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This post is part of a series walking through the third volume of Abraham Kuyper’s Common Grace Continuing his discussion of the “upbringing” of children, Kuyper notes that raising children is natural because of their helplessness; the imitation that comes from example and custom. We must not equate “natural” with “instinct.” Raising children is an intentional activity on our part and requires thought and effort. That said, the majority of it is invisible, and as a result it is divinely... Read more

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This post is part of a series walking through the third volume of Abraham Kuyper’s Common Grace To recap from the last post: marriage is the union of man and woman under the higher law and intersecting the spheres of “specific family,” “extended family,” church, and state. No married couple are atoms–all four spheres are involved and must cooperate to form a “true marriage.” (420-421) In the past such cooperation happened, albeit with specific exceptions that did not alter the... Read more

This post is part of a series walking through the third volume of Abraham Kuyper’s Common Grace The distinction between the religious feeling that God should be involved in marriage and marriage between believers (the difference between “religious” marriage and “ecclesiastical” marriage) that Kuyper highlighted in the previous chapter has been largely overlooked, possibly because of the rejection of “marriage as sacrament.” (411) The overlooking is also somewhat related to the separation of the marriage ceremony from the church service,... Read more