2. 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

3. 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

4. The Home & Family
Definition
Danger
Importance
Hope

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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

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

15. 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

16. 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.

17. 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

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. 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

21. 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.

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

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

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

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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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!

33. The Home & Family
Definition
Danger
Importance
Hope

34. 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