What We Stand For

It is important to share with you the foundation of our work at Christian Values Legacy. Our name represents three important Biblical principles that we hold as true and focus on expressing in all that we do. These three principles and their supporting Bible references are:

1. We believe God wants us to raise our children to become Christian adults. This is the Legacy we impart to the next generation.

We believe this because...

• The Bible is the Word of God.

  "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." II Timothy 3:16-17.

• The Bible tells us how to live.

  "For it [God's Law] is not an idle word for you; indeed it is your life." Deuteronomy 32:47a

• Children are a gift from God.

  "Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward." Psalm 127:3

• God wants our children to know and obey Him.

  "...God seeks Godly offspring..." Malachi 2:15

• God commands parents to intentionally teach their children Godly values and bring them up to become Christian adults.

  "You shall teach them [words which the Lord commands] diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up." Deuteronomy 6:7

  "Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." Ephesians 6:4

2. We believe a Christian is reconciled to God by faith alone in Christ alone. Accepting Christ as Savior is the defining belief for a Christian.

We believe this because...

• There is one God and He is righteous.

  "For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness..." Psalm 11:7a

  "His righteousness endures forever." Psalm 111:3

• God's righteousness by His nature will destroy anything unrighteousness.

  "The Lord your God is a consuming fire." Deuteronomy 4:24 and Hebrews 12:29

• God in love gave the Ten Commandments to identify what His righteousness is, to keep people from crossing the boundary through ignorance or carelessness and being destroyed by His righteousness.

  The Ten Commandments are listed in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5.

  "Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin." Exodus 20:20

• People, even knowing and wanting to obey The Ten Commandments, could not perfectly live up to them.

  "as it is written, THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE..."

  Romans 3:10

• There is one God and He is Love.

  "We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him." I John 4:16

• God loved us enough to provide a way-and only one way-for us to be reconciled to Him or "saved."

  "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16

  "In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son {to be} the propitiation for our sins." I John 4:10

  "If you confess with your mouth Jesus {as} Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9

3. We believe Christians, in response to the love shown them by God, seek to live righteous lives and share God's love with others. Living by these Christian Values is evidence of Jesus as Lord.

We believe this because...

• Christians commit themselves to pray.

  "First of all, then, I urge that...prayers...be made on behalf of all men... This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." I Timothy 2:1-4

• Christians commit themselves to Godly thinking.

  "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect." Romans 12:2

• Christians commit themselves to Godly and encouraging speech.

  "Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord." Ephesians 5:18b-19

• Christians commit themselves to walk in love.

  "Walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma." Ephesians 5:2

• Christians commit themselves to righteous living.

  "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age." Titus 2:11-12

• Christians commit themselves to reconciling others to God.

  "Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God."

  II Corinthians 5:20

• Christians commit themselves to serving others.

  "For though I am free from all {men,} I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some." I Corinthians 9:19, 22

These are the foundational principles upon which our work is based. If you also embrace these principles, we invite you to explore the strategies and support that Christian Values Legacy offers to those who have committed to intentionally raise their children to become Christian adults.

Our logo also reflects these principles. The torch and hands represent the passing on of our values. The flames represent Christians with the stylized Christian fish symbol. The red represents Christ's sacrifice for us, and is intertwined with the blue of our faith and commitment to Him.