Description:
Baxter's belief in the importance of family worship meant every family in some Kidderminster streets upheld the practice. Williams examines Baxter's methods and shows how they can work in churches today.
Brief description:
Jonathan Williams is senior pastor at Wilcrest Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. He is also the executive director of Gospel Family Ministries and author of Gospel Family: Cultivating Family Discipleship, Family Worship, and Family Missions.
Review Quotes:
"Any substantive work on the all-important spiritual discipline of family worship is more than welcome in our day when the vast bulk of professing Christians neglect it nearly altogether. Jonathan Williams's book adds an exciting dimension to what has already been written on this critical subject by looking at Richard Baxter's teaching on and promotion of family worship. By combining both a historical study with practical implementation through the eyes of Baxter and then adding contemporary implications for our own day, this book makes for an informative, stirring, and hopefully life-changing read for many families. I pray that thousands of husbands and fathers, together with their wives, may be persuaded to take up daily family worship as a nonnegotiable spiritual discipline in their home. Buy, read, and implement this book, and let it transform the way you do family worship, for then it will also, by the Spirit's grace, transform your family for good." -- Joel R. Beeke, president of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, author of Family Worship, and editor of Family Worship Bible Guide