So often Christians defend the practice of homeschooling based on what God desires them to do and even will use scripture but their practice and goals look no different from that of an unbeliever. We have bought into the humanistic idea that education solves everything and the better educated we are the better off we will be. It amaze me how often we as Christians, me included, so easily buy into the world’s view of how things ought to be when we have the creator of the universe giving us the answers in His word.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Prov 1:7)
The wisdom and instruction that we are to seek is that which is from God. We need to homeschool so as to instill this understanding in our children and thus they can instill it in their children and so on and so on. This is not to say we are not educate out children and seek for them to do the best they can but it is to say we need to do this with the right purpose so that we achieve the correct ends, glorifying God and enjoying Him forever.
When we get trapped in the humanistic model of education the wisdom and knowledge of God becomes just part of the curriculum and I think children begin to just see it that way. Once children simply see the word of God as just more knowledge to have, on par with all other forms of knowledge, God’s word becomes little more than words on a page to remember. If this happens then we end up with generations that do not know God as we see spoken of in Judges 2:10. I pray that we will review the purpose and priority for homeschooling and seek for it to be what God would desire and not what the world desires.
Here is the link to Part 1: Are you Homeschooling or Schooling at Home? Part 1
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Thanks Tony for linking to this article. I believe it is critical to our endeavors to reach the next generation for God's glory. I appreciate so much what you all are doig, we are behind you all the way brother.
It was my pleasure. The area of purpose in homeschooling is one of those areas that I have had to work through to get to where I am. Due to this I am probably more adamant about the purpose for homeschooling not being simply smarter kids who can get better jobs but instead wanting to see people homeschool so that they have more Godly children that exalt Christ more fully in all that they do.
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