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The Family Worship Book: A Resource Book for Family Devotions Hardcover – March 20, 2009

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Do you struggle to provide enjoyable, meaningful and spiritual times of family devotions? Do you avoid the whole subject but have the nagging thought that you should be doing something?

Let Terry & Family Worship equip you for leading your family in worship with the help of some key questions: What is family worship? What have other people done? Why Should I do it? How can I start? A Valuable resource which you will not exhaust in years.

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"Terry Johnson has provided us a superb resource for family religion. Johnson provides a brief but compelling argument for the importance of family worship, but then takes those he has convinced in theory to the next step: actually putting it into practice! In a day and age when family worship is a rarity, and in which parents who are called to lead in it are not likely to have had personal experience of it in their own upbringing, Johnson's book will prove to be an invaluable aid. May the Lord use this book to bring about a revival of family worship in our land." (Ligon Duncan ~ Chancellor and CEO, Reformed Theological Seminary)

A great service to parents who desire to revive the practice of family worship. Johnson's book provides many practical resources and ideas for actually putting this into practice...an excellent resource for christian families. (Ray Van Neste ~ Director, R. C. Ryan Center for Biblical Studies, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee)

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Terry L. Johnson is Senior Pastor of the Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, Georgia.

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Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Christian Focus (March 20, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1857924010
ISBN-13: 978-1857924015
Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 0.8 x 9.4 inches
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Teach Them Diligently

ByKevin P. Jacksonon November 15, 2007

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The two hardest things about family worship are getting started and getting started. On the one hand I had a desire to lead my family in studying God's Word and helping us all to store it up in our hearts, but it is difficult with busy and erratic schedules to know when to do it. Combine that with the fact that there is very little precedent for actually leading it or knowing how to lead it and you have a recipe for never getting going. I knew that it was something that needed to be done so I set a date when we would get started and then began my hunt for resources that would help me know exactly what I should do in leading this time. I did a bit of research and found this book. After taking a look and reading some reviews I decided to order it, and am I glad that I did.

This book is a great resource for anyone wishing to start family worship or for anyone who is already leading but feels that there could be more to it. The book gives a good introduction to the what and why of family worship (which I, frankly, skimmed since I didn't need any convincing). The author then dives into the meat of the book; how to lead and what this time should consist of. The book includes several hymns and selections from the psalter (sans music, although it does give suggested tunes for all the songs). There are also several other resources including creeds and confession, suggested Bible reading timelines, the Westminster Shorter and Larger Catechisms, articles on prayer and many other great resources for leading worship. I have found this book to be truly indispensable as we have begun this endeavor.

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Practical Help for Leading Our Families

ByJohn Gardneron April 5, 2011

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As a husband and father, it is my responsibility to lead my family in worship. I am to shepherd and teach them as one who will have to give an account. This is a duty I do not want to take lightly!

Unfortunately, I haven't done a great job of this so far. The biggest reason? I didn't know how; or at least I thought I didn't know how. The reality, though, is that I just hadn't tried. The first step is the hardest.

That's why I'm so grateful for this book. While there is a short section at the beginning that outlines the Scriptural reasons why men should lead their families in worship -- and everything in this section is solid -- I didn't really need to be convinced of that. I already knew what I should be doing. (However, it's worth pointing out that Johnson is quite clear that our #1 responsibility is to have our families committed to and involved with the covenant community in a local church; a point much appreciated.)

The most helpful parts of the book are the practical considerations. How are we to structure family worship time? What is included? When during the day should we do it, and how often? Johnson lays out suggested elements of family worship time (singing, prayer, confession of faith, teaching, etc) as well as an outline for family worship. These chapters are especially useful for a guy like me, who has a lot of trouble moving from the theoretical to the practical; how to get beyond simply having a good idea and start putting it into practice. Perhaps one day I'll be confident and competent enough to come up with my own order of worship for my family, but in the meantime having an outline (which, thanks to the vast amount of resources in this book, is almost infinitely variable) will make it easy to take that first step, and to commit to regular, daily family worship for long enough that it becomes a permanent part of our family culture.

