All three of our children have made a profession of faith in the last three years. None of them are baptized. Since we’ve had children, we’ve not been in churches that baptize children easily. There’s an understandable desire to make sure that children are making a genuine decision to follow Christ (we share this desire!), […]
When a Child Has a Hard Time Remembering Salvation
I have wanted for awhile to post Bethel’s testimony (given by permission) as a part of our childhood conversation series. Now, Bethel had a harder time with her testimony than David. She is 18 months younger, and places her salvation testimony about two years ago (when she was about 5 years old). This is consistent […]
Misunderstanding Salvation
Are they really saved? When I started talking with the children about their testimonies, I discovered that all three had a similar misunderstanding about salvation. I asked them about asking God’s forgiveness for sin, and at different occasions, they all seemed to think that since God forgave them in salvation, they didn’t need to ask […]
Childhood Conversion, Continued
I mentioned that all three of our children have in the last several months made professions of faith. I recently interviewed them and typed their responses. They have given me permission to post their testimonies. Here is David’s. My words are in brackets and italics. [David didn’t know where to start. I suggested he tell […]
