staythecourse
Puritan Board Junior
Children as light in dark schools
Pastor Wes, I do not know if you hold to the following view and I am somewhat reluctant to use this if you are a strong adherent but if I may, I'd like to use this as an example.
A home-schooled young man I know now attends University of Louisville. U of L is a typical secular school with a strong leaning to humanism and plain partying. This young man stands in front of class for speech class and writes papers in English class against Catholic dogma (Louisville has a strong Catholic population) and evolution to name 2 things of which I have been made aware.
If this above rule were strongly regulated, the parents could in essence be shunned, disciplined, etc for exposing their child to potential harm.
In my estimation, the earlier a Christian can make a difference in his or her environment (regardless of age) the better for tearing down strongholds. The strongholds are shaken at U of L to a degree by this young man based on other students and teachers' responses. Catholic teachers (because of his gentle spirit) are not offended but admit they did not know basic differences in theology between Catholic heresies and Reformed truths.
My point: it's a case by case issue based on the maturity of the child and how well the parents know their children and the grace of God at work in them.
Pastor Wes, I do not know if you hold to the following view and I am somewhat reluctant to use this if you are a strong adherent but if I may, I'd like to use this as an example.
The consistory shall ensure that the parents, to the best of their ability, have their children attend a school where the instruction given is in harmony with the Word of God as the church has summarized it in her confessions." (CO Art. 58)
A home-schooled young man I know now attends University of Louisville. U of L is a typical secular school with a strong leaning to humanism and plain partying. This young man stands in front of class for speech class and writes papers in English class against Catholic dogma (Louisville has a strong Catholic population) and evolution to name 2 things of which I have been made aware.
If this above rule were strongly regulated, the parents could in essence be shunned, disciplined, etc for exposing their child to potential harm.
In my estimation, the earlier a Christian can make a difference in his or her environment (regardless of age) the better for tearing down strongholds. The strongholds are shaken at U of L to a degree by this young man based on other students and teachers' responses. Catholic teachers (because of his gentle spirit) are not offended but admit they did not know basic differences in theology between Catholic heresies and Reformed truths.
My point: it's a case by case issue based on the maturity of the child and how well the parents know their children and the grace of God at work in them.