busy eating the seeds of truth that here at church, how much more diabolical are their schemes when your

busy eating the seeds of truth that here at church, how much more diabolical are their schemes when your

And if they're in public school, you know, maybe try to get to an area where you know the schools are better. Don't put that on them, which has been kind of the typical line from the likes of the gospel coalition, where it's like, well, your kids are going to be missionaries.

But Christian, a mission field. So she does think the public school is a mission field, just not for the kids. Okay, gotcha. So as long as you're not acting too Christianly, like because the minute you're actually a Christian in the public school and you want to make it a Christian public school, that's bad.

It's against christ and so get the kids out and all of the really just poor Argumentation of like we're sending our children in there to be missionaries to the world. It's like your children are called to be missionaries like that at that age.

The kids that are there are just as worldly as the kids in the public school, by and large, you still have all the same problems where the kids are being taken out of the parent's purview for, you know, eight to 10 hours a day being raised and groomed by other people that aren't their parents, which is still an issue in a Christian school.

I hear that a lot. There's a popular argument that if Christians take their kids out of the schools, then there won't be any Christians to evangelize to the non -Christians in the schools. However, we need to recognize that our children need to be trained first before they are ready to evangelize to others.

This is why it's so dangerous to send your kids to the public school. Yes, like we talked about last time, well -grounded, Christ -honoring, God -loving kids who can be a strong light and vibrant salt could do very well in the public school and point many to Christ at the same time.

And I know that there's this vast chasm of difference between the way I think and the way they think, and, you know, when I look at my kids, I've tried to, I mean, we've homeschooled our kids, and I think if there was, like, a great private school option that didn't cost an arm and a leg, we may consider that as well, but, like, we've tried to homeschool our kids, but, I mean, there's a very big difference between our kids and your standard public school kids, and, you know, like, it's, if you're trying to, you know, teach your kids to, you know, what it means to be a Christian, what it means to follow the Lord, and, like, there's a path to get them to act just like secular pagan worldly people that's pretty obvious, you know?

They are missionaries into that pagan culture, but not our children.

Are they assisting followers of Christ in their sanctification, or are they equipping the next generation of moral pagans? If you're involved in children's ministries, first know that I thank you for your service.

So with God's help, you know, but the issue is when you're trapped in that kind of arrangement, then you're handing your kids over, and I mean, I think the standard Christian in America today is basically they never have devotions, they never talk about, they're not teaching their kids about the Bible at all, you know, they're just two income families who both of them have been convinced they have to work.

You are the one that is teaching them Christ, and you are the one that's going to be held most personally responsible. So how do you raise your kids in insane times? Well, the Bible does say that you're the one who's doing it.

But with our kids, we so often throw them into the game without ever once teaching them, preparing them the way they should. Don't protect your kids. Prepare them for the world that's out there. Prepare them for the fact that Satan wants to destroy them.

And that means being a soft presence, not being necessarily even a loud presence. I do think one of the misconceptions about Christian parents who send children to public school is that we've sent them there to be missionaries, to be salt and light.

They send them to school, they send them to church, and they don't really want to have to teach. Let me encourage you with three things. Number one, God commands it, and He empowers what He commands. If you are His child, you can do what He's called and created you to do.

It's not wise to send your kids to public school. It is not appropriate for a Christian to send your kids to public school. It is not appropriate. You need to do whatever Jen Wilkins said where she said you should do whatever you can to send them to public school.

They send them to school, they send them to church, and they don't really want to have to teach. Let me encourage you with three things. Number one, God commands it, and He empowers what He commands. If you are His child, you can do what He's called and created you to do.

Does this mean we cannot invite others to participate in our children's spiritual training? Of course not. The more biblical influences your kids have, the better. But should a parent fully delegate the entirety or even the vast majority of that teaching to others?

Are they assisting followers of Christ in their sanctification, or are they equipping the next generation of moral pagans? If you're involved in children's ministries, first know that I thank you for your service.