In the face of absolute indoctrination, dwindling church attendance, and anti-Christian humanist teachings, what is the church body to do? Should we continue to send our children out to the yellow school bus? Of course not! We must take back the minds, souls, and hearts of our children and commit ourselves to independent Christian education.

It is easy to feel discouraged when reading the daily news. Whether you consider the cultural perversion or political unrest in our country, I think many Americans and Christians are asking the question, “How did our culture sink to such levels?”

Historically, our nation has been blessed with a shared Christian heritage and generations of Americans who personally believed in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Even those not a part of the family of faith benefited from the cultural effects of these blessings. Regretfully, this is not the case today.

Especially in the lead-up to the election, many conversations are being had in the media and around the kitchen table about why our country has fallen from its founding principles and what we can do to restore it. I believe that to truly address the root cause of our failing nation with the hope of returning to our founding model of liberty, we must consider the effects the public school system has had on our children and, by extension, our nation.

The reality is that while we sit in our pews, we are sending our children to be taught and trained in a classroom that was designed to ensure their spiritual destruction. Research overwhelmingly supports this and shows that between 70% to 80% of Christian children who are educated in public schools walk away from the Lord after graduating from high school.

In response to these numbers, some Christians justify their actions by claiming they can undo the indoctrination that occurs eight hours a day, 180 days a year, for twelve years in a government classroom. If you are tempted to make this case, I encourage you to recall the words of Charles F. Potter, proud humanist, and associate of John Dewey, when he mocked this optimistic sentiment: “What can theistic Sunday school, meeting for an hour once a week, and teaching only a fraction of the children, do to stem the tide of a five-day program of humanistic teachings?” What, indeed?

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