The Storm-Tossed Family: How the Cross Reshapes the Home

by Russell D. Moore

Overview

Christianity Today "Beautiful Orthodoxy" Book of the Year in 2019.

Why do our families have so much power over us? In The Storm-Tossed Family, bestselling author Russell Moore (Onward, Christianity Today's 2016 "Book of the Year Award Winner") teaches readers whether you are married or single, whether you long for a child or shepherding a full house, you are part of a family. Family is difficult because family—every family—is an echo of the gospel.

Family can be the source of some of the most transcendent human joy, and family can leave us crumpled up on the side of the road. Family can make us who we are, and family can break our hearts. Why would this social arrangement have that much power, for good or for ill, over us?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462794805
Publisher:	B&H Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/15/2018
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.30(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Russell Moore is president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant denomination. The Wall Street Journal called him "vigorous, cheerful, and fiercely articulate." He is the author of several books, including Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches, and the bestselling and Christianity Today Beautiful Orthodoxy books of the year Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel and The Storm-Tossed Family: How the Cross Reshapes the Home. He and his wife Maria are the parents of five sons.

Editorial Reviews

09/10/2018
Moore (Onward), president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, offers guidance on family life from a conservative, evangelical Protestant perspective in this useful but narrowly focused book. Acknowledging that families can be “the source of life-giving blessing but also of excruciating terror, often all at the same time,” Moore argues that families living by certain Christian principles are most likely to thrive. Though more expansive definitions of family are mooted—particularly the church as family—the work assumes the ideal family to be organized around a married heterosexual Christian couple. Such couples, according to Moore, should be monogamous, enjoy sexual intimacy, and not attempt to prevent pregnancy; he strongly discourages divorce, feels that sexually explicit materials are sinful, and sees the notion of gender complementarity—the idea that women and men are equal but suited for unique roles in the family and society—as foundational to his work. Lightly drawing on texts beyond the Bible, Moore writes in a conversational style, illustrating points with stories from his own family life as well as the lives of those he has encountered in his work. Christian readers already committed to the specific type of Christian life Moore promotes are most likely to find the text of personal use. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly