How can I reach out to non-traditional families? Ron Deal
FamilyLife Today®
FamilyLife Network
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Non-traditional families are now considered traditional. As churches, how do we meet changing needs and serve them well? Listen to Ron Deal's conversation with three senior pastors on why and how to love all families, despite the narrative of their past.
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| 0:00.0 | We all know society wants to change the definition of marriage. |
| 0:04.8 | We all know society is open to alternative lifestyles. |
| 0:08.4 | We all know that there's an agenda going on. |
| 0:11.3 | People want to live together and by the way, more and more, they're coming to church and |
| 0:14.2 | they're not even ashamed that they're living together and having sex, which is really |
| 0:17.5 | the issue for us. |
| 0:18.6 | Like, they're not even embarrassed. |
| 0:20.4 | When I started in ministry, people, they hid that like crazy. |
| 0:23.7 | They didn't want you to know they were living together now, but they're just assuming |
| 0:27.5 | everybody else is doing it too. |
| 0:30.9 | Welcome to Family Life Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter |
| 0:43.6 | most. |
| 0:44.6 | I'm Shelby Abbott, and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson. |
| 0:47.5 | You can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com or on the Family Life app. |
| 0:52.2 | This is Family Life Today. |
| 1:06.5 | You've been teaching, preaching, sharing God's Word for over 40 years. |
| 1:12.1 | Don't even say that. |
| 1:13.1 | It sounds like I'm way old. |
| 1:15.7 | No, but in that time, culture has shifted things have changed. |
| 1:21.4 | And do you feel like you've had to change your approach as a communicator with the audience |
| 1:26.6 | now in front of you? |
| 1:28.0 | I mean, in some ways, no, you know, still the Word of God, it's still biblical truth. |
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