Well, you’ve diagnosed those kids’ core spiritual problem. Their true trust is in their own ability to act like good Christians, and your talk about sin exposes them as failures. Kids who trust in being good can’t handle reminders of their sin. It destroys their self-confidence, precisely because it is confidence in self. For those who firmly trust Jesus, even a hard look at their sin only makes them appreciate him more. The cure for kids who feel burdened by sin is not to ignore the topic (they feel the burden anyway, even if they aren’t talking about it), but to administer large doses of the
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