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HAUS-fah-ter

Hausvater: /HAUS-fah-ter/
noun (German)
1. Housefather.
2. Spiritually responsible head of household, including the housefather as assisted by the housemother.
>> Example: "As the Hausvater should teach it [Christian doctrine] to the entire family ..."
(Martin Luther, Small Catechism, 1529)

Catechesis

Family Altar Resources April 2020
The Only Catechism That Can Be Prayed! July 2019
Confirmation Memories: A 30-Year Retrospective April 2019
Holy Cross Lutheran Church: Recommended Reading March 2018
What Is That? The Genius of Luther’s Small Catechism October 2017
Lord, Help Us Ever to Retain October 2017
Christian Education Symposium (Wasilla, Alaska, July 1, 2017) April 2017
Have You Built a Family Altar? October 2016
Constructing a Family Altar Board October 2016
Equipping Men to Shepherd Their Families for Christ September 2016
Rebuilding the Church from the Family Up, Rebuilding the Family from the Elders Down August 2016
Persecution Lesson Plan July 2016
Lutheran Catechism January 2016
Vocatio: God Blesses Others through Your Calling (April 2016 Family Retreat) June 2015
No Fear of Death: Teach the Resurrection to Your Children April 2015
Color the Liturgy June 2014
Color the Catechism June 2014
Studying Luther's Large Catechism: A Workbook for Christian Discipleship March 2012
Discipleship in the Christian Home: An Historical Perspective January 2012
Raising Children in the Paideia of the Lord January 2012

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“The Natural Law of the Family,” by Dr. Ryan C. MacPherson, President of The Hausvater Project, in Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (CPH, 2011)

Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (CPH)

 

 
 

 

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