Doug Wilson’s Teachings on Parenting and Child Formation

Articles assessing Wilson’s teachings on parenting, discipline, nurture, and the relationship between parental faithfulness and children’s salvation.

“...in our churches, the Lord’s Table is not protected with a profession of faith; the Lord’s Table is regarded as a profession of faith.” — Doug Wilson

“The topic of debate before us—resolved: that paedocommunion consistently expresses Christ’s purposes in giving us the sacraments...” — Doug Wilson

Doug Wilson Says ‘Children of Obedient Believers Will Become Believers’

December 18, 2024 (Updated on November 4, 2025 ) | Opinion by Nathan Wells

Doug Wilson claims 'children of obedient believers will become believers' — a prosperity gospel of parenting. What does the Bible actually promise parents?

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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. — Doug Wilson

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