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The Biblical View of Education
Education for the New World Order
Homeschooling
Fathers: Teach your family the Bible!
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I would rather my children be illiterate,
than to turn them over to the government school system.
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
Matthew 18:8
But of course, my children are not
illiterate. In fact, I'm very pleased and grateful to the Lord that my
oldest daughter just graduated with Bachelor of Science degrees in Math and
Physics!
I make such a statement above, because
there are Christian parents who give up on homeschooling because they are
concerned that they are not doing an adequate job. I pray our Lord would
encourage them and give them hope, purpose and direction.
When it comes to literacy, followers of
Jesus have the most reason of anyone in the world to be able to read and
write effectively! As Steve Phillips, missionary to West Africa, states:
"God is literate.
He not only speaks, He writes. Paul commands that his letters be read to
all the brethren (I Thess. 5:27; Col. 4:16). Common men are commanded to
read and reason from the written Word of God for themselves (Isa. 34:16);
even children are to gain their doctrine from the Scriptures directly (2
Tim. 3:15)." [See June
2006 West African Update.]
There are great dangers in turning your
children over to government schools.
Now, of course, there are many disputable
matters in this discussion. I acknowledge that when a Mom is in extremis and
"at the end of her rope" that drastic action may have to be taken.
And if you have your children in government schools because you see no other
way, then trust the Lord Jesus in the midst of everything! He will give you
wisdom and grace.
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In disputable matters, we must give one
another freedom to apply Biblical principles as best we can, by the grace of
God. We each may differ in "where to draw the line". But we ought
to be willing to discuss among ourselves, knowing we have to draw a line
somewhere when it comes to being in the world but not of the world.
Knowing that our children must make the
transition to adulthood eventually, we aim to guard their lives strictly
early on and release them to their own accountability to the Lord as they
approach adulthood. For my wife (an incredible homeschooling Mom) and I, we
decided that at about the age of 16 we would begin their transition to the
working world by enrolling them in the "Running Start" program in
the local community college. I recognize that there are some parents who
homeschool all the way through college!
Some might say, "We send our
children to public schools because we do not want to isolate ourselves from
society and we want to be involved in society to be a witness to the
unsaved." Of course I agree that we must be in the world, but not of
the world. We are called to be where the sinners are, to be a friend to the
prostitute and the dishonest tax collector, even if religious people criticize
us for our associations. HOWEVER, should we not be prepared properly for a
particular ministry? Is it wise to send a new believer immediately to the
Amazon to witness to tribal people? Does the desire to witness to the
unsaved require us to let the unsaved teach our own children their world
view and philosophies for five or six hours a day? Are there not other ways
to be where the sinners are to tell them the good news of Jesus Christ and
be involved with their lives?
The Biblical View of Education
There are great dangers in turning your children over to government schools
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