The 100 Scriptures Project
We interviewed one mom who has challenged her young children to memorize 100 scriptures. Read one to find out how they did it and why. Cari, tell us about having your children memorize 100 scriptures: What motivated you to do this? Why was it important to you? What did you want the outcome to be? Did you wish to accomplish more than just memorizing? As a mama, I worry about how much time I have left with my children to teach them and to prepare them for the world. I want them to have the tools and the wisdom that they will need in life to combat temptation and doctrinal error. It seems like it was just yesterday that we were bringing my eldest child, Savannah, home from the hospital, and now she is nearly 9 years old. I know that all I will...
Read MoreAre You a Diligent Teacher?
In Deuteronomy 5:1, Moses calls all of Israel before him to speak to them the statutes and judgments of God. He tells them to learn them, keep them and do them. These people took the covenant between themselves and God very seriously. It was important for the Israelites to keep God’s commandments because they were about to go and possess the land that was promised to them. The process of taking the land would require their faithfulness for many generations, so teaching the law to their children was of the utmost importance. Deuteronomy 6:7 says that they were to teach the law diligently to their children and talk about it when in the house, when walking by the way, when lying down, and getting up. In other words – all the time. Teaching God’s...
Read MoreA Vote For Public School
I’m 22 years old and have two younger sisters, 13 and 15, whom I have tried to be as involved with as possible while they are growing up and during the junior high/high school years. However, I have absolutely no children of my own. I feel the need to add this disclaimer so that you may take my thoughts with whatever size grain of salt that you like. I am a big believer in the public schooling. I went through the public school system and have many wonderful friends who did as well. I think that the best way to learn how to “be in the world, but not of the world” is to be in the world. It offers youth an opportunity of “always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you” (1 Peter 3:15). I think...
Read MoreThe Weakest Link
I can remember when I was just a little girl, the wonderful swing that hung on the huge wraparound porch of my Maw Maw’s house. I would swing, sing and play in it for what seemed like hours each time we visited. It made the most comforting sound as it swung, back and forth. As I swung, the cool breeze that blew gently across that big old porch was like none other. I remember sometimes just lying there and counting the links in the chains that supported the swing. Though I thought about it sometimes, I never really worried about the chain breaking. I was too busy swinging my dolls and listening to all the different birds singing around me. As my mother and I arrived for one of our visits to Maw Maw’s, I ran to her to get my usual hug and kiss. I...
Read MoreHomeschooling: Benefit or Disaster
So what’s all the fuss about homeschooling these days? Pros, cons, pluses, minuses; it’s all so confusing! There are so many different opinions out there, how is one to know what to believe? Well, I’m here to tell you the homeschooler’s side of the issue – as well as the teacher’s side of the issue. I can do this because I am a homeschooler – and a teacher. That is to say, I was homeschooled from 1st grade through 12th grade and am now a licensed elementary teacher. In grade school, I was grateful to be homeschooled, mostly because of the flexibility. I didn’t have to get up early; I could do school in my pajamas; we could go on lots of field trips; and when we did errands, we could do them during school hours before...
Read MoreResources For Christian Parents
As Christian parents, we must teach and defend the truth of the Bible constantly with our children. Satan is hard at work in the world and in the schools to try to discount God through our children’s text books. Listed below are a few resources that might prove helpful for Christian parents striving to uphold their charge to teach their children the truth. * www.apologeticspress.org – Apologetics Press has published materials for over 20 years that support the Christian Faith. * www.icr.org – Institute for Creation Research’s mission is to “equip believers with evidence of the Bible’s accuracy and authority through scientific research, education programs, and media presentations, all conducted within in a thoroughly biblical...
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