Public Schools A Training Ground for Faith?
Pastor Daniel Holstege critiques the evangelical argument that public schools provide beneficial faith-building opportunities for Christian children, countering the 'strength training' metaphor used by proponents like Jen Wilkin and Stefani McDade. Writing from a Protestant Reformed perspective, Holstege advocates for Christian school education as the preferable alternative for covenant families seeking to protect their children from worldly influences while nurturing their faith.
Earlier this fall, children across the land went back to school. Most of them go to a public school. But a rising number are going to private schools, or are being homeschooled. The theology editor at Christianity Today, Stefani McDade, recently wrote that the debate about Christians using the public schools "has come back to the foreground of our public life in recent years." She cites a Gospel Coalition debate in which the popular evangelical author and speaker Jen Wilkin used "faith-led...
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