Diligently teaching our children
Rev. Michael DeVries exhorts Protestant Reformed parents to recognize their fundamental responsibility for instructing their covenant children in the faith, grounding this duty in Scripture and the baptismal vows parents undertake. The article emphasizes how Christian homes form the foundation of Christian education, with church schools operating as parental extensions rather than replacements for parental instruction, and highlights the covenantal structure that ties together parents, schools, and the broader church community in the educational enterprise.
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. Deuteronomy 6:7 Issues in education have been increasingly found in the news headlines. Outraged parents are demanding wide-sweeping reforms in the content and quality of our country's system of public education. How thankful we must be for the good Christian schools that have been established and...
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