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If even heaven isn’t clean enough for God, where does that leave the rest of us—and what does that mean for raising our kids? We open with the ordinary moments that expose the human heart: a toddler’s swat, a child’s stubborn no, the instinct to get our way. Then we hold those moments up to the blazing light of Job’s questions and the doctrine of total depravity. Not to shame parents or scare kids, but to see clearly why early formation matters and why the antidote can’t be found in willpower or better techniques.

Together we trace a thread from the nursery to the throne room. Scripture says God puts no trust in saints and that even the heavens are not clean in his sight. That doesn’t indict holy angels as sinners; it tells us all creaturely purity is derivative. If God won’t stake salvation on the best of his creatures, he certainly won’t rest it on our fragile choices. We weigh the competing claims of Calvinism and Arminianism in plain language, asking whether the decisive cause of salvation rests in God’s grace or in human decision. The logic of Job pushes us toward a humbling and hopeful conclusion: God acts because we cannot.

From there, we bring the theology home. What does “you will be saved, you and your household” mean for parents trying to set the tone of their homes? We talk headship without harshness, boundaries without legalism, and practices that give kids covenantal access to the gospel—daily Scripture, honest repentance, patient correction, and a house shaped by prayer. Parents are stewards, not saviors. The good news is that the God who doesn’t trust angels to keep themselves will not trust salvation to us either; he keeps those he saves. That reality quiets panic, fuels courage, and turns everyday moments into training in grace.

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