You might think that you are doing
enough in the personal discipleship of
your children to counteract this ungodly
teaching;or;that;by;taking;your;children
to;a;strong;Bible;believing;church;your
children will be able to survive the public
schools, but that is not what the statistics
say, or what I have personally witnessed
during;my;13;years;of;experience;as;a
public school teacher. On the contrary,
what I have seen is the destruction of
countless children from Christian families, including many who went to doctrinally sound churches.
One such family that I knew from
church was the Walsh10 family. The Walsh
family home-schooled their children for
many years but when two of their daughters reached high-school age, they decided to send them to the public school
where I teach. As soon as I found out
about their decision, I warned them about
the spiritual dangers of public education,
but sadly they ignored my warning. It
was as if their daughters where placed in-side;a;spiritual;gas;chamber.;It;didn’t;take
long;for;the;poison;to;take;effect.;Within
a;year’s;time;one;of;them;even;became;a
lesbian.;My;heart;broke;each;and;every
time;I;saw;her;walk;around;campus;with
her girlfriend. I can only imagine how
utterly devastated her family must feel.
Stories such as this one have become
all too common, but not all corruption
is out in plain sight. I have seen many of
our children pretend that they are who
their parents want them to be, only to
change;their;outfits,;their;personalities,
and their moral values as soon as they
get to school. The public schools steal
the hearts and souls of our children
long;before;they;walk;away;from;the;vis-
ible church; many as early as elementary
school,;40%;by;the;end;of;middle;school,
At the end of every day, as I walk
through the halls and glance into the
empty classrooms, the whispers of law-
lessness haunt each corner and desk
while the stench of spiritual death lin-
gers.;I;think;back;to;everything;that;I
witnessed throughout the day and I won-
der how Christian parents could possibly
think;that;this;godless;institution;is;the
type;of;“education”;that;God;intended
for;their;children.;If;they;only;knew;what
was happening to their children “behind
enemy;lines”;and;what;God;actually;says
regarding education, they would not
hesitate to rescue their children from the
public schools and provide for them a
Biblical;education;for;the;glory;of;God.
In the end, only God can save our
children, only God can save our families
and churches, and only God can save our
nation. With that said, God often uses
our obedience as a means to protect our
children from evil and to lead them to a
relationship;with;Christ.;Seize;the;day!
Even if you are in the middle of the
school year, rescue your children from the
public schools and return to the Word of
God for His commands and principles on
how to educate your children for His glory.
To learn more about what God says re-garding;education;and;a;firsthand;public
school teacher’s account about what is
really;happening;“behind;enemy;lines”
please go to www.EducationReforma
tion.org;to;read;the;free;copy;of;my;book
Education Reformation.
Ray Fournier is a faithful husband and
home-schooling father, a local evangelist,
and a public school missionary. His commitment to live by God’s Word as well
as his 13 years of experience teaching in
a public high school has led him to write
the book Education Reformation. Go to
www.EducationReformation.org to read
the book for free. Join the Education Reformation!
Endnotes:
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)(2009)
2. Gallup’s National Values and Beliefs Survey
(2007)
3.;The;Partnership;at;Drugfree.org;and;MetLife
Foundation;(2011)
4.;Josephson;Institute;of;Ethics;(2010)
5.;Life Way;Research;Survey;(2007)
6.;Southern;Baptist;Council;on;the;Family;(2002)
7.;Barna;Group’s;nationwide;survey;(2009)
8.;Pew;Forum;on;Religion;and;Public;Life;survey
(October,;2012)
9. Britt Beemer’s America’s Research Group’s
national;survey;(2006)
10.;Name;has;been;changed
11. Britt Beemer’s America’s Research Group’s
national;survey;(2006)
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The;defiling;effects
of the government
curriculum, the
media, and the student
culture can be seen
everywhere;you;look,
but especially in the
faces of every student
that I teach.
