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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.
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