Home Education New to Home Education.....Home Education Myths..Home Education is a Radical New Idea. Home Education is a Radical New Idea Nothing could be further from the truth. The teaching home has been with mankind since the dawn of creation. The home was instituted of the Creator for that very purpose. He designed the home for producing godly children who are to be, in due course, returned to our Heavenly Father. It was for that reason that the marriage and the family were instituted in the opening chapters of the Bible. In the closing chapters of the Old Testament the purpose of God in creating the Family is made quite clear:
"...And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed..." (Mal. 2:15).
In between those chapters many references and instructions are given relating to parent/child relationships. In short, marriage was ordained of God to conceive, birth, nurture, and train up a child. It was to be "line upon line, precept upon precept" until the child is fully ingrained in accordance with the principles of Scripture. Then the child, having been a sacred trust, is to be returned to God who alone committed that precious child to the parents. It was done that they might, for a little season, share with our Heavenly Father the joy of training and nurturing that child. Although parents might then consider a grown young man or young lady mature. God considers them seeds, ready to be sown in the earth, to bloom into fruitful service for the kingdom of heaven. Thus the cycle of life continues. Throughout the ages home education has served well, blessing men and nations. Home education was the most common method of education in the "New World" serving to lay the foundations of America. It was the teaching home which brought fourth the men who preached God's Word from the nation's pulpits, revealing law and government, judgment and justice. It was the teaching home which produced the men who produced our government, anchored upon the revelation of God. If a list were to be made of successful home educated Americans it would include a long list of our presidents, generals, inventors, business leaders, and many other men and women of renown. Successful people of every profession and walk of life would fill many volumes. Why then should we believe it so radical? Why not return to a way which was so successful in the early years of our country? Or has academic freedom now become our fearsome foe? Sad though true, the departure from the teaching home, being a departure from the Way of God, has brought upon this nation much sorrow and pain, many heartbreaks and tragedies. A return of the teaching home is the only real ray of hope for the education quagmire into which our nation has sunk. The teaching home will again produce success, providing it is not destroyed by ill-advised legislation, or by ill-begotten court decisions. |
