The Significance of Home Education to God’s Kingdom Work
One of our goals is to encourage and build up home school parents with the Biblical foundation and long-term vision for the training of their children.
As R.J. Rushdoony has pointed out, “Education is inescapably a religious discipline.” One of our goals is to give meat to this profound statement by showing parents the far-reaching implications of a distinctively presuppositional approach to family and education.
For example, while many Christians have correctly focused on the religious nature of the content of education, they ignore the fact that the Bible also speaks to the methodology of education. Methods are not neutral.
The rise of the home education movement is not merely a response to the failure of government education; it is an affirmation of a distinctively Biblical approach to both the methods and the objectives of Christian education.
Unlike the peer-driven culture of the classroom, with its unbiblical approach to age segregation as a basis for training, home educators benefit from the one-on-one tutorial approach which allows parents to walk alongside their children while communicating faith, virtue, and knowledge, in that order.
Home education, with its emphasis on relationship-driven training, is a distinctively Hebrew approach to education, while the modern classroom, with its emphasis on efficiency, is a distinctively Greek and pagan approach to education.
The Necessity of Turning the Hearts of Fathers to Their Families
The last verse of Malachi and the New Testament passages heralding the coming of John the Baptist indicate that the turning of the hearts of parents to their children is a sign of great revival.
Over the last decade there has been a revived interest in fatherhood, but much of the emphasis has, in fact, been effeminate. Men are concerned about “finding themselves,” about their sexuality, about psychological solutions to family problems.
In the midst of this Satanic silliness, Cornerstone will try to communicate the clear Biblical message of vision, responsibility, love, sacrifice, and leadership to men — the key components of Biblical Fatherhood.
Our goal is to encourage fathers to disciple their sons in the spirit of John 5:18. Sons are taught the significance of claiming and living by the promise of the Fifth Commandment. Fathers and sons are encouraged to think generationally and to make the principle of Psalm 78 — a covenantal view of history — central in their relationship.
Books that Inspire, Teach, and Help Families Build Covenant Households
There is only one perfect book — the Bible. Nevertheless, we believe that books which address critical issues concerning family renewal, child discipleship, and Biblical fatherhood; godly education; Christ-centered apologetics; righteous government; and the providential hand of God in history, are useful and critical to growth in our Christian walk.
By emphasizing a restoration of biblical fatherhood, we will establish the unique value of each member of the family as God has ordained from the beginning of time.
Come join us in worship of God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ, our Lord and King, as He develops us through His Holy Spirit to complete the work He has foreordained before the creation of time.
Adapted from an article by Doug Phillips for use by Cornerstone Bible Church.
