Home School Heartbeat Radio Program

While legal and political debates rage on issues such as allowing prayer in public schools, parents must decide what to do with their own children right now. Today on Home School Heartbeat Michael Farris, takes a look at what Scripture says about seeking knowledge and wisdom founded on God.

Mike:


One of the most common arguments for sending one's child to a public school is the notion that Christians need to be salt and light. There is no question that Christian adults need to be involved in public schools as teachers, school board members and interested citizens. Our legitimate concerns as taxpayers causes us to desire excellence from public schools, but should we send our children?


To answer that question we should consider more than the generalized commands to be salt and light. We're told in Proverbs 2:6, "For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding." Even when public schools have good Christian teachers, the rulings of the Supreme Court make it impossible for any public school to teach the knowledge and wisdom that comes from the Lord. I'm not suggesting that we can or should turn public schools into Christian institutions. But while the legal and political debates rage on these issues, parents must decide what to do with their own children right now. How can we follow the Scripture which directs us to seek that knowledge and wisdom founded on God?


Hundreds of thousands of parents are finding that homeschooling makes it possible to teach godly wisdom and knowledge in a manner that no court can ever prohibit. I'm Michael Farris.