“Notice how nobody ever says that the majority opinions in pursuit of judicial activism are ‘living documents’ also. No, you have to interpret their words with sobriety and respect, no funny business, and why? Where respect for the plain meaning of words is demanded, you have identified the god of the system.”

Mere Christendom, p. 18

“You don’t have to give up all your perspectives, opinions, and thoughts on child-rearing. You don’t have to assume that everyone who criticizes your parenting is right. They might not be; they might be as self-deceived as you have sometimes been. But you do have to budget for that possibility. You must surrender the point to God in principle. The key to being a sensible parent is to be a sensible person.”

Keep Your Kids, p. 14

“Being spiritual does not mean being ethereal or ghostly. Being spiritual means being obedient—and this includes the way you speak to your children, discipline your children, encourage your children, teach your children.”

Keep Your Kids, p. 12

“If man is god, as he is in secularism, then the ethics of that society will reflect the nature of man. But man changes all the time. He is unstable, like water.”

Mere Christendom, p. 16

“If the parents are foolish, then so will the parenting be. If the parents are dictatorial, then so will the parenting be. If the parents are wise, then so will the parenting be.”

Keep Your Kids, p. 12