Does Such A Place Still Exist?

by Ken Pullen

Pastor Cornelius Stam passed on some years ago now. And I wonder frequently in silence, and aloud, does such a place still exist as the Christian home? Not the pretend worldly kind which dominates the majority of those professing and going to the house of entertainment and false doctrine passing itself off as a Christian church in our time. A REAL Christian home. Like this;

The Christian Home

by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15).

There is no place in all this world so wholesome and refreshing as a Christian home, a home where Christ is truly loved and honored.

This writer was brought up in such a home. There were ten of us: dad, mother and eight children. There was lots going on all the time, but a truly happy home it was, for dad and mother never let us get so busy with temporal things that we brushed eternal values aside.

On the basis that “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God” (Luke 4:4), we read some small portion of the Bible before every meal, and had family devotions before retiring at night.

Result: all eight children have blessed the dear dad and mother who led them aright, morally and spiritually, and best of all, taught them the importance of trusting in the Savior who died for all our sins. More: five of the children and many of the grandchildren have given themselves for full time Christian service, and have become pastors, college deans, Christian writers and missionaries in various parts of the world.

This is not because we are one whit better than others, but because we have experienced the help and grace of God in our lives. And it all began as, one day, a young American, like Joshua of old, came to a decision and declared:

“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Continued by Ken Pullen…

…because I know in my heart and soul if more homes were sincerely as the one pastor Stam grew up in our nation would be right in the sight of God rather than hurtling down the road to destruction with the multitude of abominations, sins, immorality, and sin we perpetuate and call good, and progress, and compassionate, and tolerant, and building a better world and tomorrow.

How many homes read Scripture before or after eating their dinner?

Why, today families don’t even exist! And what remains of what is defined as a family in our time never or rarely ever sits together to eat. They do not pray and give thanks for the blessings they are bestowed by Jesus Christ the Lord and God, let alone read Scripture over a dinner table together!

Does the Christian family still exist?

I imagine they are rarer than flawless 10 carat diamonds in our times, rarer than…a real family, a real Christian family.