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Originally Posted by Virginia Marine  There are several Christian families in our church who do not have the means to either homeschool or send their kids to a Christian school. Is that a poor reflection on them??? |
When the Bible commands Christians to raise our children up in the nurture and admonition or of the Lord, we were not given the qualifier, "if you can afford it."
Homeschooling does not have to cost anything. I have found enough free material online to out do any public school in terms of preparing them to live the Christian life. And even if you didn't have any material, you still have all you need to complete this God given task. All it really takes is a commitment of time spent training them in the most important aspects of life for a Christian. Throughout most of history, homeschooling was the default method for education. In most cases they were trained in the trade of the father, just like Jesus was trained in carpentry.
Our homeschool consists mostly of Bible reading and memorization, prayer, catechism, psalm singing and then the lesser things such as math, history and science and all from a Christian perspective, and yes, even math needs to be taught from a Christian perspective. Our children are 10, 8 and 7. When they are ready, I plan on teaching them philosophy and apologetics from a perspective that presupposes the Bible as a guide to all truth, so by the time they are ready to go out on their own, they will be prepared to think through every problem that they may face as a Christian should think, anything less than this is a disservice to God and our children.
If we truly love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul and strength, we will obey God's commandment to teach His words to our children when we sit at home, when we walk along the road, when we lie down and when we rise up. We will tie them as a sign upon our hands and as frontlets between our eyes and write them upon the doorframes of our houses and on our gates.
So to answer your question, yes, this is a poor reflection on them and their leaders that chose not disclose this information to them.
If this sounds preachy, remember, I have to preach this to myself everyday. My wife and I see this as a sacred duty to God. Many times my wife and I have been tempted to give up and have both of us work, but knowing what we know about how the evil people that control the government education system in our country have devised plans to manipulate our children into rejecting God and His word, we are all the more adamant at staying the course and thwarting their wicked plans. If you don't believe that this is infact what is happening, all you have to do is read their writtings. Here is a reading list that catalogues these facts.
NEA, Trojan Horse in American Education - Samuel Blumenfeld
The Underground History of American Education - John Taylor Gatto
The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America - Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt
Brainwashed - Ben Shapiro
The Harsh Truth About Public Schools - Bruce Shortt
Let My Children Go - Ray Moore
Any one of these books will give you a good outline about what is happening in government schools and that it is all intentional. I am not saying that everyone down the ranks knows what is going on but the actions at the top are very methodical and deliberate. All I ask is that you research this subject by reading some of these books before coming to any final conclusions.