Fearless Families

Building Brave Homes in an Uncertain World

Kevin A Thompson

• Publisher: David C Cook
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN:
  9780830781362
• Print ISBN:
  9780830781355

Fear is a natural part of daily life. It’s so common that, often, we don’t even notice it. And yet, it dominates our decisions.
 
Because of the value we as a society put on fear, we idolize safety, appearances, materialism, and power, turning to those things in hopes that they will lessen our anxieties. But Jesus preached a different way. In Fearless Families: Building Brave Homes in an Uncertain World, author and pastor Kevin A. Thompson shows us that, when we are led by love, we will choose:

• trust over safety
• heart over appearances
• connection over materialism
• submission over power

Thompson demonstrates how, as we make choices based on these values, our fears will decrease and our love will increase.
 

Table of contents

• Introduction: Diagnosis: Fear
• Part I: The Home of the Afraid
• Chapter 1 Fear Is a Bad Driver
• Chapter 2 Safety: The Wrong Question I Regularly Ask
• Chapter 3 Appearances: A Bad Umbrella
• Chapter 4 Materialism: To Have More Is to Fear More
• Chapter 5 Power: The Path to Paranoia
• Part II: The Home of the Brave
• Chapter 6 Love: The Antidote to Fear
• Chapter 7 Trust: The Foundation That Stands
• Chapter 8 Heart: Above All Else
• Chapter 9 Relationship: Choosing People Over Things
• Chapter 10 Submission: Open Hands vs. Closed Fists
• Chapter 11 Courage: What Every Day Demands
• Afterword: Tomorrow’s Family
• Notes