The basic social and religious structure of ancient life was built around the household, which was much more expansive than today’s family unit. In New Testament times, both Jewish and Gentile households included not only immediate family members but also a broad range of relatives, extended family groups, and kinship affiliations. Paul called the early Christian church community the “household of faith”
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy...
“And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if...
"Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so" (Matthew 19:8)....
