When home is complicated
Household identity, parenting, conflict, burden-bearing, and hospitality.
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Open this guide in the Concept AtlasCovenant Household Identity
Covenant Household Identity is a key waypoint in When home is complicated. Scripture presents households as covenant units under God’s rule—Abraham’s house receiving promises and signs (Genesis 17), Joshua serving the LORD…
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Next, step into Family as Covenant Household and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Covenant Household Identity in the AtlasFamily as Covenant Household
Family as Covenant Household is a key waypoint in When home is complicated. Family as Covenant Household is the biblical conviction that God’s promises and commands are administered within households as covenant…
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Next, step into Household Codes in Christ and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Family as Covenant Household in the AtlasHousehold Codes in Christ
Household Codes in Christ is a key waypoint in When home is complicated. New Testament instructions reorder family relations in Christ—wives and husbands, children and parents, slaves and masters—grounded in the Lordship…
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Next, step into Parenting and Discipline and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Household Codes in Christ in the AtlasParenting and Discipline
Parenting and Discipline is a key waypoint in When home is complicated. Parents nurture and instruct children in the Lord, disciplining with love, teaching God’s words diligently, not provoking to anger, and modeling…
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Next, step into Marital Conflict and Repair and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Parenting and Discipline in the AtlasMarital Conflict and Repair
Marital Conflict and Repair is a key waypoint in When home is complicated. Scripture addresses marital strife and calls spouses to honesty, gentleness, repentance, forgiveness, and wise counsel, seeking reconciliation…
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Next, step into Brotherhood and Sisterhood in Christ and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Marital Conflict and Repair in the AtlasBrotherhood and Sisterhood in Christ
Brotherhood and Sisterhood in Christ is a key waypoint in When home is complicated. Brotherhood and sisterhood in Christ is the church’s family-bonded love whereby believers, Jew and Gentile alike, share one faith, one Spirit, and…
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Next, step into Bearing One Another’s Burdens and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Brotherhood and Sisterhood in Christ in the AtlasBearing One Another’s Burdens
Bearing One Another’s Burdens is a key waypoint in When home is complicated. Sharing practical, emotional, and spiritual loads within the body, entering others’ suffering, rejoicing and weeping together, and fulfilling the law…
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Next, step into Hospitality of the Household and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Bearing One Another’s Burdens in the AtlasHospitality of the Household
Hospitality of the Household is a key waypoint in When home is complicated. Families are called to welcome strangers and saints—Abraham’s tent opens to travelers (Genesis 18), households host the church (Romans 16:5; Acts…
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