Teaching our children to be involved in the life and activities of the church
Den Hartog exhorts parents to instruct their covenant children in the centrality of corporate worship and active participation in the church's life, grounding this responsibility in the baptismal promise that children belong to Christ's body. The article emphasizes both parental example and deliberate catechesis in cultivating joyful, reverent attitudes toward worship and fostering genuine spiritual engagement rather than mere legalistic compliance.
The baptism of our covenant children teaches us that they are from birth members of Christ's church. As our children grow up in our covenant homes, we must teach them the reality and blessing of this truth. The central calling of the church is performed when she gathers every Lord's day in the sanctuary of God for worship. In our homes we must instruct our children concerning this by our word and example, and even by our spiritual attitudes. Our children must grow up having a pattern of true...
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