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means of grace, in particular the procla- (NCFIC), Voddie Baucham Ministries, (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2001), pp.
mation of the law and gospel. Certainly, Botkins Western Conservatory of the Arts 171, 175.
many need to take Christian nurture and Sciences, and various homeschooling 16. Spitz, Lawson, Cubberley, McNeil,
organizations such as Christian Home Edu- Benedict, to name a few.
more seriously, and homeschooling is
cators of Colorado. 17. See authors last chapter summarizing
likely a good means toward that goal.
3. Dougs Blog, Oct. 8, 2004. the history of Christian education in his
But it is neither a sign nor an instru-
ment of revival. 4. <visionforum.com/about/ and /aboutvf/> book, Uniting Church and Family (at Ama-
from 2001-2011. See Internet Archive, zon and in Kindle format). More details
The agency of revival is normally
https://archive.org/web/. are found in his unpublished paper on the
the church. Malachis historical proph- history of Christian education (you may
5. Thatmom.com (Karen Campbell), Jens
ecy is but an application of the Spirits contact the author for details).
Gems (Jen Fishburne), Chalcedon and I
ordinary work of using the churchthe and others wrote about our concerns from 18. Report of the General Assembly in the
pastor in particularto preach repen- the mid-2000s onward but had no nation- Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presby-
tance from sin (like John the Baptist) wide platform to express these concerns. terian Church in the United States of America,
and faith in Jesus Christ to bring the Most of these authors published concerns 1810, p. 443, books.google.com.
hearts of the disobedient to the path of about this aggressive form of homeschooling 19. Reading the studies will demonstrate
the righteous in Christ. and patriarchy but did not tie the theme to as much. See my article The Statistics of
If these homeschooling leaders Malachi 4 except for myself and Chalcedons Homeschooling in Uniting Church and
want revival, then they need to pro- Martin Selbrede in Faith for All Life, March/ Family or my articles at Examiner.com, un-
mote healthy, mature and confessional April 2010. der Denver Christian Perspectives Examiner.
churches. They need to challenge their 6. See Scott Browns quote above. Israel 20. Pew Forum, Religious Landscape
audiences false practices and especially Wayne, The Second Generation Home- Survey, 2008, http://www.pewforum.org/
schooling Movement (http://www. files/2013/05/report-religious-landscape-
false gospels. They need to cry out to
homeschoolalumni.org). Generations Radio study-full.pdf. Barnas UnChristian book
the Spirit for more conviction of sins. collects a host of statistics, showing the
names this theme several times, including
They need to cry out to the Spirit for in their commercial breaks. State organiza- widespread ignorance of Christians and the
more John the Baptistsmore faithful tions include Christian Home Educators of rising lack of piety.
ministerswho will preach repentance Colorado (parent institution of Generations 21. Barna Group, Home School Families
from dead works and faith in the Living Radio) whose former executive director Have Different Backgrounds Than Com-
Christ. asserted: [Homeschooling is] beyond any monly Assumed, 2001, https://www.barna.
May God answer this prayer. doubt, a veritable reformation of life com/research/home-school-families-have-
unmatched by anything we have seen in the different-backgrounds-than-commonly-
Shawn Mathis is a pastor, writer and last century or two in Europe or America. assumed/
homeschooling father. His book, Uniting (Homeschool Update, Christian Home Edu- 22. Nehemiah Institute, Where are we
Church and Family, summarizes his research cators of Colorado, Fall, 2008). Going? August 1, 2008, http://www.
of historical and modern homeschooling
7. Kaiser, Walter C., and Lloyd J. Ogilvie, nehemiahinstitute.com/articles/index.
and the family integrated church movement.
ed., Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, php?action=show&id=35http://www.
He writes on various current topics at
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, vol. 23, The nehemiahinstitute.com/articles/index.
PastorMathis.com. He pastors Providence
Preachers Commentary Series (Nashville, php?action=show&id=35
Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Denver.
TN: Thomas Nelson Inc., 1992). 23. Generations Radio, Sept. 5, 2011.
1. National Center for Family Integrated 8. Cp. Langes Commentary for a list of 24. Cardus Education Survey, 2011, online,
Churches (NCFIC) blog, endorsed the names at books.google.com. http://www.cardus.ca/research/education/
original interview on their blog back in 9. Greek: apeitheis and dikaios respectively. survey_schedule/.
January of 2009. 10. Hebrew: zaar (seed) and ben (son). 25. Homeschool Education Neglect
2. The broadcast this quote came from was 11. Hiphil, perfect, 3 person, masculine (2014) and Signs of Gigantic Reformation
endorsed on the NCFIC blog in 2009. The singular. in the West, Generations Radio, sermonau-
NCFIC is the brainchild of Phillips and has dio.com, 2013.
12. Qal, imperfect.
never disowned the radical homeschooling
claims but assumes them. Other groups 13. Qal, waw, perfect.
influenced by Vision Forum and/or pro- 14. Luke uses epistrefou, repent, change ones
moted it or shared the speaking circuit with ways (Friberg).
him include R.C. Sproul Jr., Scott Brown 15. Voddie Baucham, Family Driven Faith

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