Public schools as a
divine tool for religious instruction, and more on the return of Christ to
heaven are topics, today. A “Yahoo! Answers” Top Contributor using the ID
“Olga”, (a member since November 14, 2012, Level 3 with 1,749 points) posted the
following:
Christians: How can we get God back in
schools where He belongs? +Pastor John Hagee...?
of the Cornerstone Church said this on the church's
Facebook page which is extremely inspirational:
"Hope for tomorrow begins with rational decisions
today that guarantee a new direction for our nation. We have run God out of our
schools, our lives, many of our churches
and God’s blessing has been lifted
from our nation. I invite you to come this Sunday morning to hear the answer
from God’s Word about “Hope for Tomorrow.” I’ll see you at Cornerstone Church
Sunday morning; bring your Bibles and note-taking materials. Bring a heart that
is ready to hear from heaven. God knows we’ve heard from everybody else long
enough." - Pastor John Hagee
Join us at 8:30 & 11am! See you in
Church!
THE BATTLE AXE: The
Ascension of Christ? (12/19/2012)—The lifting up of Jesus while he was yet in
the flesh was witnessed by a group of men who had been carefully chosen and
prepared through daily living, study, and laboring in ministry with Jesus.
Without having first been built up through encounters and tests, the display of
glory, holiness and power would have overwhelmed the carnal minds, emotions, and
imaginations of the apostles. Instead of confidence and conviction, confusion
and unbelief would have been the most likely result. Inarguable evidence that
Jesus was truly sent from Almighty GOD to fulfill sacred covenants and promises
had already been supplied by the events of Christ crucified, buried, and revived
from death. The ascension appears as an irrefutable sign from heaven confirming
the yet unfilled promise of a Comforter and further gifts to come from GOD.
More than this, the apostles’ experience of his ascension sealed the truth that
Jesus would return in glory.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Now I say,
That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a
servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the
time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in
bondage under the elements of the world: But when the fulness of the time was
come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem
them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And
because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts,
crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a
son, then an heir of God through Christ. (Galatians 4: 1-7, King James
Version)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: A
Slaughter of Innocents? (12/15/2012); Unexceptional Beginnings? (11/22/2012);
Believing Everything? (11/23/2012); Attending Church? (11/12/2012); A Holy Kiss?
(11/13/2012); Parental Duty? (10/08/2012); Why No Answer? (08/25/2012); To Be or
Not To Be (08/26/2012); The Young Less Religious (08/18/2012); Why Jesus Prayed
(08/19/2012); Trouble for the Good (01/15/2012); Chain of Command
(01/16/2012)
Public schools are correctly understood as
mechanisms to discipline, educate, and train members of a community,
particularly minor children, however, public schools are not designed to fulfill
the sacred purpose of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Public schools
respond to mandates determined by civil law, shared resources, and social
consensus. The order, process and structure of public schools are not rooted in
divine law, and the various truths essential to right relationship with GOD as
Creator. Having said this, public schools are “elements of the world,” not the
kingdom of GOD.
In addition to issues that emerge from varying
levels of faith, obedience, and trust, challenges for religious instruction
through the public forum represented by schools include enforcement of dissent,
demands for inclusion by those professing disbelief, imbalance that may be
addressed only through interdependence, and nonnegotiable demands for sound
belief essential in establishing unity. Academic settings permit only abstract
and narrative descriptions of spiritual documents and events. Peculiar figures
may be identified as thought leaders and objects of worship. Questionable
summaries of belief systems may be studied. The bottom line is that, public
education does not truly allow spirit content to be conveyed, experienced, and
internalized.
The church and the home are the “god-given”
devices for religious instruction that will both emerge from and demonstrate
divine presence in recognizable power. This is specially true now that our
schools are no longer merely centers for the 3-R’s (reading, ’ritin’ and
’rithmetic). The schools are business centers involving millions of dollars in
contracts for books, building supplies, electronics, food services, and repairs.
The schools are independent social systems (like a small town within a town),
and now include issues of absence of parental involvement, alcohol and drug use,
inappropriate sexual activity, police presence and violence. Emotionally charged
issues make it that students must take to the schools a knowledge of GOD that
will preserve the schools, and increasingly do not take a knowledge from the
schools that will preserve the church and home.
There is far more to be said, correctly
applied, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, the issue of arming teachers
with guns to protect students is now driven by fear and panic. In an emergency,
access to a weapon worn as a sidearm and openly displayed will be very different
than for weapons kept under lock and key for safety. Such options as the use
of mace (stronger than pepper spray) or Tasers are not being highlighted in the
present discussions. Doctrine and teaching accounted as nonviolence, and
“turning the other cheek” may not be dismissed without violating the Gospel.)
Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your
faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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