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Over the last seven episodes, we made our way through a homemaker's rules for life,

outlining seven rules to live by in the hard, good work of homemaking.

We were grateful to hear from many of you that it was a helpful and practical meditation,

and we do pray that it bears good fruit in your home and homemaking.

In this episode, we're introducing a new series in the same spirit.

A series we hope will be helpful to you in your pursuit of faith and fruitfulness in the duties

God has put before you.

After all, Brightheart is all about recovering the lost arts of

homemaking and the productive Christian household. And once you understand that the Christian household

is the people, then a natural conclusion follows. What better way to grow productive Christian

households than to grow productive Christian people. I often remind my church that Christ

did not come merely to forgive sinners, but to save sinners. Forgiveness is certainly a part of

salvation, a necessary part, but it is not the whole of it. No, salvation goes far beyond mere

forgiveness. Salvation takes us from death to life, from the grave to glory, from shame to honor,

from folly to wisdom, from sickness to health.

In salvation, Christ is creating a new humanity in himself, a people zealous for good works. This work of salvation

touches not just the spiritual self, but every part of what it means to be human. In Christ,

we are being transformed, body and soul. There's no part of life that Christ isn't intent on

renewing and transforming, no part of life cordoned off from his work in the life

of the Christian. I love how Paul hits on several of these points in his letter to Titus. For example,

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