the christian family

December 14, 2015

Children Are a Gift to Civilization

With our newfound economic prosperity and the political liberalization of the West, we have transitioned into an era of hyper consumerism and choice. This involves all sorts of blessings, to be sure, but it brings its own distinct risks. Continue Reading...

May 08, 2015

Herman Bavinck on the Glory of Motherhood

Happy Mother’s Day weekend from Herman Bavinck, who poetically summarizes the work, beauty, and glory of motherhood in The Christian Family: [The wife and mother] organizes the household, arranges and decorates the home, and supplies the tone and texture of home life; with unequaled talent she magically transforms a cold room into a cozy place, transforms modest income into sizable capital, and despite all kinds of statistical predictions, she uses limited means to generate great things. Continue Reading...

October 03, 2014

Against Transactional Parenting: Children Aren’t Toasters or Minivans

Having already shrugged my shoulders at our society’s peculiar paranoia over whether having kids is “too expensive,” I was delighted to see Rich Cromwell take up the question at The Federalist, pointing out what is only recently the not-so-obvious. Continue Reading...

November 07, 2012

First English Translation of Herman Bavinck’s ‘The Christian Family’

Christian’s Library Press and Acton Institute announce the release of the first English translation of The Christian Family by Herman Bavinck. When this book was first published in Dutch, marriage and the family were already weathering enormous changes, and that trend has not abated. Continue Reading...