{"title":"Federal Household","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"9781591280057-reformed-is-not-enough-recovering-the-objectivity-of-the-covenant-douglas-wilson","title":"\"Reformed\" Is Not Enough: Recovering the Objectivity of the Covenant","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuppose a husband is committing adultery. Is he still a husband?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeing a husband is not just a state of mind; it's not just a private decision. Being a husband is a public relationship made from a public exchange of vows, an objective covenant. An adulterous husband is a covenant-breaking husband but still a husband. Being a husband is what makes his infidelity so horrendous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the same way, when people are baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, they are ushered into an objective, visible, covenant relationship. Regardless of the state of their heart, regardless of any hypocrisy, regardless of whether or not they mean it, such people are now visible saints, Christians. A Christian is one who would be identified as such by a Muslim. Membership in the Christian faith is objective—it can be photographed and fingerprinted. In baptism, God names us and imposes gracious obligations upon us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book by Douglas Wilson shows that many who call themselves Reformed have in fact lost the older Calvinistic teaching about the objectivity of the covenant and the promises made to Christians at baptism. Multitudes of faithless, corrupt Christians show that they do not believe what God said at their baptism. They live like adulterous husbands. But the tragedy is that many conscientious conservative Christians also do not believe what God said at their baptism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e208 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/files\/9781591280057-reformed-is-not-enough-recovering-the-objectivity-of-the-covenant-douglas-wilson.pdf?v=1619437279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eView excerpt here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Canon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39328021479503,"sku":"9781591280057","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/products\/9781591280057-reformed-is-not-enough-recovering-the-objectivity-of-the-covenant-douglas-wilson.jpg?v=1636077509"},{"product_id":"9781957905228-covenant-household-the-douglas-wilson","title":"Covenant Household, The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFamilies are formed by covenants. But what is a covenant, and what does that mean for your family?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout Scripture, God makes covenants with His people. This is not just a contract, but a personal bond in which God takes responsibility for His people, and His people respond to him in faith. This is true of our relationship with God, and it is true in the case of lesser covenants, such as the covenant family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this short book, Pastor Douglas Wilson shows how the family should live in the light of what the Bible says about the covenant. The husband is the head of the household, and this means that the problems of the family members are not\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003etheir\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eproblems but\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eproblems. The husband cannot just dismiss his wife’s problems as something she needs to work through by herself, and the father cannot complain when his kids get into trouble. They are his people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book covers everything from marriage to childrearing to cultural engagement. The family is not just a collection of individuals: it is a unit joined together by God, and we should live as though that were true, because it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e146 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/files\/9781957905228-covenant-household-the-douglas-wilson.pdf?v=1669101598\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eView excerpt here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Canon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40451197206607,"sku":"9781957905228","price":25.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/products\/9781957905228-covenant-household-the-douglas-wilson1.jpg?v=1669102344"},{"product_id":"9781957905259-case-for-the-christian-family-the-jared-longshore","title":"Case for the Christian Family, The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the United States, the family is all but dissolved. Marriage is no longer marriage, and legally, the state could take away your children any time they wanted to. Pastor and Author Jared Longshore argues that the church’s neglect of covenantal living has led us to this pass in American society.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile invisible, saving faith in Jesus is the only way to eternal life, modern Americans have neglected the grace that God gives by binding families and churches to Him and to one another.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis means that families, the church, and nations should take responsibility for their people, and not treat them as so many marbles in a box. God has intimately connected us to one another in these bonds, the central bond being covenant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe must retrieve this doctrine and live faithfully by it if we want to see reform in America.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e138 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/files\/9781957905259-case-for-the-christian-family-the-jared-longshore.pdf?v=1669101598\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eView excerpt here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Canon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40451197239375,"sku":"9781957905259","price":22.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/products\/9781957905259-case-for-the-christian-family-the-jared-longshore1.jpg?v=1669102362"}],"url":"https:\/\/reformers.com.au\/collections\/federal-household.oembed","provider":"Reformers Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}