I think we should expect our teens to learn all that they can before we send them out into the world. Brad and I taught our children the Apostle's Creed and the Nicene Creed when they were three or four years old, so they could participate in worship. There is great value in teaching them or equipping them for the battles they will face in the real world.

We were attending a church that was dispensational and that was what they were studying in youth group, my daughter saw through it right away. I believe she was 12 at the time, and she was very upset. She knew it was wrong, but didn't understand why it was wrong. We looked up all of the scriptures given by the leader and she was able to see how it didn't line up with scripture. We left the church shortly after and returned to the PCA church we had been attending to find the youth group leader teaching a class to the teens about why dispensationalism was wrong. It was great! He also expected each one of them to obtain copies of Tabletalk and read it. He has since left, but he was awesome. He held a really high standard and didn't let the kids play dumb and they all respected him for it.

I think we always underestimate what our children can handle and we are wrong to do so. I work with all four of my children on the catechism and they seem to get it.

The Holy Spirit works in the hearts of all believers and I don't think there is anything we can't handle if the Lord is at work in our hearts and minds despite our age or education.

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Mindy
Happy to be a member of Eagle Heights Presbyterian Church, where the Lord brought me to salvation, and where my life was changed completely!
Wife to Brad
Mom to Taylor, William, Leah and Julia
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. Proverbs 24:3-4