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Funded Childcare Promises Freedom but it will Bind us to Industry

January 12, 2023 by wagraham Leave a Comment

Canada wants both spouses to work in order to increase GDP since our economy requires continual growth. This also creates a third job because one spouse leaves the home and hires a nanny / day care to watch the kids.

At one point, the spouse who left the home (usually the wife) will realize: I am leaving the home to work outside the home because caring for my children is not adequate work; while at the same I am employing someone to watch my kids.

This realization should lead to the following conclusion: our society exploits the idea of freedom to work away from home in order to grow GDP and deny the biological urge to care for our children. At the same time, it creates jobs of non-parent caretakers of kids, lauding the goodness of this career.

If caring for other people’s kids is good, why not ours?

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Catechize Your Kids

April 9, 2021 by wagraham 1 Comment

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If you don’t catechize your children, may I suggest that you start?

Many young adults who leave the faith do so because they feel it’s merely about assertion or about emotional appeals. But Christianity is based on truth, whether historical or rational. Jesus rose from the dead, and Christianity makes sense. 

Catechizing can help our children understand that the Faith makes “sense.” Only God saves. But we can remove impediments to faith. [Read more…] about Catechize Your Kids

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Catechism, Family

Marriage and Family Existed before All Time

April 14, 2019 by wagraham 1 Comment

Christians often maintain that marriage and family constitute foundations for society. From a biblical point of view, the argument goes like this. God created humanity. He instituted marriage through Adam and Eve. And through marriage, God founds the institution of the family that make up the backbone of society.

While true, this summary omits key realities that lie behind the two institutions. It tells us of the history of marriage and family but not the thing to which these institutions point nor their origin. Marriage and family are not originally human institutions. They belong to God by essence (family) and by promise (marriage) from before all time.

Families have their origin in the Father. Since he is Father, we have families (Eph 3:15). And the idea of marriage existed before the world’s founding because God promised to marry divinity to humanity in Christ and by the Spirit before the world’s foundation (Eph 5).

Here is what I mean.

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Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Family, Marriage, Trinity

4 Reasons to Marry Young

December 7, 2017 by wagraham Leave a Comment

We often hear that we ought to delay marriage. We are told to pursue education, a career, and only then marry. I disagree. I would suggest that it is a good thing to marry young, even before your have finished your educational or vocational goals. Here are four reasons why. [Read more…] about 4 Reasons to Marry Young

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Family, Marriage

Tim Keller on Raising Kids in Christian Identity

March 9, 2017 by wagraham Leave a Comment

Tim Keller recently recorded a short clip on “How to raise your kids in Christian identity.” Take a listen to it here:

 

 

Filed Under: Culture, Theology Tagged With: Children, Family

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Wyatt is the Executive Director of The Gospel Coalition Canada. He enjoys his family and writing. You'll generally find him hiding away somewhere with his nose in a book.

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