{"product_id":"households-of-faith-practicing-family-in-the-kingdom-of-god-9781514000069","title":"Households of Faith: Practicing Family in the Kingdom of God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Holistic Vision of Family in God's Kingdom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Christian world tends to have a blueprint for what families should look like, and these models of the family can be hard to live up to. In some circles, picture-perfect families are idealized and even idolatrized. Many Christians have a gnawing sense that this \"traditional family\" model is problematic or outdated. But is there an alternative way of understanding family that's neither idolatrous nor revisionist?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheologian Emily McGowin casts a holistic vision for what family can be in light of God's kingdom. Jesus is our first teacher about families in the kingdom of God, and families rightly understand themselves only in relation to God's kingdom and the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHouseholds of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e, McGowin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erecovers biblical portraits of households of faith that are not limited to just the biological nuclear family, that can be multigenerational households of married and single, with or without children, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eacknowledges the realities of how sin and trauma damages families and communities, and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecalls Christians to practice family as apprentices to love who discern the times and improvise faithfulness together.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e IVP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781514000069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.59w x 0.69d","brand":"Emily Hunter McGowin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44870673760437,"sku":"9781514000069","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0fbd2a5d-298b-4d64-9a15-19c6d0b17142.jpg?v=1733240969","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/households-of-faith-practicing-family-in-the-kingdom-of-god-9781514000069","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}