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Shalom :) I love the Galilee area! It is beautiful! I was there is 2010 but I don't recognize the name of the town you are in.

I dropped out for a while but I'm back around now and then so I thought I would say hi to everyone again :)

This sounds like a Montessori approach to education which many homeschool families do follow. I wouldn't call it "unschooling" because that does have the connotation of a complete lack of structure or intention. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_education

I see your point but I am reminded that our faith is in God not in the judgment or understandings of man. Even the "Old Testament"- the Jewish traditions- at the time of Christ have been altered. We are missing texts that helped to create the Jewish state that Jesus was preaching to! How can we...

RDKirk- I answered your questions previously. It should be one of the first few posts. :)

*nothing to do with the OP- just a statement of facts* State laws vary as to what is required to homeschool. Almost all require that there be a third party involved-often known as an umbrella school- which oversees curriculum requirements or that the children participate in annual testing to...

Could we return to the original questions and stop discussing what the council of Nicea did or didn't cover please. My point is this- why should we trust that a group of men got to decide what would and would not be included in the church tradition? How do they have the authority to determine...

Hedrick- Nicea certainly involved the canon among other issues. I don't have time to find peer-reviewed sources right now but it is a matter of universal education. I have never, in years of class, under multiple directions, heard anything other than these facts taught. And Wikipedia is...

RDKirk- thanks for the reply. I have a collegiate minor in Christian Theology and consider myself fairly well versed in Christian history from a Protestant standpoint. (Above the average churchgoer but by no means an expert) Right now the heresy you mentioned isn't ringing a bell but it might...

Why should we trust the council of Nicea in regards to the "authorized" version of the Bible? How can man decide what the truth of God is and is not?

Wow! That is a long commute! You may also look into papers that are run by Amish for Amish to advertise jobs. There are a few but the names escape me right now.

MrJim: perhaps you should let some of the local Amish know you would be interested in hiring. It may be trust, insecurity, lack of knowledge, or distance that prevent them from applying. The group I was involved with we're Old Order and they allowed outside employment. I'm sure the more...

Great example easy. I've also had opportunities like this when I was in the Middle East... Based on how I was dressed. I was mostly on my own but when I did things with a larger group ( I was there with the Middle East studies program, purposefully studying inter-faith relations in the...

Well said

Necessity is perhaps the wrong word but we are told repeatedly in both the old and new testaments that we are to help those in need, tend to the orphan, and care for the widow. There are lots of aspects of Christianity which deal with how we are to act socially. Notice Micah 6:8 as well as...

::sigh:: this thread is going down hill too. Can't we just praise God that more are coming to know Him rather than try to weigh whether or not they actually count as Christians?! We all have screwed up theology! We're human trying to interpret the Divine!!! We can't all get it right all the time!

No actually I never implied that. You do not know enough of me to assume that is what I believe. In fact, I believe God calls each of us to what we need in life. Some are called to preach because they and those around them need that role to grow spiritually. What Ren and I feel called to has...

Amen and praises for that which will be done!

Actually I would encourage you to be the one praying about this. That is not supported by scripture at all and is in fact a belief of the "church" used to fit into various pagan societies without making them change their culture and current practices.

Well said...