Mark Speaks Out

He somehow found a blog entry on the PCA public school proposal, and he just couldn't keep silent. Since the post is archived in some obscure website, no one will benefit by his wisdom unless it is put somewhere else. Like here. Enjoy.

As the original entry states, "Well-grounded Christian children who received proper training and care at home can thrive in public school settings."

Are there many "well-grounded Christian" kindergarteners in your church who are savvy enough to see through the deliberate attempt to secularize their lives and to relegate their God to a place among all of the other gods in our new American Pantheon? Perhaps by third grade they're ready to challenge the establishment? Or maybe your 12 and 13 year olds who are entering public middle school are astute enough to resist the anti-God emphasis (both covert and overt) in the curriculum and to resist the overwhelming peer pressure that drowns so many in this artificially created social environment?

The author stated, "It was proposed by a Tennessee minister who does not believe any subject can be taught separate from a intentional Christian worldview." Should it be inferred from this statement that a proper view of history, science, math, life is possible through a lens other than God's Word? If so then, what is the purpose of education? What does God say is essential if we are to gain true knowledge? Whom does God charge with the primary responsibility of training a child? What is the church's role in this process?

Would we consider sending our children to train in Muslim or Mormon or Jehovah's Witness schools / meetings to be salt and light? Why not? Is there no truth mixed in with their doctrine? Do they not also need a Christian witness? When God calls someone to preach, do we send him to receive his training in a Buddhist monastery?
Yes, we are called to engage our culture and to be God's agents for expanding His kingdom, and that is precisely why our children must be well-grounded and intentionally fit for battle before they are thrust onto the battlefield.

If we as a church believe that it is preferable or even necessary to send our immature, unwise, unwary children as footsoldiers to do battle in an establishment that is officially agnostic (at best) and deliberately designed to make them melt indistinguishably into a pluralistic society--at a time when these children are most impressionable and still forming their basic understanding of life--rather than to do everything within our power to provide them with a solid foundation, consistent with God's truth, God help us.