http://4handsclapping.com/blog/2009/03/how-to-exasperate-your-children/ Surprisingly enough, you only need two forehands to generate this sound. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:03:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://4handsclapping.com/blog/2009/03/how-to-exasperate-your-children/comment-page-1/#comment-472 jeremiah Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:24:13 +0000 http://4handsclapping.com/blog/?p=1152#comment-472 Internet Monk wrote a great essay years ago on seven ways Christian parents can royally screw up their kids. This is a bit more succinct than that was. 7 and 8, for a kid, can effectively be the same thing. If you question whether or not they are saved it expresses doubt about them and God at the same time, just as if you assure them of their salvation they can wonder why you have this knowledge and they don't or vice versa. The mode of assurance or doubt becomes the parent rather than Christ, or at least that's my guess based on my own history of these two avenues. Internet Monk wrote a great essay years ago on seven ways Christian parents can royally screw up their kids. This is a bit more succinct than that was. 7 and 8, for a kid, can effectively be the same thing. If you question whether or not they are saved it expresses doubt about them and God at the same time, just as if you assure them of their salvation they can wonder why you have this knowledge and they don’t or vice versa. The mode of assurance or doubt becomes the parent rather than Christ, or at least that’s my guess based on my own history of these two avenues.

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