• Take Back Your Family

  • From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal
  • By: Jefferson Bethke
  • Narrated by: Jefferson Bethke
  • Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (529 ratings)

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Take Back Your Family

By: Jefferson Bethke
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Toxic hyper-individualism. Widespread brokenness.

America’s family model isn’t working.

Ever wonder if it’s time to opt out?

In Take Back Your Family, New York Times best-selling author Jefferson Bethke gives you the tools you need to grow your family with intention and delight. The practical ideas and true stories from families in all walks of life will give you the push you need to discover a completely new yet ancient way to do family.

In this groundbreaking book, you’ll discover how to:

  • Embrace the radical Christian framework for creating family teams
  • Understand what it means to do life multigenerationally with other families
  • Create a family mission that energizes you and your kids
  • Develop family habits that lead to flourishing and peace
©2021 Jefferson Bethke (P)2021 Thomas Nelson

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Don’t waste your money / time

It’s clear this author has leftists views and doesn’t really understand traditional family life/values. If your a selfish person who leans hard left you may be able to relate but if you have traditional morals and family views you’ll have to suffer through many straw man and will leave you waiting for the end.

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Must Read for Families!

Wow! My family is being blessed by this book and I know other families will feel the same. This book is practical and encouraging, while challenging families to do better.

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Wow 😳

This has the potential to drastically change families. Praying more families catch Gods vision Bethke so clearly broke down.

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Spiritual defibrillator for your family…. Very good.

Jeff is young but blessed with wisdom for his generation and many others. Take 2 hours to listen and implement the core focus of this book and your family will be grateful and the Lord will be glorified.

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Not a Christian book . Emasculating book for men

This isn’t a Christian book. A Christian book has Bible verses. This book has none. The only biblical reference I can think of is that he mentions in the beginning God created Adam to work. The funny thing is, he doesn’t mention God created eve to help Adam. He doesn’t mention the Bible says that the husband is the head of the wife like Christ is the head of the church. Zero mention of A man being the spiritual provider, protector, pastor of the family.
He says he is a feminist and laughs at the idea of a woman staying home to raise the kids.

The only thing this book is good at is saying the importance of having a RELATIONAL FAMILY , and how sue to the modernization of society we have outsourced the relationship building to other people. I like that part because it is true. However, to truly go back to the times this author wants, you would have to join the Amish community. What the author doesn’t realize is that due to job specialization agricultural machines we aren’t a society of farmers anymore. So he is trying to figure out how to get the community of the farm small town lifestyle we have known since the beginning of the plow back into our modern lives which is tricky because of the demands of a modern world.

Anyways, you won’t hear it from the book, but you will hear it from me and the Bible, as a man, your Godly duty is to provide for the family, pastor your family, and protect your family. A woman doesn’t fit that role exactly, she is there to help you do that. You can’t fully do it without her, and she can’t do her job without you doing your job.

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Must Read!!!

This book is Life Changing! Loved it! Going back to the beginning to listen again.

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Everyone needs to read this!

I don't say this lightly: everyone needs to read this book!
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I love the thought behind it, the way it's so well researched and how Jeff includes real life examples, via Spotlighting a family!

This book is brilliant.
God written all over it!
My heart longs for this type of family structure, as my family stands, it's going to be one of the most difficult things to partner with God for our restoration, but I feel hope and am up to it, knowing that out there, many share this God vision and are doing life this way!

There were two repeated sentences that may have been missed during editing, but still worth every cent!

I 100% recommend it!
I was so sad when I got to end!

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Incredible

Amazing! Everyone needs to listen or read this book. Such simple ideas that can make a generational impact.

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A Family Must-Read

Inspiring and convicting. This was an enjoyable author read audiobook. I didn't want to take breaks from it. if you have any family at all you should read this book.

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Packed of wisdom & truth

We are a young family , first generation on my side to raise God fearing children . This blew me away and will be implementing the “team” concept . This book is a prayer answered and a guide on how to raise a United family that will impact generations to come .

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