time the parent realizes the utter depravity of the child’s heart, things are already on a course for calamity. The Bible says, “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of correction will drive it far from him” (Proverbs 22:15). When children are simply permitted to follow the course of their nature, inevitably the result is disaster. That little newborn, as adorable as he is, is already a reprobate in the making. And if the parents have no commitment to raise that child in the nurture