Parenting

Obedience Yields Safety

Wayne — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:11:44 -0400

If parents raised their own children, per Biblical commands, instead of entrusting them to schools and churches, people like this wouldn't be a problem.

That churches are structured like institutions, rather than remaining Biblically organized, certainly makes it easier for both parents and molesters to get what they want. Parents are all too willing to surrender their duty, to train their own children, to those whom they worship (pastors, teachers). Churches attract molesters and deviants, because they're desperate for volunteers, and children and youth ministries are shunned by most. It's a formula for phenomenal success...at the expense of the children! If you want to protect your children from abuse, do not entrust their keeping to schools and churches.

Youth groups are probably among the most dangerous places for kids today. Besides youth group leaders who are molesters, they are breeding grounds for worldly pitfalls. Only a couple notches better than schools, youth groups still tend to segregate by age (unlike the real world), typically have too few adult leaders proportionate to the number of kids, and practice crowd control more than spiritual training. In my experience, youth groups practice coed lock-ins (sleepovers) without gender segregation, teach kids how to put condoms on bananas, teach them that sex is for those in love rather than marriage, and worse. Kids in youth groups tend to feed off one another, exaggerating any tendencies toward worldliness. Real holiness (being set apart for God) is all but unknown in most youth groups. These are dangerous places to entrust your children—if you value their eternal fate.

Obey the Lord by raising your own children, and a host of dangers can be avoided. Refrain from implicitly trusting churches simply because they claim to be Godly, but audit and question everything. Better yet, do your own job as parents, and molesters and damnation won't be problems for your kids.

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A judge gets it right!

Wayne — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:25:16 -0400

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/gwi...

A magistrate’s judge dismissed charges Thursday against a Gwinnett County woman accused of performing an exorcism on her unruly teenage son.

“All we have is parents who chose a course of action that government does not like or does not understand. That’s all we have,” said Judge Robert Mitchum. “… She cannot be held on these warrants.”
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Defense attorney Mitchell Kay said Alfred’s actions in handcuffing the boy were no different from what the police do when they encounter an unruly suspect.

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Matthew 19:14

Dave — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:03:17 -0400

My family attends a Messianic synagogue. We worship ישוע (Jesus), but in a very Jewish way. In fact, the worship time is one of the things we like best about our synagogue. We have Davidic dancers, people waving flags, and a very enthusiastic congregation with a tangible spirit of worship.

Today during worship, my wife and I were treated to a wonderful experience. For the first time in his life, our son, now three years old, participated in the worship activities. It began when he noticed that during the chorus of the song that was playing, the Davidic dancers would do a little hop when a particular lyric was sung. Our son started to hop along with the dancers, and he indicated to us that we should hop along with him. Only too happy to comply, my son and I hopped our way through the rest of the song. Too much fun! The song that followed was one of our favorites, so much so that we have played it many times on YouTube. I picked him up, and we both sang and raised hands to the Lord!

Now, I am not fooling myself about the spiritual significance of what happened. This does not mean that my son is saved. It can't even really be said that he was truly worshiping the Lord. He doesn't yet have the conceptual machinery to do either effectively. It was exciting partly because it was just so darned adorable (really, it was ), but mostly for another reason. We keep our son with us during the worship service, rather than dropping him off in the kids' room, because we want him to see us, and others, worship. We want to model that for him. The fact that he has begun to imitate us means that maybe we're doing a good job.

Anyway, praise to God, and give us more, more!

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A Dream Realized

Katrina — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:06:19 -0400

When Juliana was 3 years old she saw her first Praise In Motion performance. She had just begun her first ballet class that year and when she soaked in that performance, she told us that she was going to dance on that stage. I assured her that she would dance on that stage because her recitals that year would be at the same theater. She promptly proclaimed that, no, she was going to dance with THEM on the stage. She recognized that she would have to be older, but was adamant and over the years she has never waivered in her determination! God has nurtured her dream and His gifts in her to bring her to today. She was invited to audition for Praise In Motion on May 2, 2009 despite being only 10 years old (requirements are that you be 12 or older). Today, she received the results and has indeed achieved her dream and been invited into Praise In Motion!!! Praise God for His wonderful gifts and for Juliana's desire to use those gifts to give back to God through dance!

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10 Big Reasons Not to Send Christian Kids to Public Schools

Katrina — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:46:42 -0400

http://www.crosswalk.com/homeschool/11603305/

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Linder on Parental Rights

Wayne — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:12:45 -0400

As the Parental Rights Amendment moves forward in the House, I have noted that John Linder's name is conspicuously absent from the list of cosponsors. His office has been contacted numerous times over the months, and he still refuses to support parents' rights, hiding behind unconstitutional case law from obviously corrupt courts and ignoring innumerable attacks against parents' rights of late.

It's not surprising to me that John Linder doesn't support parental rights. His record is one of totalitarianism and corruption, collecting unconstitutional power at the federal level. He enjoys twisting the Constitution to justify whatever he wants to do (e.g., the Commerce and General Welfare clauses are his favorites to pervert), then hides behind a bogus understanding of federalism when he wants to avoid doing the right thing. He is one of many who should stand trial for thousands of counts of treason, though I'm sure he never will in this life.

I also have inside information about Linder, specifically that he violated campaign finance laws some years ago. He was observed in the actual act, mind you, so this is not some second- or third-hand information. He is a typical politician, unprincipled, unethical, corrupt, stupid, and evil to the core, and a liability to our nation and to freedom. It's no surprise that he has done nothing substantive to support parents' rights, either.

