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Questions:

Is telling a person he is saved unbiblical?
Is there more to assurance than saying “Yes, you’re saved because…”
When a child states that he is saved already, at what point should a parent “let” him be saved?
Should a parent ever bring up salvation with a child? At what point developmentally?

A quick survey of the New Testament [...]

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I’m going to begin a series on helping children come to an assurance of salvation. This topic has been percolating for awhile, and Lee and I have been discussing it at length together. We’ll see how it all comes together.
When I was a teenager, I started having doubts of my salvation. The trouble was, I [...]

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We’re thinking about the paradox of requiring unregenerate children to demonstrate fruit of the spirit.
Let’s consider the fruit of the spirit:
Love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, faith, meekness, self-control
I regularly require my unregenerate children to be patient: we have younger children who come visit, and I require my own children to be patient when guests [...]

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I happened upon an article at DesiringGod.org called “Why require unregenerate children to be good?” This is a good topic for discussion, and I thought the answer was substantive.
I regularly feel the tension of responding to my children who do not make a profession of faith. I tell them to display the fruit of the [...]

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This week Bethel was tussling with David over his helium balloon and popped it. Time stopped. David wailed.
I was fascinated to watch Bethel’s response. At first, she didn’t do anything. I’ve found that sometimes kids don’t know what to say when something bad happens, so I started giving her words to say.

Tell David you’re sorry [...]

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My dad and I got into a recent discussion about the covenant theologian’s approach to children’s salvation.
I’m not ready to blog about how I differ from this approach, but I did find an excellent, if not seemingly atypical article from a covenant theologian perspective. It has a number of excellent thoughts on teaching children about [...]

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My five year old is not saved. He is particularly reserved when talking about spiritual things, and rarely (if ever) brings up the topic.
I have a great desire to allow the Holy Spirit to draw David to Himself. I know how eager children are to please, and I have no desire for a false profession [...]

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In Children’s church yesterday, Lee asked whether a person who is not saved is an enemy of God. This really bothered one of the children (who to my knowledge, has not made a profession of faith).
The thought occurred to me that a child who knows he is not saved, understands salvation, might not really consider [...]

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In church on Sunday nights, we’ve been talking about the believer’s relationship with the law. The men have been having a grand time sitting afterwards discussing the finer points of Romans 6, 7, and 8. Me?
I’m still thinking about the role of the law in bringing someone to Christ, since I have three unbelievers living [...]

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In our church, the children stay in the main service, and then are dismissed for the preaching. I like this approach very much, but it is a challenge keeping them focused on what’s going on.
David’s always been able to sit still, but he’s just this year started singing. Since we’ve started school, he’s been more [...]

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