The God delights to bless people with his very own presence, and he has accomplished this by his Son becoming a curse so that we might be blessed.

The pressures of our society and culture are tearing families apart from one another, but in God's great design, children and fathers have a high and holy calling that bring them together. Children are to respect their parents and fathers are to raise their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

"Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church." The husband who imitates Christ in his leadership will be sacrificial, sanctifying, purifying, gospel-soaked, and purposeful.

God calls his people to live in families saved and shaped by the gospel. His first instruction is to women: Submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.