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The Family as the First Government
Altars & Ashes Podcast — Season 2: Formation & Legacy Series Graciously Sponsored by The Old Forge Press
In Episode 012, Bryan, Austin, and Robbie open the Sphere Sovereignty Series with a foundational truth: before pulpits or parliaments, there was the household, the first government under God.
We unpack sphere sovereignty as God’s design for ordered authority: the Family forms and educates, the Church preaches and disciplines, and the State governs and protects. Each sphere operates under Christ’s lordship with defined boundaries; when those boundaries blur, chaos follows.
Drawing from Augustine, Calvin, and Kuyper, we trace the doctrine’s roots and reclaim its biblical simplicity, three primary spheres, with education and culture flowing from faithful homes.
We remind listeners that the household is the first altar, the origin of worship, dominion, and discipleship. The episode exposes the ruin of modern households, weakened by absentee fathers, feminism, economic idolatry, and outsourcing formation to the state and market. Quoting Calvin and Chesterton, we argue that national reformation begins with private repentance.
From Deuteronomy 6 to Ephesians 5, we anchor the theology of family government: fathers as heads, mothers as ordered strength, parents as covenant catechists, and the home as the smallest embassy of the Kingdom. They contrast true sovereignty with modern idols, the State as father, the Market as god, and the Media as prophet, calling for a reformation of the hearth.
The charge is simple but urgent:
“Rebuild the altar in your living room. Gather for worship, catechize your children, and build economies that serve the Kingdom, not mammon.”
This episode’s sponsor is The Old Forge Press.They have kindly put together two bundles (one for men and one for women) that include With Fire in Our Bones, What Became of Clara Vaughn (women), Towers at War (men), and The Dust We Leave Behind.
Everyone should run out purchase these bundles. Like-minded businesses are hard to find, so when you do, support them.
📚 The Old Forge Press Altars & Ashes Men’s Bundle
📚 The Old Forge Press Altars & Ashes Women’s Bundle
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dustandglorymedia.substack.com
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By B.D. Fleming, Robbie Stringer, and Austin TuckerAltars & Ashes Podcast — Season 2: Formation & Legacy Series Graciously Sponsored by The Old Forge Press
In Episode 012, Bryan, Austin, and Robbie open the Sphere Sovereignty Series with a foundational truth: before pulpits or parliaments, there was the household, the first government under God.
We unpack sphere sovereignty as God’s design for ordered authority: the Family forms and educates, the Church preaches and disciplines, and the State governs and protects. Each sphere operates under Christ’s lordship with defined boundaries; when those boundaries blur, chaos follows.
Drawing from Augustine, Calvin, and Kuyper, we trace the doctrine’s roots and reclaim its biblical simplicity, three primary spheres, with education and culture flowing from faithful homes.
We remind listeners that the household is the first altar, the origin of worship, dominion, and discipleship. The episode exposes the ruin of modern households, weakened by absentee fathers, feminism, economic idolatry, and outsourcing formation to the state and market. Quoting Calvin and Chesterton, we argue that national reformation begins with private repentance.
From Deuteronomy 6 to Ephesians 5, we anchor the theology of family government: fathers as heads, mothers as ordered strength, parents as covenant catechists, and the home as the smallest embassy of the Kingdom. They contrast true sovereignty with modern idols, the State as father, the Market as god, and the Media as prophet, calling for a reformation of the hearth.
The charge is simple but urgent:
“Rebuild the altar in your living room. Gather for worship, catechize your children, and build economies that serve the Kingdom, not mammon.”
This episode’s sponsor is The Old Forge Press.They have kindly put together two bundles (one for men and one for women) that include With Fire in Our Bones, What Became of Clara Vaughn (women), Towers at War (men), and The Dust We Leave Behind.
Everyone should run out purchase these bundles. Like-minded businesses are hard to find, so when you do, support them.
📚 The Old Forge Press Altars & Ashes Men’s Bundle
📚 The Old Forge Press Altars & Ashes Women’s Bundle
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dustandglorymedia.substack.com