Articles for tag: Matthew 1:8

Family: What’s the Biblical Ideal?

Interview a dozen people on a street corner, and you may get 12 different definitions for family. The Bible”s picture is more diverse and multifaceted than we might first realize, so let”s look at Scripture”s definitions. By Gary Zustiak People seem to have their own ideas of what constitutes a family these days. A sampling of two dictionaries shows eight and nine definitions, respectively, for the word family. I remember when I discovered some people”s concept of family didn”t match my own. Our family had just finished an early dinner. Our youngest son, who was then a junior in high school, asked