Silence

R.L. Dabney was a great preacher and soldier during the Civil War. He served on the staff of Stonewall Jackson during this time. Dabney was a great man and had astute and prophetical insights into what was to come in the history of our country. I came across one of his quotes on education the other day. It said:

"The education of children for God is the most important business done on earth. It is the one business for which the earth exists. To it all politics, all war, all literature, all money-making, ought to be subordinated; and every parent especially ought to feel every hour of the day, that, next to making his own calling and election sure, this is the end for which he is kept alive by God - this is his task on earth."

Dabney was a man of insight and here speaks the essence of the words of Deuteronomy 6:6-9. Dabney also wrote that the failure of parents to live up to this standard would result in the disintegration of families and our society. In this regard he was a prophet.

Christian parents have the duty, under God, to educate their children. It is their duty, not the church's duty and certainly not the state's duty. Unfortunately 85% of Christian families have not realized this and most of them don't even know it. How can this be? Where are our preachers and leaders in the church? Why are they silent on this?

Does the Bible speak to everything we need for life and godliness? 2 Peter 1:3

Does the Bible speak about how we are to educate our children? Deuteronomy 6, Proverbs, Ephesians 6, and many other places.

Do we believe that we are to be obedient to God in every area of our life?

Are you?