“Marriage is not absolutely for making children. But it is absolutely for making children followers of Jesus.” ChildrenJesusFollowers Book:This Momentary Marriage Source: This Momentary Marriage
“Our society trains us to think of marriage as a contractual arrangement. If one party fails to fulfill his or her end, the contract is null and void. Increasingly children are raised in a contractual environment. When contractual thinking dominates our horizon, we can even make Jesus or the church an asset we think we can manage.” IfsThinkingChildrenEndsJesusChurchPartyEnvironmentFailingTrainRaisedManageOur SocietyHorizonAssetsContractsVoidArrangementsNull Author:Michael Horton
“God rest ye, little children; let nothing you afright, For Jesus Christ, your Saviour, was born this happy night; Along the hills of Galilee the white blocks sleeping lay, When Christ, the child of Nazareth, was born on Christmas day.” ChildrenLittlesNightJesusChristBornSleepWhiteJesus ChristLaysBlockHillsSaviourChristmas DayNazareth Author:Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
“In Great Britain, an author published a book in which he claimed that Jesus Christ had children. Such statements don't trigger civil unrest and bloodshed in Europe. But write similar statements about Islam in Syria and you might see bloody uprisings.” WritingChildrenBookMightJesusChristJesus ChristEuropeIslamStatementsBritainBloodySyriaTriggersGreat BritainUprisingBloodshedUnrest Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Many people operate as though the definition of faith were, Don't ask questions, just believe. They quote Jesus himself, who taught his followers to have the faith of a child (Mark 10:15). But I once heard Francis Schaeffer respond by saying, "Don't you realize how many questions children ask?"” PeopleBelieveChildrenAsksJesusRealizingHeardTaughtMarkDefinitionsFollowersJust Believe Author:Nancy Pearcey
“The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead. The apostle says, 'They without us cannot be made perfect'; for it is necessary that the sealing power should be in our hands to seal our children and our dead for the fulness of the dispensation of times-a dispensation to meet the promises made by Jesus Christ before the foundation of the world for the salvation of man.” MenWorldShouldChildrenMadeHandsJesusChristPerfectResponsibilityThis WorldPromiseJesus ChristOur ChildrenFoundationSalvationApostlesSealsFamily History Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.
“As servants of the Lord Jesus Christ, it is our sacred responsibility to teach His standard of morality, which is the same for all of His children.” ChildrenJesusChristResponsibilityLordTeachMoralityStandardsJesus ChristSacredServantLord Jesus Christ Author:Quentin L. Cook
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places . . . He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.” ChildrenSpiritualFatherJesusChristPleasureLordGraceBlessingJesus ChristPraiseBlessedBelovedGloriousHeavenlyAdoptionDestinedOur LordLord Jesus ChristOur Lord Jesus ChristSpiritual Blessings Author:Paul the Apostle
“The child of God knows his good works do not make him acceptable to God, for he was acceptable to God by Jesus Christ long before he had any good works.” KnowsChildrenLongJesusChristJesus ChristAcceptableGood WorkGod KnowsChild Of God Book:The Sermon on the Mount Source: The Sermon on the Mount