Myth: 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.
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