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Previous article in this series: January 1, 2021, p. 156. In our previous consideration of parents being tools in the hand of the Master Builder, we looked at the knowledge we have and the comfort we derive from knowing that it is God who builds our covenant homes and families. He establishes His covenant with His chosen people and peculiar treasure, and is pleased to continue His covenant in the line of continued generations with believers and their seed. We also acknowledged and were humbled by the fact that the divine Builder is pleased to employ the use of parental...

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house; thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Psalm 128:3 As Reformed, and as Protestant Reformed believers, we know how important the institution of the family is to the life of the church. And we know that it is God Himself who is the Builder of such an institution. From the beginning of time, God established His covenant with His chosen people and peculiar treasure. And He is pleased to continue His covenant in the line of continued generations with believers and their seed. His...