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The Father ’ s Love
On that morning of November 15 , 1995 , as the snow fell , and the pains came , and the breath of winter hung in the Virginia air , we knew : It was time . Shortly after 6:30 p . m . that Wednesday evening , I watched as your mom gave her final push in the room at Alexandria Hospital , and your wet , black , straight hair slicked to your head finally poked through fully into the light of life . I watched as they suctioned you and you took your first breath and cried . I cried , too , at the sight of you ,
John W . Fountain is the founder and president of WestSide Press Books , a professor of journalism at Roosevelt University in Chicago and an awardwinning columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times .
perfect , beautiful , our daughter , my daughter . And every hope I
What We Believe
One God in three persons : Father , Son , Holy Spirit .
Jesus Christ ’ s deity , virgin birth , sinless humanity , sacrifice on the cross , atoning blood , bodily resurrection , ascension to heaven and return .
The Bible is God ’ s infallible revelation to man .
Salvation by grace alone , through faith alone , through Jesus Christ alone .
The one true church , the body of Christ , consisting of all believers .
The Holy Spirit indwells and empowers believers and is given as a seal of our inheritance in Christ .
ever had for you , every expectation , every joy a father could ever find in a daughter , I found in you that day , in that moment , in that room .
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