Category Archives: Family
“Show God to your children” by John Piper
“The most fundamental task of a mother and father is to show God to the children. Children know their parents before they know God. This is a huge responsibility and should cause every parent to be desperate for God-like transformation. … Continue reading
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“A praying mother” by David Dickson
“Richer and brighter sheaves are not to be found in God’s harvest than can be gathered in by a praying mother.” –David Dickson, The Elder and His Work, Eds. George McFarland and Philip Ryken (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 1883/2004), 101.
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“The family” by David Dickson
“The family– how much of a nation’s happiness and prosperity depends on that institution as a nursery, a school, a society, a sanctuary, a little church, and an emblem of the great family– ‘the whole family’ (Eph. 3:15), part of … Continue reading
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“My dear and faithful wife” by William Kiffin
“It pleased the Lord to take to Himself, my dear and faithful wife, with whom I had lived nearly forty-two years; whose tenderness to me, and faithfulness to God, were such as cannot, by me, be expressed, as she constantly … Continue reading
Filed under Christian Theology, Church History, Family, Puritanical, Quotable Quotes
