Over the pond it appears that there has been a lot more thought given to distinctly gospel-framed and Christ-centred approaches to education. In the UK Christians, even those who get the Lordship of Christ and are seeking to help students to live for Jesus in their university studies, generally run a mile. I’ve been working on a series of posts about education but as a counter-balance I want to link to this post: “Dangitbill! Homeschooling is NOT the gospel!“.
Additionally, Josh Harris spoke these pastoral words on the tendency to have pride and divide concerning educational choices:
Whilst I do not want to promote factionalism I do want to push us in the UK to think more about what the Lordship of Christ in the sphere of education looks like.
HT: Challies dot com and who else but JT
I appreciate the message. Beware of pride! I am a homeschooling webmaster but I am aware that there is a certain pride that is found amongst the homeschooling fraternity. There is frequently a tendency to point out all the weaknesses of public schooling and ‘gloat’ over the advantages of homeschooling. This, in a way, puts parents whose children are in public school in a bad light. Let each follow his own convictions without slighting the convictions of others!
Grandpapa from Homeschool Castle at
http://www.homeschool-portal.com
By: mrfreechoice on 12 August, 2008
at 11:15 am