Raising Purity: Nurturing the Image of God in the Heart of Your Child

Gerald Hiestand

ISBN 10: 0977389200 / ISBN 13: 9780977389209

Published by Ryver Media, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Raising Purity: Nurturing the Image of God in the Heart of Your Child
• Publisher: Ryver Media
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0977389200
• ISBN 13: 9780977389209
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

In a society that has long ago abandoned any meaningful commitment to chastity and virtue, raising pure children can be a daunting task. Sadly, for many Christian parents, absolutes in the realm of sexuality have remained entirely too elusive. What exactly is purity? Can it be objectively defined beyond the obvious biblical command regarding premarital sex? Our failure to provide adequate answers to these questions has often left our children in a state of moral uncertainty. The time has come for a clear, biblical and measurable standard of sexual purity. In Raising Purity, Gerald Hiestand sets forth this standard providing an objective definition to the subjective concept of purity. Parents will be challenged to rethink their understanding of human sexuality and learn to nurture the image of God in the hearts of their children.

About the Author

Gerald grew up in Chicago, Illinois, where he attended both Moody Bible Institute (BA Biblical Studies), and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (MA Christian Thought). He served as an Associate Pastor of Student Ministries in Fremont, Nebraska ('99-'02), and now serves as a Pastor of Adult Ministries at Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Along with Gerald's pastoral responsibilities, he has contributed to Trinity Journal, and is president of The Society for the Advancement of Ecclesial Theology, an organization dedicated to the renewal of scholarship within the pastoral community. Gerald has been married to his wife Jill for 9 years, and together they have two sons. His experiences as a young man, as well as his time working in student ministries, provided the occasion for much of what he writes in Raising Purity. His heart is to see the gospel and image of God reclaim the center-stage in all areas of life, not least in the realm of sexuality.