Bobby Gilles, Lindsey Blair and Tessa Janes are members at Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Sojourn?s mission is to bring glory to God through lives changed by the gospel of Jesus Christ. They believe that the gospel-focused, missional church is God?s chosen instrument for doing the work of his Kingdom on earth.
One of the most important features of a father's leadership in his
home is his responsibility to train his children in the Scriptures
and the Christian faith, and to nurture them in knowing and loving
God. In this sense, fathers are pastors (i.e., shepherds) to their
children, and they would do well to embrace this truth as their
own. Our Home is like a Little Church helps both children and
fathers see some of the beauty and richness of this relationship.
How good it will be when an increasing number of Christian fathers
own their roles as their family's pastors. May this little book be
used by God to serve that end.
*Bruce Ware (Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky & author of ‘Big Truths
for Young Hearts’)*
This is an excellent book and I have sought to get a copy into the
hands of every family at our church. It is a story about fathers
leading their families at home as the pastor leads the church. The
great old concept of "every father the pastor of the church meeting
in his house" is portrayed here in an engaging and compelling way.
The left hand pages comment on what the pastor does at church. The
right hand pages then comment on how the dad does a similar thing
in leading his family at home. Reading this then will urge fathers
forward and give them some built-in accountability as children will
look to see that the things read about are actually done! The book
is simply written in a nice rhyme with nice illustrations. This
little book has the potential to accomplish much good. I encourage
you to get a copy for yourself and then get copies for families you
could give it to.
*Ray Van Neste*
Our Home is like a Little Church beautifully illustrates the
Biblical role that each father is called to play in the lives of
his children. The apostle Paul states in 1 Thessalonians 2 that he
has dealt with the Thessalonian church the same way that a father
deals with his children...."encouraging, comforting and urging
[them], to live lives worthy of God." I pray that every father that
reads this powerful little book will have the courage to lead his
family to live life for the Glory of God and nothing less. I LOVE
the book because it provides a beautiful picture of what it looks
like for a father to be the spiritual leader in the home. It
simplifies this profound truth in a way that can be easily
understood by everyone in the family.
*Jason Houser*
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