Education is the sacrament of the Enlightenment. That is, when people caught up in enlightenment thinking, whether inside or outside the church, see a problem, their means of grace of choice is ever and always more education. The priests of the secular realm are, after all, educators. Consider all the public service announcements we are… Read more »
Posted by Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr.
Written 2008 I’m confident that many Christians have not slept well these last few nights. I suspect that tonight they won’t do much better. Over the last several days, as I write, the stock market has not performed well. It has reached a five year low, having lost over forty percent of its value since… Read more »
Posted by Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr.
Yes, and no. Before we can ask the question, we must define our terms. I hope we know the difference between sons and daughters. I’m confident, however, that we aren’t terribly sharp about what we mean by education. We tend to conflate two different goals, the passing along of our most important convictions (what education… Read more »
Posted by Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr.
While in the end I think it important for both Christian students and teachers to leave the government school system, the case for getting the children out is by far the stronger, clearer case. The two are related, but not at all the same. It is my conviction that education is everywhere and always inherently… Read more »
Posted by Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr.
I am, and have been for decades, a strong advocate of homeschooling. The key reason for that is my conviction no child can be properly educated unless they are taught day in and day out the Lordship of Christ over all things. This, of course, is not possible in the public schools that are by… Read more »
Posted by Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr.HOMESCHOOLING REDUCKS (OR REDUX)
It’s been 108 weeks since we last talked about the subject of homeschooling our children. Since then, some of RC and Laurence’s children have become teenagers and one has even “graduated”. What have they learned in the past nine years? What has changed? What remains the same is that homeschooling means discipleship; passing down your most important convictions to your children and teaching them our holy religion.
HOMESCHOOLING
Jesus says that we are to render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s. Why then do so many Christians render to Caesar their children, who bear God’s image? This conversation looks at the calling of God on parents to teach their children the very stuff of life, the glory and grace of our God, and to do so in the context of our lives, testimonies to the glory and grace of our God, encouraging us to speak of these things when we lie down, and when we rise up.
Yes, and no. Before we can ask the question, we must define our terms. I hope we know the difference between sons and daughters. I’m confident, however, that we aren’t terribly sharp about what we mean by education. We tend to conflate two different goals, the passing along of our most important convictions (what education has always meant to the Christian- see John Milton, on repairing the ruins) and preparation for earning a living (what education has always meant to the government- see OBE, School-to-Work, Dewey, Mann, ad nauseum.)
Posted by Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr.
Because the serpent is so crafty he has taught us to overlook his craftiness. His feints are those blustering and obvious assaults he makes on God and His Word. His real work, however, happens in the hand we are not watching. Consider for a moment the government’s schools. You can count on one group of… Read more »
Posted by Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr.
One of the great dangers of our industrialized view of education, wherein we view our children as raw material that are moved along a conveyor belt until they come out the other side educated widgets, is that it bifurcates our lives. We are, in this view, students for a time, until we are students no… Read more »
Posted by Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr.
