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“Real saving faith is a kind of trust that continues to trust in Christ as the only solution to our sin problem. It is not Christ plus anything else. It is an abiding faith in what God transacted at the cross by having His Son absorb our acts of sin and rebellion; it is the all sufficient payment and qualifies us to be a part of God’s family.”

“His temporary consignment to your family is to prepare him to take his place in this world as a trophy of God’s grace and as an agent of God’s values and priorities in this upcoming generation.”

(Ps.127:3-5) "So many modern parents' voices begin to quiver when they imagine their little boy growing up... They see his forthcoming maturity as some kind of foreboding eventuality, instead of as the whole point of having him in the first place: the gratifying goal of shooting these arrows into the world that God has planned for them to impact."