Worldview Wednesdays: Thinking & Acting Biblically--Homeschooling

Why has homeschooling become so popular, and why do we tend to see it growing amongst Christians especially? The answer is that the Biblical worldview requires parental responsibility on education. As public education and even much of private education become more infused with naturalism, the more hostile these outlets become to Christianity. Combating 40 hours a week of secular indoctrination with a few hours here and there at home and Church is virtually fruitless.

For this reason, many Christian parents have decided to homeschool their children instead,which is not new, for this has been done for millennia. Not only does the actual education tend to be far better (more one-one-interaction, regular field-trips, etc.), but it also gives the parent far more authority in raising a child in the fear and admonition of the Lord. This is what the anti-Christians condemn, for they desire nothing more than to lead our children astray with a set of values that lead to moral and salvific bankruptcy.

Home-schooling for its own sake is meaningless, but, when it is done for the right reason, the glory of God shines all the brighter as each family takes seriously the importance of raising a child according to His Word.

The Vindication of Scripture

It's amazing to see how often Scripture is vindicated as more archaeological and scientific research is conducted. For now, we'll just look at the historical figure Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

For some time, many were determined to even deny the reality of a real person Jesus. However, more and more early documents began to arise which made it ludicrous to deny that Jesus existed.

Another tactic was to then deny that he was crucified with nails, but then a nail was found in the region of a person's foot and ankle dating to the era in which Jesus lived. This then made it foolish to claim that Jesus could not have died in such a manner.

Yet another tactic has been to declare that the Old Testament prophecies used to attest the Deity of Jesus Christ were manufactered after the time of Christ. However, the dead sea scrolls which were written well before the time of Christ made it evident that such prophetic texts were not fabricated after the earthly life of Christ.

We could go on and on, yet many still cannnot allow for supernatual explanations of the world. Why is this? If one presupposes a purely naturalistic world, one is then forced to revise history to fit this worldview no matter how bizarre the fabrications turn out to be.

Ultimately, the implications of accepting the Biblical accounts as historically accurate imply more than a rebel wants to accepts. That then is the real problem: a hard sinful rebellious heart.

Explaining the Death of Jesus Christ

Explaining the Death of Jesus Christ apart from a Christian Worldview is difficult. Many want to retain the moral teachings of Jesus Christ because they like many of his moral teachings, yet they desire to disentangle themselves from His statements of Deity, for this implies more than they care to swallow. This is chiefly done by denying His statements of Deity and then claiming that Jesus' followers fabricated His claims of Deity.

However, if He would have never claimed Deity, the Jewish leaders would not have brought Him before the Roman leadership to be crucified. The other idea that the Romans leadership wanted Him crucified goes against both Biblical and extra Biblical data written within the lifetime of Christ. According the Biblical text, the Roman leadership actually tried to free Jesus, so that hypothesis is unsubstantiated as well. Josephus, the Jewish historian, comments that it was the Jewish leadership that brought Him to the Romans to be executed. Even if what is attributed to Josephus is suspect, nothing recorded during the time of Christ and the apostolic Church rejects the claim that it was the Jewish leaders who wanted Him crucified. Therefore, the only way to make sense of the data is to admit that Jesus Christ was executed because He claimed Divinity.

This then begs the question of His goodness, sanity and/or truthfulness. C.S. Lewis argues that one is then left with either bowing before Him as Lord, calling Him insane, or the devil of Hell; He never meant for us to claim He was just a good teacher as many who like His parables and such try to claim; He never left that option on the table.

To Him be the glory! Amen!

Calvin's Institutes Book 2 Lesson 1 Ch 1-2 Original Sin and Enslaved Will

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Calvin's Institutes Lesson 7 Ch 16-18 God's Providence and Man's Accountability

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