Family Bible Conference Sponsored by Christian Education Ministries and Women’s Ministries By Susan Tanner “
pastor of Devenger Road ARP Church said. “What does not change is the truth that guides the Christian to faithfulness. How do we faithfully pass on the truths of God’s Word to the next generation? It is our commitment to Family Worship.” “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God,
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the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up” (Deuter- onomy 6:4-7). Dr. Ian Duguid, professor of Old
Testament at Westminster Theologi- cal Seminary led the evening wor- ship times. Duguid showed through examples of how Christ is the center of worship in all of the scriptures. His first session began in the beginning, in the garden sanctuary. “The command- ments begin in the Garden of Eden,” Duguid said. “Adam was to teach Eve.” “And the Lord God commanded
the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die” (Genesis 2:16-17). Duguid went on to say, “Eden was a place of beauty. It wasn’t the beauty
imes and generations change,” Rev. Andrew Di Iulio, Director of Family Bible Conference and
that made it a sanctuary but the beauty of Holiness. God is in this place. His pres- ence is what makes praise possible and beautiful.” The morning sessions were led by Dr. Joel Beeke, president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. “Church and school can assist you in child rearing but it lies on you as the parent,” Beeke said. “We must grow the church from the inside. As goes family worship, so goes the home. As goes the home, so goes the church. As goes the church, so goes the nation.” “Family worship is nonnegotiable as much as not eating,” Beeke said. “But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15).
What are we to do for Family Worship? • Daily reading of the Word of God. 2 Timothy 3:14-17 • Daily instruction • Daily prayer • Daily singing
“The goal of family worship is that by the grace of God we mold our children
to the greater family,” Beeke said. “For this reason, I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name” (Ephesians 3:14-15). A variety of seminars were offered mornings and afternoons daily. Rev. Brad Anderson, Edwards Memorial ARP Church, discussed the “Vocabularies of Faith.” “Parents are the number one influencers of faith in children,” Anderson said. Phil Williams, Covenant of Grace ARP Church, discussed the historical review of the need for family worship, the history of family worship in the ARP, and an orien- tation to the ARP’s newly approved Directory of Private Family Worship. Emily Woodard, Spiritual Life Chairman for Women’s Ministries, led several seminars one being “400 years in 40 minutes: Understanding 1 & 2 Kings.” Rev. Jeremiah Thomas, Centennial ARP Church, taught how God prepares each and every believing parent for true, deep, and lasting devotion with their children. The children’s program with 65 in attendance was led by
Margaret Kiser, Ebenezer ARP Church in Rock Hill, SC, and her many volunteers. The middle school program was led by Rev. Tanner Cline, Bartow ARP Church in Florida. Cline worked with the students to learn the “SOAP” method.?
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