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If you're going to send your kids to public school just be prepared to provide their Christian education yourself. That's how I feel about it anyways. And you know what? That's not a bad thing anyways.
I've never heard a 6 year old preacher. . .
You might be misapplying something Jesus said to His disciples.
Amen. Parents are told to raise up their children in the way they should go ... not schools.
It amazes me how many people in this thread are of the "my way or the highway" mentality. I'm very concerned for any children being home schooled by those individuals.
I have. He wasn't six, but maybe no more than 10. It was in the documentary Jesus Camp.I've never heard a 6 year old preacher. . .
You might be misapplying something Jesus said to His disciples.
I feel so sad for kids that get thrown into the public schools like they are spiritual giants and told to "be the light".. Yes, who was the audience in Mat 5-7?
The Christian school is complimenting, confirming, and cooperating with what the child is learning at home and at church. It is in no way taking the responsibility off the parents. As parents, we need all the help we can get, and of course there is no perfect parent, but Jesus Christ.
I don't see the my way or highway mentality at all in this thread. To chose to home-school is a huge commitment and responsibility that comes from a strong conviction, determination, and passion, so maybe that is what you sense.
I've come across people in the past who have sent their children to government-run schools, and they've gotten a little touchy about the subject of home schooling.
You don't think attitudes which suggest that those parents are, for example, sacrificing their children, might be why they've been a bit "touchy"?
Nobody likes others, who are outside a situation, to come in and judge the decisions they've made with their child's best interests at heart.
I find this funny considering how often the phrase "life-long learners" is thrown around the education system and how the TEA is all about student-centered education.
I have. He wasn't six, but maybe no more than 10. It was in the documentary Jesus Camp.
I was referring strictly to the idea that we "need" to send our children into state-run schools as evangelists, in spite of whatever risk we might put them in. Also, although I would never subject my children to that type of educational system, I understand that many have no reasonable option, even if they want to otherwise, that cant. So, I don't judge people who send their children to such schools, but I do judge "missionary work" as a very poor reason, not to mention the doctrinally error. God doesn't need, and never asks us to use our children in such a manner.
I was referring strictly to the idea that we "need" to send our children into state-run schools as evangelists, in spite of whatever risk we might put them in. Also, although I would never subject my children to that type of educational system, I understand that many have no reasonable option, even if they want to otherwise, that cant. So, I don't judge people who send their children to such schools, but I do judge "missionary work" as a very poor reason, not to mention the doctrinally error. God doesn't need, and never asks us to use our children in such a manner.
I've actually been chastised by public school teachers for sending my kids to Christian school! They say it because of parents like me that there no "good" kids left in the public arena.
I think you may be referring to my posts. I never said "need." I suggested that it is an opportunity ... for the right child, parents and school. There is absolutely no doctrine that prevents a high school age child from going out and fulfilling the Great Commission at a public high school.
The concept of teenage children as helpless and needing to be protected by their parents is a relatively new phenomenon in historical terms - and an unfortunate one at that.
I wan't referring to your post.
Your children are going into all the world, making disciples of Christ, baptizing them, and teaching them all the Christ commanded? I think your mistake, which is a common one, is that you've reduced/changed the Great Commission to "Go and make converts".
"Helpless" has never be used here. As children get old they can do more. That what I explained in post #164.
You're creating a strawman by interjecting terms like "helpless" and "leash". Things which no one here has said, along with "my way or the highway", which I don't recall anyone saying.
I've actually been chastised by public school teachers for sending my kids to Christian school! They say it because of parents like me that there no "good" kids left in the public arena.
Explain to me the difference between "making disciples of Christ" and "making converts." And, while we're splitting hairs, I never said "make converts." Rather, I specifically said, "fulfill the Great Commission."
their children as unable to survive/cope in the environment, in a word ... helpless.
The "my way or the highway" comment was about an attitude, not a direct quote. Others have, apparently, noticed the same attitude
Please don't make accusations unless you have proof and have asked for clarification first. You may have misunderstood someone. If you would like other to be charitable, then you should be charitable yourself, no.
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