“Now many children of believing parents do not become believers themselves. At the same time, children of obedient believers will become believers. ‘Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it’ (Prov. 22:6). The sovereign God uses means to accomplish His purposes in election, and His appointed and revealed means for the conversion of covenant children is obedient parents–not elect parents who are disobedient in how they bring up children.”1 – Doug Wilson
Want More Context?
Here are some links to other blogs and podcasts dealing with this and other issues in more depth:
https://contrast2.wordpress.com/2016/05/23/a-presbyterian-finally-gets-acts-239-right/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAqhpb-UF40
https://greenbaggins.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/are-children-assumed-to-be-saved/
https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/213232214116948
https://www.apuritansmind.com/book-reviews/the-black-list-reformed-is-not-enough/
https://reformed.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Federal-Vision-Doug-Wilson-and-Infant-Baptism.pdf
https://heidelblog.net/2013/11/for-those-just-tuning-in-what-is-the-federal-vision/
https://www.trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=207
https://learn.ligonier.org/articles/praying-our-childrens-salvation
Footnotes
Footnotes
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Douglas Wilson, Standing on the Promises: A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing, Canon Press, 1997, p. 86, Kindle Edition. ↩