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Post Reply Who Can Post? All users can post new topics and all users can reply. Username   Need to register? Password:   Forgot password? Subject: (optional) Icon: Formatting Mode: Normal Advanced Help Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Script MT Bold Stencil Verdana Lucida Console -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 White Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: HTML is Off Smilies are On BB Code is On [img] Code is On [quote][i]Originally posted by biblelighthouse[/i] I was reading a section on the CREC denomination website, and I found something I really love: [quote] E. Memorial on Christian Education All things are to be considered and conducted under the Lordship of Jesus Christ, including education, and especially the education of our covenant children. God has neither charged nor authorized the state to educate children within its civil jurisdiction. God has commanded parents to bring up their children in the education and admonition of the Lord (Eph. 6:4, Deut. 6:7). Given the importance and enormity of the task (Ps. 127:3-5, Deut. 6:7-9), and the impossibility of neutrality in education (Prov. 1:7, Matt. 12:30, Luke 6:40, Col. 2:1-10, 2 Cor. 10:3-5), we do heartily affirm the necessity of educating our children in a manner that is explicitly Christian in content and rigor. Government schools are, by decree and design, explicitly godless, and therefore cannot be considered a legitimate means of inculcating true faith, holy living and a decidedly Christian worldview in the children of Christian parents. Parents who do not fully understand the indispensability of Christian education should be warmly received into membership. However, the leaders of Christ’s church must thoroughly understand and plainly teach the divine imperative to disciple our children, the divine prohibition of rendering unto Caesar those who bear God’s image (Matt.22:20-21), the divine warning to those who cause their little ones to stumble (Matt.18:6) and the divine promises to those who raise their children in faith (Deut. 7:9, Ps.102:5-7, Ps. 103:17-18, Prov. 22:6, Luke 1:48-50, Acts 2:39). [/quote] I think those 3 paragraphs are short, sweet, and fantastic. Some people say we should send our children to godless public schools in order to be salt and light. I think that's hogwash. Should I send my 12-year-old daughter alone to an African jungle tribe so she can witness the Gospel to them? No way! Until she has had decades of explicitly Christian training, and until she has matured into an adult, and until she has been thoroughly taught how to effectively witness Christ to that foreign culture, she is not ready to be a missionary. When she is 25, maybe she can go to that jungle, especially if she is married to a likeminded missionary man. But sending her alone at the age of 12? No way! --- So it is with public schools. Some people would accuse me of sheltering my children. What are they going to accuse me of next, clothing and feeding them? :bluesmiley: [Edited on 28-8-2007 by biblelighthouse] [/quote] Disable Smilies? Use signature? Turn BBCode off? Receive email on reply? Attachment:

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