Essay on 4Mat Book Review Family to Family

The Art of Personal Evangelism: Sharing Jesus in a changing culture By Will McRaney, Jr. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Academic, 2003, 268 pp., $19.99 paper.

Feldman, R. S. (2014). Development across the life span (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ:

Victor Lee is the pastor of Young Adults and Families at First Baptist Concord, Knoxville, TN. A professional writer for 22 years, Lee entered vocational ministry in 1995. He contributes regularly to a variety of Christian publications as well as serving as editor. Lee lives in Knoxville, TN with his wife Judy.

Fay, William, and Linda E. Shepherd. Share Jesus Without Fear. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1999.

Jerry Pipes and Victor Lee, Family to Family: Leaving a Lasting Legacy mandate that all Christian believers live an examples of worship that is powered by evangelism. Pipes, and Lee present a moving argument for the magnitude of the relationship that exists between Family and evangelism. The reader come to understand that this relationship is not initiated by mankind but one that is "designed by God for communion with His people is first and upward relationship one that reflects our worship of God and the personal relationship we have with Him. Dr. Pipes and Victor Lee said that their book Family to Family was written for “hurried parents who deeply desire meaningful family time, true significance, and long to pass the baton of their faith in Christ on to their children.” This can only come by His people having a desire for Him,(GOD) it is said that it is our desire for God that now become the fuel that is need to build a relationship with God. Throughout the book the reader will constantly see that Dr. Pipes and Victor

Dr. Convey affirmed the purpose of a family mission statement is “to create a nurturing place of faith, order, truth, love, happiness and relaxation and to offer an opportunity for every person to become independent and effectively interdependent to serve worthy purposes in society through understanding and living the gospel of Jesus Christ.” He named four things a family mission statement should include: 1. Characteristics of the home, 2. Effect upon people to become independent and effectively interdependent, 3. Effort to family to be of significance, and 4. Source of the

The Book of John, and the life and death of Jesus Christ are key components of the authors evidence to back up his ways of solving the issues of Christian worldviews. Along with this, the author includes testimonials of his friends that specifically dealt with real-life issues in conflict with their Christian views as well.

The website focuses a lot on family as shown by not only the photos, but also the values. Under the values tab, strengthening the family is an important aspect. Along with missionary work and facts about the faith, families are vital to the religion. “Family is Central to God’s Plan” and “We Are All Part of God’s Family” are headings under this section that highlight the message clearly. The blog section of the website also has many entries dedicated to family life and issues that can occur in families within the church. It has tips for families and

In the chapter 1“Going Viral for Jesus,” for instance, Dean reminds us how important it is, essential, even to talk about faith and Christ in our everyday conversations with our children. There is irrefutable, renewing power in our spoken testimony if only we can find the courage to speak it.

Everyone has a family. Whether it is a family by blood or a family you claim to have through social interactions. There are many ways to create a family unit. Some are big and some are small. Each one is different and unique in their own way. The quality and nature of family life is completely determined on how you personally want to examine it as. You can either have a strong and healthy family life, or you can have a weak and unhealthy family life. Family life education is one way to help those week families turn into strong and healthy families. By focusing on the healthy aspects of family functioning within a family system, we will see an improvement on the quality and nature of the family’s life.

Barry, John D. James: Simply the Gospel. Not Your Average Bible Study. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2014.

Lohfink, Gerhard. Jesus and Community: The Social Dimension of Christian Faith. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984. Kindle.

Also, in Family to Family, it states, “that when we align our families with Christ, making His priorities ours, we reap two priceless rewards. First, we develop healthier, more meaningful family relationships. Second, we pass the baton of faith in Jesus Christ to our children.”

Michael Halloran (2004) proposes that culture as a diverse and complex system of shared and interrelated knowledge, practices and signifiers of a society, provides structure and significance to groups within that society which subsequently impact the individual’s experience of their personal, social, physical and metaphysical worlds (p.5). Halloran (2004) theorizes that cultural maintenance is key to increasing the health and well-being of Aboriginal Australians whereby he suggests that culture provides collectively validated ways to think of and value oneself, further arguing that culture helps to suppress fundamental human existential anxieties about social isolation produced by our mortality awareness. Emile Durkheim (Marks, 1974) identifies anomie as being without law or norms, similarly, D.J Spencer (2000)

”No one is ever born into Life alone. Everyone has shared the bond of family, at least at birth, and for many people it is a bond that will follow them throughout life. For many people it is the most important bond of all.”