…bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ 2 Corinthians 10:5 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ Colossians 2:8 The idea that neutrality may exist in any classroom is an evil illusion. It… Read more »
Posted by Donald Schanzenbach
One of the key Scriptures delineating God’s mind is found at Deuteronomy 6:6–9: And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and… Read more »
Posted by Donald Schanzenbach
Among those lies hatched by the devil’s Research and Development lab that have found the most favor among modern American evangelicals is this- the path to personal prosperity is acquiring specialized educational credentials in a field in great demand. This, we believe, is what we must give our sons, or if we are slightly more… Read more »
Posted by Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr.
Written 2008 There is, in evangelical homeschooling circles, a growing divide. On the one side there are those of us who might be called movement homeschoolers. We homeschool because we believe it to be the Biblical choice, not because we merely prefer it. We tend to adopt many of the secondary lifestyle issues related… Read more »
Posted by Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr.
God is at work. First we must come to understand that He is at work in our own lives. He gave us new hearts, such that we turned to Him in repentance. Now we are indwelt by His Spirit who works through the circumstances He brings our way to make us more like Jesus. He… 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.
I understand the temptation charter school/homeschool opportunities create. No one likes having to pay for the government’s education system through our taxes, and then have to turn around and pay to educate our own children. Computers and books can cost a great deal of money, so what could possibly be the problem? I see at… Read more »
Posted by Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr.TENDING YOUR GARDEN
Denise Sproul, wife of homeschool speaker R.C. Sproul Jr. and mother of eight children, seeks to encourage wives and mothers to be about the business of helping their husbands to exercise godly dominion, and to help raise up in their children godly seed for the building of His kingdom.
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.
