About the Guest
Ron Deal
Ron Deal is Director of FamilyLife Blended®️ for FamilyLife®️ and President of Smart Stepfamilies™️. He is a family ministry consultant and conducts marriage and family seminars around the country; he specializes in marriage education and stepfamily enrichment. He is one of the most widely read authors on stepfamily living in the country.
About the Host
Ron Deal
Ron Deal is Director of FamilyLife Blended®️ for FamilyLife®️ and President of Smart Stepfamilies™️. He is a family ministry consultant and conducts marriage and family seminars around the country; he specializes in marriage education and stepfamily enrichment. He is one of the most widely read authors on stepfamily living in the country.
Episode Transcript
Ron: Does your family tree have any stepfamily branches? Well, if it does you’re not alone.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Did you realize that most of the Old Testament families were stepfamilies of one shape or another? In fact, if you look in the Bible we know that Jesus’ family tree includes at least twenty percent of stepfamilies and it is probably more than that because there is a lot of his family that we don’t know anything about. Given how common stepfamily households were in the Old Testament, it’s likely that at least half of Jesus’ family tree were stepfamily branches.
Yes, blended families have always been part of God’s people and if you live in a stepfamily you’re in good company. I’m Ron Deal.
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