Well, I realize this post may "stir the pot" somewhat, and I'll brace for the responses! Should Christians send their kids to public schools? Now firstly I want to say it's the parent's decision as to where they send their kids to be educated. And I do recognize in a fallen world there are all sorts of family issues (eg: single-parent families) for varied reasons. However, at the very minimum, each Christian should build their thinking on God's Word in regard to the training of children, and do the best they possibly can, with much prayer & God's help and hopefully the help of God's people in the church, to attain to what God instructs as much as we are able. From God's Word, we do get answers to Who owns children? Parents & ultimately God. Who is responsible for the education of children? Parents, & in particular Fathers as the spiritual head. What is the priority of education? Spiritual/biblical worldview. What should we understand about children? They are not miniature adults & they have a sinful nature. What warnings are there? Bad company corrupts bad character. Many people in the church have told me their kids should be in public school to witness to other kids. But what's the biblical basis for this? When I ask, I'm usually told, "we are to be light and salt in this world." Yes, true, but one can only shine light if one has it to shine. Yes, Matthew 5:13 states "you are the salt of the earth," but Mark 9:50 also states, "Have salt in yourselves." Your kids can't be salt till they have salt. And by salt, it means they are to be filled with biblical truth, but also prepared with answers (1 Peter 3:15) to be able to withstand the attacks of the devil in the world they live in. That's why Christian educators
provide all sorts of curricula for churches & homes to help raise generations filled with biblical truth & equipped to defend the Christian faith against the attacks of our day. Now Scripture also warns in Matthew 5:13, "But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot." In other words, contamination destroys. Before our kids can be a witness to the world, they need to be filled with salt, as uncontaminated as possible, to know what they believe and why and be equipped to defend their faith. Let's face it, most of the public school system indoctrinates kids for 6 or so hours a day in the secular worldview of evolutionary naturalism & sexual humanism. Most churched kids have not survived the public education system and have walked away from the church. Very few exceptional kids from church homes survive and are able to be salt and light. Most become severely contaminated. This is reflected in the fact there's been a massive generational loss from the church. Bottom line, are you putting your own kids at risk from contamination because you want them in the system to witness to others? But how much have parents & the church really made sure such kids are truly filled with salt to be able to do this? Most churches have not taught apologetics and most have compromised God's Word in Genesis, opening the door for that contamination to take hold. Most fathers have not been the spiritual head of their house as they should. Look at the evidence, most of the younger generations have walked away from the church. Generation Z is the first post-Christian generation & very atheistic in worldview. Remember, when your kids are born, they don't know about the bible, Adam and Eve, sin, the promise of the Savior, the Flood, or Babel, the cross, or resurrection, the saving gospel, or how to answer the attacks of our day. Our job as parents is to make sure they are taught and equipped so they can impact the world for the Lord Jesus Christ. Where are your kids spiritually? What legacy are you leaving to the younger generations? Who really has the greatest educational impact on your kids and grandkids?
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