unrelated people.

Redefinition The Home & Family Definition Massachusetts’ Supreme Court Ruling. “Evolving paradigm.” “Voluntary union of two persons.” - In Defense of Marriage, The Heritage Foundation

Redefinition The Home & Family Definition Problems. Man & horse. Polyamory. - The Slippery Slope of Same-Sex Marriage, Family Research Council

Redefinition The Home & Family Definition Problems Homosexuals 1 ½ Heterosexuals 20 + - The Slippery Slope of Same-Sex Marriage, Family Research Council

Redefinition The Home & Family Definition Problems Monogamy Married 75.5 85 Monogamy 4.5 Married Women Married Men Homosexuals - The Slippery Slope of Same-Sex Marriage, Family Research Council

Redefinition The Home & Family Definition Problems Violence Married Women Married Men Lesbians Homosexuals - The Slippery Slope of Same-Sex Marriage, Family Research Council

The Family Is Under Attack The Home & Family Danger The Family Is Under Attack Redefinition of family. Redefinition of marriage (Netherlands). Same-sex unions legalized in 1998. Marriage increasingly irrelevant. Registered partnerships converted to marriages, vice-versa. - The Transatlantic Divide on Marriage, The Heritage Foundation

The Family Is Under Attack The Home & Family Danger The Family Is Under Attack Increased government control. Ease of divorce & remarriage, Mt. 19:9 Pornography, Gal. 5:19 Gambling, 1 Tim. 6:10 Entertainment. Cohabitation. Dad’s a dope.

The Family Is Under Attack The Home & Family Danger The Family Is Under Attack Compromise among churches. Acceptance of divorce & remarriage, Mal. 2:16 Acceptance of shacking up, 1 Cor. 6:18 Operation of day-care centers, Titus 2:4-5

Families Are Failing The Home & Family Danger In Society. Divorce rate. Children killed by parents. Parents killed by children. Heinous juvenile crimes. Proliferation of professional counselors.

Families Are Failing The Home & Family Danger In the Church. Divorce increase. Children falling away. Parents falling away. Young people marrying wrong people. Young people going to college, not church.

Initial Learning Place The Home & Family Importance Initial Learning Place Morality. Authority. Religion. Work ethic. Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it. - Prov. 22:6

Lessons of History The Home & Family Importance Rome. Undermining of dignity & sanctity of home. Rapid increase of divorce. Divorce for frivolous reasons. No shame in divorce.

The Home & Family Importance Out Of Wedlock Births Break Down of Home & Society 1999 Out Of Wedlock Births 1940 1970 - The Positive Effects of Marriage, The Heritage Foundation

The Home & Family Importance Children Living With Biological Parents Break Down of Home & Society Children Living With Biological Parents All Others 55.1% First Marriage Intact Family - The Positive Effects of Marriage, The Heritage Foundation

The Home & Family Importance Break Down of Home & Society Criminality Related To Family Background Step- Father Mother Only Step- Mother Intact - The Positive Effects of Marriage, The Heritage Foundation

The Home & Family Importance Break Down of Home & Society School Expulsions Divorced Never Married Intact - The Positive Effects of Marriage, The Heritage Foundation

The Home & Family Importance Break Down of Home & Society Marijuana Use Intact Never Married Divorced - The Positive Effects of Marriage, The Heritage Foundation

The Home & Family Importance Break Down of Home & Society Cocaine Use Divorced Never Married Intact - The Positive Effects of Marriage, The Heritage Foundation

The Home & Family Importance Break Down of Home & Society Sexual Activity 14-18 yrs. old Divorced Single Step- Parent Single Never Married Cohabiting Intact - The Positive Effects of Marriage, The Heritage Foundation

God’s Word Is Sufficient The Home & Family Hope God’s Word Is Sufficient As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue. - 2 Pet. 1:3

God’s Word Is Sufficient The Home & Family Hope God’s Word Is Sufficient Husbands & wives, Eph. 5:22-33 Parents & children, Eph. 6:1-4

Godly Examples The Home & Family Hope Noah, Gen. 6:5-11; 7:1 Abraham, Gen. 12:1-3; Jas. 2:23 Samuel, 1 Sam. 1:28 Zacharias & Elizabeth, Lk. 1:5-6

Our families are made of sinners! The Home & Family Hope Ungodly Examples Noah & Ham, Gen. 9:20-23 Abraham & Abimelech, Gen. 20 Our families are made of sinners!

The Home & Family Definition Danger Importance Hope

Created for Man’s Benefit The Home & Family Basic Unit of Society Governments. Church. Created for Man’s Benefit Psa. 127:3 We Must Guard It