True Family Values Third Edition - Joong Hyun Pak and Andrew Wilson

416 Pages·2006·8.07 MB·English

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AMILY EDERATION FOR
W P U
ORLD EACE AND NIFICATION
Family Federation for World Peace
and Unification
USA
4 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Europe
Ch. de la Pierreire 1 D
CH-1092 Belmont-sur-Lausanne
Switzerland
Third Edition 2006 Joong Hyun Pak & Andrew Wilson
Printed in the E.U., September 2006
ISBN 1-931166-25-0
Cover illustration: Natascha Nahum
To Reverend and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon,
our True Parents and
true teachers of true family values

Contents
The Family Pledge iv
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Preface by Rabbi Yitzhak Bar Dea ix
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Preface by Rev. Dr. John S. Mbiti xi
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Introduction to the Third Edition xiii
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Introduction xv
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The Premise:
Our Family of True Love 1
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Pledge 1:
Partners with Christ in Establishing God’s Kingdom 41
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Pledge 2:
The Vertical Axis of Love 57
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Pledge 3:
The Textbook of Love 97
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Pledge 4:
The Universal Family 151
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Pledge 5:
Reaching to the Spirit World 185
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Pledge 6:
Spreading God’s Blessing 219
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Pledge 7:
The Culture of Heart in the New Millennium 259
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Pledge 8:
Complete Oneness in Love 293
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Conclusion:
Blueprint for the Kingdom of Heaven 375
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Postscript 391
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About the Authors 395
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Preface
This book deals with the most important question for any human
being. Judaism bases its values on the Torah, the Bible. Already in
the beginning of the Bible we read that God created man in his two
parts – man and woman, Adam and Eve – that together became the
first family in the world. God’s first commandment to man was “be
fruitful and multiply.” In other words: build families and bring new
generations to the world.
Thus we can also understand that the family is the most natural
and healthy place, mentally and physically, for raising a person from
childhood. Children without parents, or with only one parent, are
destined to carry their whole lives a great deficiency. Therefore, if
we wish to improve the quality of human life, we must strengthen
the family unit and encourage young people to come under the
covenant of marriage.
Our contemporary era is supposed to be most progressive and
enlightened, and is indeed such in the fields of technology and
science. Sadly, however, in the areas of values and morals we see
regression, more and more divorces and fewer marriages. I thank
Dr. Pak and Dr. Wilson for dealing with this issue and publishing a
book that offers a special contribution for promoting and molding
the family in a better world.
Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Bar-Dea
Ramat-Gan, Israel