“Living a just and holy life requires one to be capable of an objective and impartial evaluation of things: to love things, that is to say, in the right order.”
—St. Augustine, On Christian Doctrine
We don’t just need more love, we need rightly ordered love.
This is the ordo amoris, which is Latin for the order of loves. It’s an ancient concept with modern urgency, because most Christians today aren’t faithless, they just love things in the wrong order.
In this episode of The Household Reformation Podcast, we talk about how misplaced love fractures families, weakens homes, and leaves men ineffective in the battle that starts in their living room.
In this episode:
Why your time problem might really be a love problem
How culture catechizes your affections every day
Augustine’s framework for virtue and justice
A practical hierarchy for godly love (God → Spouse → Children → Church → Vocation → Neighbor → Self)
How to train your household to love what is holy, not just what is easy
The difference between feeling your way to faithfulness and loving your way to war
The Charge:
Don’t just say you love God. Prove it. Prove it with your time. Prove it with your sweat. Prove it with your tongue, your eyes, your actions. The reformation of your household doesn’t begin with charisma or strategy. It begins with a man who loves the right things in the right order.
Listen to Episode 012 now. If it hits home, share it with a brother. Then, tonight, do family worship. Put the phone down. Pick your Bible up. Catechize your kids.
Reform your house. Reform the world.
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