In addition to the "how to" chapters, the book also includes plenty of "what to" resources. Among these resources are a family reading record (which has a suggested reading schedule omitting a number of chapters that are "ill-suited to family worship due to their contents or repetition"); two catechisms (the Catechism for Young Children and the Westminster Shorter Catechism); 50 suggested passages for Bible memorization; several historical writings on family worship; and a family hymnbook/psalter containing 60 hymns and 60 psalms for singing together. The reading plan and the hymnbook/psalter both come with a ten year teaching schedule to help make sure that families are able to benefit from the full counsel of Scripture and a wide variety of songs for worship over the long-haul.

This is a book that is sure to find a prominent place on our family bookshelf for years to come.

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Encyclopedia for Family Devotions

ByJ.on December 7, 2012

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While family worship (also called "family devotions") is a frequent topic of discussion in Christian circles, it's sometimes hard to come to grips with how parents can practically lead their families in worship in the day-to-day hurry of life. This book moves straight to the practical element, explaining the importance of worship, how it can be done, and offering a number of resources to help parents raise their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Some things that I found very helpful are the suggested outlines for the worship time, the doctrinal instruction provided by the inclusion of the full text of the Westminster Catechism, the list of great songs of the Christian faith, and most importantly, the Bible reading and memorization plans. This book is intended to be personalized with your own notes, so it may not be the kind of book you can lend to other Christian friends. It is definitely one that you will want to give to others. (Believe me, I've done it several times already!)

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A book for every family seeking to draw closer to our God

ByNRHJohnon August 9, 2013

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I have struggled with family devotional time for a long time, planning, ideas for what could or should be done, and if there was a way to get started again after a long hiatus. This book is an actual resource, part instruction manual, song book, worship order ideas and guide to more resources. If you have never done a family devotion don't sweat it, just get started. It isn't something to feel guilty about missing it's something to get into a habit of enjoying your time worshiping our Lord. Get the book, it will definitely help.

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A wonderful resource

Bymagsmagson January 29, 2015

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I'm so thankful to have found this for our family learning and devotional time. A friend of mine recommended it to me, and I am so glad she did. Very thorough, and even has the shorter catechism for younger children.

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great book.

Few enough concerns not to list them at all, great book.Read more

Published 1 year ago by Mark Adam Proctor

Awesome resource. As for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.

Great resource. Make sure you're down with traditional biblical worship (catechisms/ psalms/ hymns( before purchasing or you will be disappointed.Read more

Published 1 year ago by IAMnotmyown

One of the Best!!!

One of the best books out there for family worship! If you are starting out, this is a must, as it gives you ideas and an outline on how to go about doing it.Read more

Published on February 15, 2015 by DB

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Published on August 29, 2014 by ME

Very nice tool

This is a great tool to help a busy dad lead worship. We have really enjoyed signing the psalms. It has become a staple most evenings and has greatly increased the number of...Read more

Published on January 21, 2014 by Amanda Keller

Excellent resource

This is an excellent resource for family worship. I love that it has many of the hymns, psalms, and lessons already in the book so there is not a need to carry hymnal, prayer...Read more

Published on September 5, 2013 by Gardnerjfg

Good introduction and reference material, but repeats much from the Trinity Hymnal

The Family Worship Book by Terry Johnson serves as a good resource for those looking for a more deeper and substantial time of family worship, going beyond basic devotional...Read more

Published on June 23, 2013 by Amazon Customer

very helpful

Really enjoying this resource. It's answered many of our questions and opened many opportunities to.have discussions about worship with others we respect.Read more

Published on August 31, 2011 by mm95

Not What I expected

This book is somewhat helpful in giving some practical guidelines for organizing family worship time, and I certainly aprreciate the authors heart on the matter, because we do...Read more

Published on June 14, 2011 by gfincher987

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