"A Whole Way of Life"

I'm rereading a book that I read many years ago - - - back before Eddie and I were called Mom and Dad! I've just gotta share a portion that touched my heart years ago and does so again today. As I prepare for the start of our school year, I am reminded of why we are doing what we do. Thanks Mike!

Homeschooling families are determined not to be devoured and digested, becoming part of the feces of the carnivorous monster called public education. As homeschooling parents, you have taken charge of your life with intentions of giving God his rightful place in training your children. To teach biology in an environment that denies the Author of life is like eating an egg while denying the chicken. Such a process is stupefying- degrading to the intellect. To teach history apart form God is to praise the sculpture and deny the sculptor. To learn science and mathematics apart form the Omnipotent God is to throw out the computer and do your computations with a roulette wheel. To teach children to read and then outlaw the reading of the only book written by the God called "The Word" is like giving a blind man sight and then outlawing seeing.

The public school expelled God from the classroom, but when their immorality became a threat to personal satisfaction as well as personal safety, they started talking about values. They will not get their values back any more than a man will get fruit from a tree he has severed from its roots.

We are not rebels. Quite the opposite. We are just a minority who refuse to join a rebellion against God and the truth. We are taking our children to the tree of life growing beside the fountain of knowledge, to be refreshed by the Author of life. We will not stoop for anything less. We will not compromise. We will not allow state testing to dictate our curriculum. They have made their position on God and morality clear. We are making our position clear. We will not attend their party, dance to their tune or employ their fiddler." Michael
Pearl