1. “Challenges of the 21st Century Family”
Deacon Gerald Hampton
Christian Education (CE) Facilitator
August 4, 2016

2. Welcome & Prayer
August 8, 2016

3. Class Structure
CE Class Title - “Challenges of the 21st Century Family”
CE Class Objectives:
Identify and Discuss several challenges facing the 21st Century family.
Examine what “God’s Word” provides to avoid and/or mitigate these challenges.
CE Class Scriptural References:
Genesis 2:18, 24
Proverbs 1:8, 13:24
Proverbs 22:6
Ephesians 6:1-2 
Colossians 3:16-21
Ephesians 5:21, 24, 25-29
Deuteronomy 5:16, 6:7-9
August 8, 2016

4. Opening Commentary
August 8, 2016

5. Identifying the 21st Century Challenges
Nuclear “Traditional” Family Structure
Parenting Skills & Concepts
Family Cohesiveness/Quality Family Time/Security & Safety
Instantaneous Information Access/Youth Innocence
Honor/Manners/Respect
August 8, 2016

6. What “God’s Word” Says…
Nuclear “Traditional” Family Structure
God is recorded as promoting the this type of marriage in: Referring to Adam,
“...the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.” Genesis 2:18
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” Genesis 2:24
Parenting Skills & Concepts
“And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.” Deuteronomy 6:7
August 8, 2016

7. What “God’s Word” Says…
Parenting Skills & Concepts - cont’d
“And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.” Deuteronomy 6:8
“And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.” Deuteronomy 6:9
“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.” Proverbs 13:24
“Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.” Colossians 3:21
Family Cohesiveness/Quality Family Time/Security & Safety
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” Colossians 3:16
“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” Colossians 3:17
August 8, 2016

8. What “God’s Word” Says…
Family Cohesiveness/Quality Family Time - cont’d
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.” Colossians 3:18
“Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.” Colossians 3:19
“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.” Colossians 3:20
Instantaneous Information Access/Youth Innocence
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6
August 8, 2016

9. What “God’s Word” Says…
Honor/Manners/Respect
“Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” Deuteronomy 5:16
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”–which is the first commandment with a promise. Ephesians 6:1-2
August 8, 2016

10. Q & A Opportunity
August 8, 2016

11. Summary/CE Recap
CE Class Title - “Challenges of the 21st Century Family”
CE Class Objectives:
Identify and Discuss several challenges facing the 21st Century family.
Examine what “God’s Word” provides to avoid and/or mitigate these challenges.
CE Class Scriptural References:
Genesis 2:18, 24
Proverbs 1:8, 13:24
Proverbs 22:6
Ephesians 6:1-2 
Colossians 3:16-21
Ephesians 5:21, 24, 25-29
Deuteronomy 5:16, 6:7-9
August 8, 2016

12. The End…
THE END
August 8, 2016