The Family Christ Built

The Family Christ Built traces a single unfolding story across the whole of Scripture: the loss of humanity's unmediated fellowship with God in Eden, and its full restoration through the finished work of Jesus Christ. Moving through the Old Testament's covenants, tabernacle, kings, and prophets before turning to the New Testament's fulfillment of that promise, author Richard Amick argues that every major structure and event in the biblical narrative-covenant, temple, priesthood, exile, and prophecy-points toward one goal: the restoration of God's people as a unified family, freed from the barriers sin introduced.

Organized in five parts-from "The Fellowship Lost" through "Guarding the Gift"-the book guides readers through both testaments as one continuous narrative rather than two separate accounts, using the biblical concept of a hermeneutical circle to connect individual passages to Scripture's overarching story. Appendices address Old Covenant shadows and their New Testament fulfillment, the New Testament's "one another" commands, and other key terms and concepts, making the book useful for both personal study and group discussion.

Written for Christian readers seeking a clearer, unified understanding of the Bible's overall message, The Family Christ Built offers a fresh framework for understanding the church not as an institution but as the restored family of God. It serves as a companion to Amick's previous volume, Who Is in Charge? What the New Testament Really Says About Church Leadership, which expands on questions of church authority and leadership mentioned in this book