I think family worship is actually very old. When you look at, for example, Deuteronomy 6, where the instruction is to teach your children diligently, instructions given to fathers to teach their children. And so I think family worship is actually very old, but from our perspective today, it seems very new. I've been in this situation where I've had the privilege to present this idea of family worship to a varied audience, many kinds of people from different backgrounds and walks of life. It seems kind of old-fashioned and so forth, but once they catch a vision for it, it's one of those things That brings a lot of joy and stability into the family, and I've actually found that it causes the hearts of the fathers to turn back to the children, the hearts of the children to the fathers.
I've seen great connection points happen between moms and daughters and fathers and sons because they gather around the Word of God and they gather around the tried and true songs of the faith. And so yeah, I think it's absolutely, it's old and new, you know, and I think it's absolutely necessary. The idea is to obey scripture. The idea is to put the family in position where Christ and His Word is central. And to think that we could possibly get that done, you know, two hours on a Sunday morning is ridiculous.
There's no way that's going to happen. And so when families decide to pick up their cross and carry it daily or to be students of scripture daily, it just lends that a father and a mother then would wanna share what they're learning with their children. And they'd wanna gauge the spiritual depth and maturity of their own children, not to mention the joy that comes from singing together as a family and the memories that are made in doing so. You