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You must win their heart by establishing a loving relationship of trust and open communication. Character building and discipleship must be central.
We aren’t trying to create intellectually superior students but, rather, Spirit-filled Christian youth who can live out the truth in love and win their hearers to Christ.
our entire belief system on the truth of God’s Word.
not just God’s standards as they relate to matters of faith but also as they relate to math, science, the fine arts, the humanities, agriculture, law, or any other disciplines of study that exist.
I have met young people who can reply to any theological question you throw at them with a quick answer from the catechism. Yet they watch ungodly movies for entertainment, they listen to hedonistic music,
Without personal holiness, we might as well keep our mouth shut. The world will not listen.
are there moral categories to judge the forms as well (i.e., the style of the music, the type of art one chooses to produce)?
How would you define socialism, communism, and capitalism? Which economic system is preferable?
Can a parent send their child to a Christian or government school and still fulfill their obligation to be responsible for their child’s education?
Is a belief in a literal six-day creation important?
One of the roles of the father in the homeschooling process is to lovingly remind his wife of the high calling to which they have both embarked.
My burden for parents is that they think and live biblically and teach their children to do the same. A Christian education is not merely tacking a Jesus bumper sticker onto a secular methodology; it is, instead, understanding that everything we study is a reflection of the marvelous Creator who made all that is (John 1:3).
The law of noncontradiction is sufficient to tell us what is false, but not what is true. The law of noncontradiction is essential to a child’s education.
4. What happens if you are wrong? Dr. Jeff Myers, a professor, author, and conference speaker, once told me this is the most pivotal question you can ask an unbeliever, because it causes people to evaluate their beliefs.
If parents can teach these principles to their children, we will see young adults who can defend what is true in the face of secularism.
Who Created Math?
Math teaches us about God’s nature and character.
The method includes guessing, rounding, and approximating in an integrated math approach.
to the postmodern educator, how a child feels about an answer is more important than the objective correctness of the answer.
If a child has an understanding of how math works, he will be able to figure out any mathematical problem he faces.
Anyone can teach that 2+4=6, but only a born-again Christian can accurately teach why.
High school (what some classical educators call “The Rhetoric Stage”) is, in my opinion, the appropriate time to begin intensive introduction of anti-Christian philosophies and worldviews.
We have to realize that much of pop culture is not conducive to relationship with Christ, and is, in fact, designed to distract and keep us from meaningful time alone with God.
Postmodernists would say, in essence, that children should feel free to scribble all over the page if they want to, because what is art to you, may not be to them.
As Christians, we have an obligation to produce art that is of the highest standard we can achieve. Our goal should not be to promote humanistic achievement, but to show the world the supremacy of God and His kingdom. If people constantly see inferior quality emerging from the hands of believers, what will they assume about our Creator?
As a parent, your goal is to help your children, and especially teenagers, to think critically about the art they create and consume. They need to make choices that are based in wisdom.
The arts often, intentionally or not, bypass the human intellect, and shoot straight for the emotions.
language has no inherent meaning, and is simply fluid, transient, and ephemeral. Words only mean what the hearer interprets them to mean for them personally.
Punctuation and capitalization are virtually nonexistent in most email correspondence and social media.
Clarity in communication reflects the nature of God.
God chooses His words carefully, and we should as well. He says what He means and means what He says.
A major controversy among Christian homeschoolers is whether or not including “The Classics” as required reading for their children is always beneficial.
