I read this Abraham Lincoln quote today:

“The philosophy of the classroom in this generation will be the philosophy of politics, government and life in the next.”

So if famous men of the past have said these things over and over (remember Martin Luther's similar quote?), then how have Christians conveniently forgotten that it is of the utmost importance to give their children a  thoroughly Christian education?

Lately I have been very disturbed by the hypocrisy I see in Christian leaders -- church elders, missionaries, pastors and the like -- they tell their congregations that the youth pastor and the senior pastor and any missionary that wants to go overseas, must have several years of Bible training and a seminary degree. So why don't they require their little children to have similar training before they are sent off as "missionaries" to be salt and light in the public school?

Certainly, Jesus spoke the salt and light passage and the "go into all the world" message to his disciples -- fully trained ADULTS! There is never a Biblical declaration that children should have any other role than that of being protected and trained by their parents. What are people thinking??!!

Well, off to bed for me. Here are some links to recent articles that I've enjoyed:

http://www.kevinswanson.com:80/Articles/WhattheWorldWasCryingOutFor/Index.html

A 40 Year Journey

http://www.summit.org/resource/tc/archive/0307/     Thinking "Worldviewishly"

http://exploringhomeschooling.com/     Exploring Homeschooling

http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/05/sbc_leader_family_suffers_when.php   

Family suffers when women choose career over children