Comments on: I've Been Thinking About Thinking

By: Jaime G

Jaime G — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:59:33 +0000

SarahMae and Tracy, just wanted to let you both know that for those interested in getting a little clip of Dr. Voddie Baucham's sermon that was mentioned, it is on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq_tcyPV7Vg . We've watched it and passed it on many times :o) Hope that helps! ~Jaime

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:30:13 +0000

I am a home educator myself and I think it's a great way to go. However, it is not necessarily indicative of better education and/or a more grounded child spiritually. I know many homeschooled children who are rebellious, bitter against God and religion, and aren't ahead at all in their studies. On the other hand, I know many public schooled children who are lovely Christian children.

As parents we all make choices we feel are best for our children. But that doesn't make our choices better.

By: SarahMae

SarahMae — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:57:10 +0000

Tracy – I can understand…but I promise that the $7.95 is worth it…heck, I'll get it for you if you'd like. :)

By: Tracy @ Hall of Fame

Tracy @ Hall of Fame — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:47:36 +0000

Sarah Mae,

Thanks for the video recommendation, I did stop over there to take a peek. I didn't pay to download b/c it doesn't make sense to me to pay for something that I don't know much of anything about (re: Voddie and his products).

I do find it disturbing that he would make people pay to see it if it is indeed all that important. His teaser wasn't that informative either.

By: Lois

Lois — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:51:34 +0000

I love your thoughts. I am just starting to homeschool my son, and know I will never send him to another one. Home is the best!!! I know it's important to teach them ourselves and not let it up to the world to influence and teach them. How I wish we could put a shell around them and protect them from so much that is out there, but all we can do is teach them the proper way to look at things and pray for them, and ourselves to be able to teach them the best way. Blessings to you…
.-= Lois´s last blog post … Harmony in the Home =-.

By: SarahMae

SarahMae — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:06:49 +0000

Hi Tracey - good thoughts, thank you for voicing them! If you have time, watch this video: Whoever Controls the Schools Controls the World http://bluebehemoth.com/album/52740/ I promise it's worth the $7.95 to download! I'd love your thoughts after watching it! :)

By: Tracy @ Hall of Fame

Tracy @ Hall of Fame — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:31:05 +0000

I just want to interject a few thoughts here from my own experience on the issue since I didn't see them reflected in the comments (unless I missed them).

I grew up in a bible believing, born-again Christian home (Baptist denomination), my mom was a PK (preachers kid)…
I went to private Christian schools through 9th grade. My last 3 yrs were in public high school.

Totally unrelated to my previous statements, the Christ.school I went to the longest had decided at some point to shut down their high school dept after coming to the conclusion after research that kids who graduated from Christian schools seemed to have fallen away from Christ.
What was the point in having your kids stay in Christian school if they were not following Christ as a result? Right?

I can even recall in about 9th grade the pastor's son and his girlfriend making out at school which was in the church and they weren't in some dark corner.

We are called to be "salt" and "light" in the world. Apparently being in a Christian school was no guarantee of that. (Obviously).

Regardless of who teaches kids their ABC's and 123's- it is a parent's job to teach their kids God's word like Duet. 6 says- and do it anytime, all the time basically.

My kindergarten is learning to follow God from us at home and his Sunday school teachers. We are teaching him right from wrong and when he goes to school he has spoken up. And when he comes home sometimes we talk about what he's heard, etc..
We are fortunate though, he has a good school to go to in a good area. Its not an inner city/ dangerous type school.

I've thought about homeschooling him but I'm not sure that would be the right thing for us if the only reason I have is to shelter him from the little bit of the world he's seeing. He is learning right from wrong and in a place to practice making the right decisions. If I see that being in a public school is doing more harm than good when it comes to righteousness then I could see homeschooling him for those reasons.
.-= Tracy @ Hall of Fame Moms´s last blog post … My Blissfully Domestic challenge update. =-.

By: Sisterlisa

Sisterlisa — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:57:14 +0000

Bravo, Sarah Mae! I began allowing my teen girls to learn about various religions, with mine and their dads guidance. It has actually grounded them in their faith in Jesus Christ. They would not have had that kind of education anywhere else. Even the 'Christian' school they used to go to would not teach that. People live in fear of learning about other religions, but when you already know the Truth and that Jesus is Truth then other religions aren't scary. I love integrating their Science, History etc studies with Jesus, the Living Word. He is our Master and Teacher. .-= Sisterlisa´s last blog post ... My Carpenter =-.

By: Alexia

Alexia — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:30:31 +0000

Oh, Amen. I constantly thank God that we have the opportunity to homeschool! (and great laws in NV, btw!)

I agree that you CAN teach the children Godly world view whether or not you homeschool… BUT :-) why would I want my small children to have to have to go back and forth (within their selves) about what the teacher (peers/ TV/ society/ culture…well, you get the point!) and his parents are teaching.

I feel like these days we are really swimming up stream. I want to make it easier on my children NOW, so that when they are strong in their faith, and have gone thru some trials (under our watchful eye!) well, then they can go into the world, and conquer! (or, at least try..) lol

anyway, God is so good… he provides everything we need. including (Jessica!) the catalyst to prompt our hubby's (or ourselves) to change our hearts. :-)

whew… that was long winded. lol sorry, I'm blurry eyed from little sleep. lol

Alexia
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By: Stacey Thacker

Stacey Thacker — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:39:52 +0000

I heard a great talk on this by John Stonestreet called, " A Biblical Worldview Education". It was given at FPEA (Florida Home School Conference) I think in 2007. It really was awesome! Not sure if you could track down the recording or not, but worth the hunt! It really changed the way I thought about education and how I wanted my kids to learn. .-= Stacey Thacker´s last blog post ... Multitude Monday =-.