What the Bible Says About Your Children: God’s Love Versus Teachings of Fear

The post argues that one of the most harmful things parents can do is pass along ideas about children that the author ties to human-made religion. In the author’s view, such teaching presents children as born bad and as objects of God’s rejection, and it tells them that obedience and suppressing their own dreams and desires may spare them from hell. The author sets this against a different picture: a God who loves children regardless of their appearance, behavior, or school record.

The author encourages parents to help children discover and develop the gifts they believe a Creator has placed within them, and to present a heavenly Father who delights in them and wants them to experience his love and share his grace with others. The central idea is that children do not need to be told they are born bad, but need to be shown that they are deeply loved and wonderfully made.

The post also speaks directly to parents. It urges them to hold high expectations for their children, trusting that God knew what he was doing in entrusting them to their care, and to speak God’s promises over their families rather than the fears of human tradition. For families who have experienced the death of a child, the author offers the assurance that a baby is with the one who welcomed such children. For parents whose teenagers have wandered, the author encourages confident prayer, since God knows where they are and loves them more than their parents do.

The summary closes by noting the author’s belief that God watches over children and that he is greater than those in the world who seek to harm them. The post is adapted from a longer ebook on original sin, and the page also promotes related resources and a children’s gospel video.

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