Standing on the Promises: A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing

by Douglas Wilson

Properly understood and applied, godly discipline is a God-ordained preparation for a right understanding of the gospel.

But good children are not an accident. God gives everyone rotten children.

Assurance of salvation for the child rests upon the same ground as it does with any other believer—and this is not the assurance that comes from a human action or decision. Assurance comes from believing Christ, and gratefully noting the promised results of believing