Now that I've gone on record opposing the traitorous Linder, I expect to see repercussions. I'll let you know when they occur, be they an illegal tax audit, inclusion on the illegal no-fly list, or some other government harassment. 'Tis an age of tyranny once again, and Linder is on the front lines—on the wrong side.

John—for I shall not honor you in your usurped position—if you ever want to go head-to-head, blog-to-blog with me, I'm game. I'll debate you online, publicly, on any topic, and I'll wipe the floor with your inferior intellect and self-serving principles.

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Why I Homeschool

Katrina — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:14:10 -0500

"There is a big difference between sending fully trained disciples into enemy territory and sending recruits to our enemy's training camp. If we do the latter, we shouldn't be surprised when they come home wearing the enemy's uniform and charging the hill of our home waving an enemy flag."

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Welcome to the United Socialist States of Nazi America!

Katrina — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:12:26 -0500

Nothing is allowed unless authorized by the State. Read more here:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north688.htm...

Will you be one to stand up to your government and say, "I will not obey this law."? I can and I will! Anyone care to join me?

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Fathers, take note

Dave — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:55:30 -0400

A recent study reveals that kids who spend time with their fathers have higher IQs. The difference in IQ is detectable until after the children are in their 40s. The study stresses that it is not enough just for the father to "be around"; we must be actively involved in our kids' lives, interacting with them and spending quality time with them -- and starting at an early age, too.

Of course, there is not necessarily a causal relationship here. Perhaps fathers tend to spend more time with intelligent children. However, I suspect that there is a causal relationship -- and what father doesn't think his kid is bright, anyway? (Mine sure is! )

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Called To Public School

Wayne — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:26:37 -0400

I have numerous Christian acquaintances who insist upon having a calling to put their children in government schooling. Might they be right about this calling? If not, why not?

The Scriptures make it clear that it's the parents' responsibility--the father's, most of all--to educate their children. It is quite impossible to maintain authority over your children's education when handing academic responsibility over to the State. The State gleefully takes responsibility (despite its insistence upon failure), but it also takes the requisite authority. Frankly, this is as it should be. Responsibility and authority go hand in hand.

Aside from the loss of authority over your kids' education when the State takes over, there's the ubiquitous claim of being "salt" and "light". This implicitly admits the unholy nature of government schooling. After all, there is no need for salt and light among the salty and enlightened, so to speak. These parents admit, then, they're essentially sending their children into the lions' den (if you'll pardon the mixed metaphors). Are these children ready to be salt and light, to evangelize the lost, to withstand the unholy onslaught that is secular humanism? Allowing for the one-in-a-million exception, no. Most adults cannot even handle this, amply evidenced by the countless Christians within government schools' employment ranks who are completely ineffective at fixing the system even a little bit. Children are to be about learning to minister, not doing the ministry yet. Even God Himself in the Person of Jesus went into the desert for forty days to prepare Himself for ministry--and He was already perfect! Paul spent years in preparation for his ministry, yet he was already a mature adult and well versed in the Scriptures (he was a Pharisee, after all). As a Biblical rule, childhood is a time of preparation for ministry, not yet a time of ministry.

There's also the principle of "pearls to swine" to consider. Given the secular humanist school system is unable to be reformed (brought closer to Christ) from within its ranks, any ministry there is very likely to be nothing more than throwing pearls to swine. I'll allow room for the very rare exception to this rule, but I can also demonstrate how even these exceptions do not require public school attendance.

Biblical ministry is one-on-one, one person at a time. It's about seeing the need for the Lord in those we encounter in life (family, friends, etc.) and offering them a chance to choose Godly discipleship. Anyone in public schools knows such chances are extremely rare; the schools insure very little time is available for such "extraneous" activity. Outside of school, where relationships are nurtured, one-on-one ministry occurs. It's the social time when kids get to know one another, spending quality time together, that ministry can occur. As a lot, homeschooled students spend much more time with friends outside a regimented classroom than the government's kids do.

Another nagging antithesis to a calling to government schooling is the common inability to hear the Lord accurately. Today's [American] Christians generally do not know the Word of God. They are generally unable to discern the Lord's will from their own sinful desires. The church is largely wayward, and even its leaders cannot accurately discern, let alone teach such discernment. Even if all the other obstacles against such a calling did not exist, it would be highly doubtful it could be accurately discerned.

The discernment of even the more extraordinary believers is generally abysmal, drawing into question any perception of a calling to public school. Discernment aside, if the pearls of Scripture are to be offered to those who aren't swine, those seeking the Lord, it's far more likely to happen outside a government classroom. Otherwise, children are to be in training to be Godly adults; they're not to be thrown to the lions before they're prepared to endure the evil onslaught. The final nail in the coffin of government schooling is the loss of parental authority. When parents surrender their Godly responsibility to train their children, they surrender their Godly authority, too, effectively signing over their children's futures to the desires of an institution diametrically opposed to Biblical values.

I do not believe there is such a thing as a calling to government schooling. I believe there cannot be. It cannot be Biblical to surrender parental duty to secular humanist indoctrination camps. There are even a discerning few who have called the church to endorse the withdrawal of Christian children from this a priori doomed institution called public school. Let the system collapse under the weight of its sins, and let a Godly alternative grow in its stead. Erroneous perception of this "calling" must be questioned; more so, the sins motivating this bizarre disobedience should be revealed and repented.

Here's the good news: forgiveness is readily available for those parents willing to repent of public schooling. If parents want to reclaim a Godly heritage for their children, there is not only forgiveness but ample support and encouragement for doing so. Truly a Biblical calling--a commandment, really--homeschooling is easier than ever (though not as easy as abandoning this Godly duty and honor). The Lord assures us He will provide the strength and means to obey should we choose to do so.

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