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Marriage & Parenting

How Kids Make You Holy

by Jackie and Bobby Angel

Why is it important to raise holy children? 

Being a parent is exhausting, but if you’re called to marriage and parenthood, you’re also called to die to yourself every day for the sake of your children, and for the glory of God. You’ll never get an award or public recognition for raising children, but the slow, everyday work of raising kids in the faith means doing your best to send holy reflections of Christ into the world.

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