Comments for Reformed Family http://reformedfamily.org Resources for covenant families Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:19:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Family Bible Reading with McCheyne by Bill Snodgrass http://reformedfamily.org/2012/01/family-bible-reading-with-mccheyne/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Bill Snodgrass Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:19:36 +0000 http://reformedfamily.org/?p=99#comment-787 Yes, Steve !! See also 1: 5, 11; 2: 5 (2:9, as you reference) and 1 Kings 21: 10 and 13). Yes, Steve !! See also 1: 5, 11; 2: 5 (2:9, as you reference) and 1 Kings 21: 10 and 13).

]]> Comment on Family Bible Reading with McCheyne by Steve M http://reformedfamily.org/2012/01/family-bible-reading-with-mccheyne/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Steve M Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:04:42 +0000 http://reformedfamily.org/?p=99#comment-786 Weird word for the day: Strong's says that "barak" can mean "to bless" by implication or "to curse" as a euphemism. (i.e. Job 2:9 when his wife tells him to "curse God, and die"). Weird word for the day: Strong’s says that “barak” can mean “to bless” by implication or “to curse” as a euphemism.
(i.e. Job 2:9 when his wife tells him to “curse God, and die”).

]]> Comment on Family Bible Reading with McCheyne by Bill Snodgrass http://reformedfamily.org/2012/01/family-bible-reading-with-mccheyne/comment-page-1/#comment-785 Bill Snodgrass Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:35:31 +0000 http://reformedfamily.org/?p=99#comment-785 Great idea, Steve !!! I think the difference there is between angels (messengers) of God in the first instance and messengers of Jacob in the second. Great idea, Steve !!!
I think the difference there is between angels (messengers) of God in the first instance and messengers of Jacob in the second.

]]> Comment on Family Bible Reading with McCheyne by Steve M http://reformedfamily.org/2012/01/family-bible-reading-with-mccheyne/comment-page-1/#comment-784 Steve M Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:01:35 +0000 http://reformedfamily.org/?p=99#comment-784 In Genesis 32:1 "malak" is translated as angels, in 32:3 the same word is translated "messengers". I wonder if being called an angel/messenger of God might have more to do with function than "species", and what variety of angels their might be. In Genesis 32:1 “malak” is translated as angels, in 32:3 the same word is translated “messengers”.
I wonder if being called an angel/messenger of God might have more to do with function than “species”, and what variety of angels their might be.

]]> Comment on Family Bible Reading with McCheyne by Steve M http://reformedfamily.org/2012/01/family-bible-reading-with-mccheyne/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Steve M Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:54:45 +0000 http://reformedfamily.org/?p=99#comment-783 @Camden - I started the M'Cheyne plan this year and it has rejuvenated me. You mentioned having to explain difficult passages - I think it would be fantastic if you would continue to post casually in this thread with explanations or other beneficial comments on the readings come up. @Camden – I started the M’Cheyne plan this year and it has rejuvenated me. You mentioned having to explain difficult passages – I think it would be fantastic if you would continue to post casually in this thread with explanations or other beneficial comments on the readings come up.

]]> Comment on Weight of a Flame by Christina http://reformedfamily.org/2012/01/weight-of-a-flame/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Christina Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:34:00 +0000 http://reformedfamily.org/?p=114#comment-781 What a wonderful preview! I share your sentiments as I, also have been reading Weight of a Flame! (I will be posting my review on Jan. 30th). Looking forward to reading what you share! What a wonderful preview! I share your sentiments as I, also have been reading Weight of a Flame! (I will be posting my review on Jan. 30th). Looking forward to reading what you share!

]]> Comment on Family and Sabbath in the Writings of Wendell Berry by Aron http://reformedfamily.org/2010/03/family-and-sabbath-in-the-writings-of-wendell-berry/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Aron Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:38:25 +0000 http://www.reformedfamily.org/?p=85#comment-776 I greatly enjoyed this conversation, thanks for posting it. Hearing the urban background noises, alongside a church bell, lent a certain irony to the discussion. I greatly enjoyed this conversation, thanks for posting it. Hearing the urban background noises, alongside a church bell, lent a certain irony to the discussion.

