Often I have been asked, “How have your children held to a high standard of morality when they are living in such secular places?” God’s grace is my first answer. Yet, as I have prayed about it, I’ve also come to think that our home culture of love—shared and cultivated together, treasuring Christ in our midst every day—spoke to their hearts and tied them to our mutual commitments of faith. A strong family culture helps create a strong sense of identity that keeps a person faithful in the days of temptation. And a strong home culture of faith and love gives strength to resist the powerful draw
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