Why the Household Is the Most Powerful Institution on Earth

The household is where children are prepared to enter the world and make an impact. Parents “start a youth out on his way,” in hopes that, “even when he grows old he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6). Even when children grow up, their behavior and comportment is a testimony to how their parents raised them.

It is about this sphere, the household, that God gives the most detailed instructions. All three spheres are important, but the third one is closest to the heart and the one in which our lives are most intertwined. You can leave your state, and you can change churches, but you cannot easily change families.