Your Home A Place of Grace by Susan Hunt quoting Bryan Chappell writing Each for the Other: Marriage As It’s Meant to Be
“As the values of our secular society continue to assail our families, it becomes increasingly critical that Christian homes where God’s Word is honored have an effective witness for the gospel, ensuring the spiritual well-being of the next generation. Without healthy Christian homes where the unselfish and sacrificial care of Jesus is daily demonstrated, the deep realities of the Christian faith remain mere abstractions to family members and thus fail to take root in society as a whole….although the apostolic writers addressed Christians in a secular culture much like our own, their words did not call the early Christians to retreat from society. Instead, the apostles called each Christian to retreat from self.
“By teaching the sacrifice of one’s own priorities to the needs of a loved one, the apostles planned to beacon the truths of Christ’s love in a way the world could not ignore. As we live for each other, we reenact the story of Jesus’ sacrifice that lifts us from the bottomless pit of self-indulgence to a purposeful life with God.”
