Amidst the pressures of ordinary life, a home altar makes a statement about the centrality of God in our homes and also serves as a practical tool for cultivating faith in our daily lives. This book provides a "how to" guide for creating a home altar and also offers creative ideas for variations of the home altar.

Is the Adventist message for the family a carbon copy of what hundreds of other Christian churches are teaching about marriage, communication, and the home-or do we have a unique and distinctive insight and approach for today's family?Though we enthusiastically support the wealth of helpful family resources streaming from our fellow Christian communions, we believe Seventh-day Adventists has two unique perspectives. These, together with the great basics of the gospel, constitute the reason for our existence and our distinct contribution to the family life movement. First, the heart-tuning and restoration of family relationships and God-family relationships is prophetic and must be fulfilled before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. God is giving in the spirit and power of Elijah a final heart-tuning and heart-tuning call designed to lead our generation toward Him, and family members toward one another. The second distinctive is the emphasis placed on the morning and evening family altar. Family worship produces the forum for all kinds of good things to happen in the family. It creates an opportunity for spiritual nurture to take place and sets the family apart as sealed and protected in the blood of the Lamb. - Introduction, Chapter 1 The Protecting Hedge, Chapter 2 Family Worship From Eden to Eden, Chapter 3 Elijah Speaks to Families, Chapter 4 Where Have the Fathers Gone?, Chapter 5 Standing in the Gap, Chapter 6 Alone With God, Chapter 7 They Too Will Stand Alone, Chapter 8 How to Transmit a Heritage, Chapter 9 Sparking Up the Family Altar, Chapter 10 Creative Alta Suggestions, Chapter 11 Keeping the Fires Burning, Chapter 12 Heart-tuning and -tuning