The Approach to Covenant Children (4)

In response to a letter from a theologian and a Christian educator in the Netherlands Reformed Congregations (The Standard Bearer, Nov. 1, 1990), I have examined the covenant conception that views baptized children as unregenerated until such time as they are converted by the gospel. I have judged this conception to be biblically and creedally unreformed. A main criticism is that it makes good, healthy child-rearing impossible, practically. It remains to explain and defend the Protestant...