]]> Comment on Raising Children as Members of the Covenant Community by Mehgan Drake http://reformedfamily.org/2010/06/raising-children-as-members-of-the-covenant-community/comment-page-1/#comment-688 Mehgan Drake Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:55:10 +0000 http://www.reformedfamily.org/?p=88#comment-688 I was raised in a Baptist church, and now my husband and I now worship at a PCA church. My oldest child was always brought to children's church, and the other two were dropped off in the nursery. We've been attending the PCA church for a little under a year now, and our five year old daughter goes to "big church" (as she calls it) and also attends her age group's Sunday school class. We feel as if she's learned so much more than the four years at the other establishment. Also, she draws and colors during the services, and sometimes she just sits there, but she says things after worship when we are at home or in the car that indicate that she is really absorbing the sermon to some extent. On another note, until we went to the PCA church and she started joining us in corporate worship, she didn't even know that there was a Lord's supper. We also have a family worhip at home involving: Catechism, Bible story, hymn (her favorite is the Doxology), and prayer. Today she asked what it meant to be born again......I would say that she benefits from "big church." I was raised in a Baptist church, and now my husband and I now worship at a PCA church. My oldest child was always brought to children’s church, and the other two were dropped off in the nursery. We’ve been attending the PCA church for a little under a year now, and our five year old daughter goes to “big church” (as she calls it) and also attends her age group’s Sunday school class. We feel as if she’s learned so much more than the four years at the other establishment. Also, she draws and colors during the services, and sometimes she just sits there, but she says things after worship when we are at home or in the car that indicate that she is really absorbing the sermon to some extent. On another note, until we went to the PCA church and she started joining us in corporate worship, she didn’t even know that there was a Lord’s supper.
We also have a family worhip at home involving: Catechism, Bible story, hymn (her favorite is the Doxology), and prayer.

Today she asked what it meant to be born again……I would say that she benefits from “big church.”

]]> Comment on Raising Children as Members of the Covenant Community by Lori Edwards http://reformedfamily.org/2010/06/raising-children-as-members-of-the-covenant-community/comment-page-1/#comment-686 Lori Edwards Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:42:11 +0000 http://www.reformedfamily.org/?p=88#comment-686 We have a nice balance of both in our church. We can opt to take our toddlers to the nursery or keep them in the service with us. Personally, our 3 yr old & 1 yr old are taken to the nursery. We find it much more beneficial to all of us. We can actually pay attention to the sermon & take notes without having to have one ear constantly on the children. Not to mention they're not being a distraction to the other people who need to hear the sermon & not coo & grin @ our kids the whole time. Our boys get teaching & worship time at home, when they are old enough to sit in the worship service with us, they will. We pretty much keep ages 4 and up in the service. We have a nice balance of both in our church. We can opt to take our toddlers to the nursery or keep them in the service with us. Personally, our 3 yr old & 1 yr old are taken to the nursery. We find it much more beneficial to all of us. We can actually pay attention to the sermon & take notes without having to have one ear constantly on the children. Not to mention they’re not being a distraction to the other people who need to hear the sermon & not coo & grin @ our kids the whole time. Our boys get teaching & worship time at home, when they are old enough to sit in the worship service with us, they will. We pretty much keep ages 4 and up in the service.

]]> Comment on Raising Children as Members of the Covenant Community by Brent http://reformedfamily.org/2010/06/raising-children-as-members-of-the-covenant-community/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Brent Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:34:37 +0000 http://www.reformedfamily.org/?p=88#comment-464 Michael-i believe the Church as a whole has come a long way from "flannel board drivel". Times have changed and we no longer have to rely on mediocre teaching from the 1970's. Teaching has evolved and it can go right along with scripture. I have been to your kind of Church and trust me (just as in my Church) the little ones sleep or color right on through the sermon. Very few actually pay attention. The only ones who do are made to by their parents, but how many actually PAY attention. I'm not saying not to have family worship or congregational worship. A child needs that but I believe that a child also needs to be taught on a level that he/she can understand. Yes they can sit in on the sermon but how much are they learning and how many Pastors out there are teaching a "dialogically" correct sermon. There is an age that you need to start getting into the "meat and potatoes" of the Word but a child cannot start out on meat and potatoes. They have to start out with baby food and work their way up. Your walk with God is a journey, it has a beginning and and ending. hopefully it ends only when you pass on to Heaven but you still need to have a starting place and I don't think that place is necessarily sitting in on "adult church". Michael-i believe the Church as a whole has come a long way from “flannel board drivel”. Times have changed and we no longer have to rely on mediocre teaching from the 1970′s. Teaching has evolved and it can go right along with scripture. I have been to your kind of Church and trust me (just as in my Church) the little ones sleep or color right on through the sermon. Very few actually pay attention. The only ones who do are made to by their parents, but how many actually PAY attention. I’m not saying not to have family worship or congregational worship. A child needs that but I believe that a child also needs to be taught on a level that he/she can understand. Yes they can sit in on the sermon but how much are they learning and how many Pastors out there are teaching a “dialogically” correct sermon. There is an age that you need to start getting into the “meat and potatoes” of the Word but a child cannot start out on meat and potatoes. They have to start out with baby food and work their way up. Your walk with God is a journey, it has a beginning and and ending. hopefully it ends only when you pass on to Heaven but you still need to have a starting place and I don’t think that place is necessarily sitting in on “adult church”.

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