Christian Living, Worship, Devotionals, Family 

"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... 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.

A.W. Tozer said, 'Without worship, we go about miserable.' To love God and teach our families to do so stirs the heart towards God and one another.

This volume is a wonderful tool for the parent aiming to start family worship. Johnson instructs the reader How To:

- lead a family worship time
- sing hymns and he provides some selections from the Psalter
- include the confession and Bible reading
- memorize the Westminster Catechisms
- pray together" - Amazon reviews