About eight years ago, a young man handed me (father) an article in a Christian
 magazine dedicated to world evangelization. One paragraph in particular caught
 my eye. The author suggested that any family choosing to take their children
 to "dangerous" out of the way places for the sake of Kingdom witness might
 be guilty of sacrificing their children to Molech. After all, why take children
 to difficult locations when we can reach internationals in major Western cities?

Part 1: Why Families Matter to God

From the beginning, Satan has tried to destroy the biblically-ordered family. Adam abdicated his headship. Eve usurped her husband's position. Cain killed his brother. Satan's first attacks were against God-given family roles.

Part 2: How Families Minister to the Church and the World

In his theology of baptism, the covenant, and children entitled Children
   of Abraham, David Kingdon argues that it's not enough for Baptists to
   theologize about children only in the negative by denying that children should
   be baptized. Rather, Baptists should work harder at understanding positively
   how God intends for Christians to regard their children.

Part 3: Raising Boys vs. Raising Girls

What's the question that expecting parents most often hear? My vote: "Do you know what you're having?"

Did you know that some countries will now pay you to have another child?

39 Lessons, 20 Tips and 10 "Don'ts" For Parenting

Each of these storybook Bibles has its own strength, and we should thank God
 that all three are available. If one can afford it, the path of wisdom is probably
 to use all three as tools to help prepare our younger ones to grow in grace
 and knowledge and to begin to explore for themselves the Bible itself.

Which book do you use for pre-marital counseling? Which for married couples with problems? What’s the best all around book on marriage? Questions like these prompted us to devise the Marriage Book Comparison Chart, which includes both a rating comparison chart and a brief review for thirty books on marriage.

Our motivation for biblical manhood and womanhood in marriage is the gospel.

It's always better to address potential problems than actual ones, and it's better to be proactive than reactive.  Thus, our church encourages the couples in our midst who are in their first two years of marriage to join a small group of other newly married couples led by a veteran couple.

We asked a roundtable of pastors’ wives the following question:

What have been one or two of the most unexpected blessings of being a pastor's wife?

Juxtaposition - Being Closely Connected for the Glory of God

The demands of pastoral ministry can be tough on the pastor's wife and family. Not only do they tempt him to neglect his family, they can leave him void of good, creative, meaningful ideas on how to love and serve them.