The problems that families face today-polygamous practices, family violence, unholy alliances, and marital infidelity-point to an eschatological state, or what is more commonly referred to as the Last Days. In his timely religious guide "Families in the Last Days," author Howard Weems explains the art of maintaining family cohesion and a relationship with God while living among great evil and unparalleled social ills during the interval of awaiting the second return of Jesus.

"Families in the Last Days" is a theological examination of the social milieu that Christian families must...