Olive and Aspen.. Romans??

 I want to start by quoting Voddie Baucham: "If we continue to send our children to Ceasar for their education, we need to stop being surprised when they come home as Romans."

The Blansett family is now a family of Four. We are the smallest unit assigned a sector of fire in the infantry - a fireteam. Meghan and I are feeling the blessing of having childREN multiple now and thinking more and more about our responsibilities to raise them and train them in the way they should grow. This is an area that deeply offends people and is highly controversial and thus it is imperative that scripture provides the direction and answers, not culture. 

Meghan and I have decided to draw a line in the sand. We will not send our daughters to be educated by Ceasar. In a recent commentary on Proverbs by Doug Wilson several points of scripture spoke to this topic and I want to jot some of my thoughts down below. 

First and formeost, children become like their teachers. Not just in what they are being explicityly taught in cirriculum, but what is being implicitly demonstrated before their eyes in lifestyle and beliefs. Luke 6:40 says that a pupil is not above his teacher but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher. Our children become like those by whom they are taught. 

Who is teaching our children in the public schools? Simply put Fools. I can say this because Foolishness is clearly defined in scripture. Psalm 14 says that a fool in his heart has said there is no God. Prov 1:7 says that fear of the Lord is the begginning of all knowledge but fools despise wisdom and knowledge. To boil this down people either love God or they do not. They either submit to God or they do not. They are either Wise or they are Foolish. The first aspect of Wisdom is to receive God's word. Overwhelmingly, teachers in public schools today, and the boards that run them, do not love God. 

What are we taught today? "Believe in yourself" This is a central narrative even in the G and PG rated movies viewed as wholesome, and it leads to objectifying truth itself. We see this with transgenders and the new tolerance of "My truth". But what does scripture say about trusting in our own feelings? Proverbs 28:26 says he who trust in his own heart is a fool. But these ideas have seeped into our culture. 

Sporadic thoughts from some reading and listening we have been doing / More to come as I finally get back into blogging. It has been a long period of silence in that area. I would like to say that we have been so busy transitioning in many areas, but the truth is that I have not made it a priority. I see it as a spiritual discipline to translate notes into cohesive thought and has been an area I have failed in the last few months. 

As a final parting note, Our daughter Olive came into the world two weeks ago from yesterday and we have yet another arrow to be sharpened. Praise God.