BTW, I want to stress again, that I am not saying that all Baptists refuse to allow their children to pray in Jesus' name, receive comfort from God's promises to believers, and the like. But there are many who do take this approach, including the very popular Growing Kids God's Way child rearing materials.

I do think it is inconsistent for Baptists on the one hand to teach that their children are heathen and outside of God's saving love and promises and on the other hand to teach them as if they were. But it is a blessed inconsistency from which the children benefit.

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Scott Roberts
Ruling Elder, Lakeside Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Southlake, Texas