Book Club: Chapter 1

Why A Christian Home?

Chapter 1 talks about why the Christian Home is the most important place on Earth. Wolgemuth states that our homes should be the place where dreams come true. Why can't that be the case? He writes about an afternoon thunderstorm that came in fast and quickly flooded the home where his mom lived. His father was out of town on a business trip and the waters were rapidly rising. He tell that his mom raised her hands and cried out... "Precious Heavenly Father, I love you very much. Please stop this rain! " and it stopped. What an amazing act of faith! Wolgemuth says that the next morning when he arrived to check on her, there was the house he was raised in standing in the middle of a pond. Incredible.

Do we pray with that kind of Faith?

Wolgemuth states that his home was the "different" home. That his friends would wait on the lawn waiting for him to get finished with dinner in order for him to be able to play outside. In their family dinner time was for catching up with each other, prayer, Bible study, and family worship.

He says his friends knew there was something different about his home.

Is there something different about your home?

Wolgemuth offers a statistic about a talk that is given to prisoners. Bill Glass a former Defensive end for the Cleveland Browns speaks to those who are currently in prison. He says when he speaks he always asks "How many of your parents told you you'd end up here someday? "

He states the amount of those that raise their hand is staggering.

This point proves the amount of power we as parents have to influence our children. How powerful our words can be in building up or breaking down.

You only get one chance at the home making deal, and time is not on your side - but the message is not shame and blame. It is instead urgency, focus, purposefulness, intentionality, and care. Why is it easy to lose this sense of urgency and a sharp focus on the importance of our home-building efforts? What can we do to prevent that shift away from the essential?

The ingredient that makes a Christian home special and different in a good way is grace, and grace means salvation, forgiveness, hope, genuine happiness, purpose, and power. What evidence of grace do you see in your home? Ask everyone who lives there for specific answers.