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Christians, Public Education, and an Increasingly Anti-Christian Culture

Apr 5, 2017

As Western culture moves from a once Christian culture through a post-Christian culture to an anti-Christian culture, there always arises the question of just how believers are to live and act in such a culture. We are called to be

Schools in Meltdown

Oct 30, 2016

It has been a long time since we simply taught the three Rs in our schools. In fact, today we have plenty of students leaving school who are illiterate, innumerate, and generally dumbed down. That is because real education has

On Books, Reading and Libraries

Sep 7, 2016

Anyone who knows me realises that any excuse will do for buying books, reading books, and writing about books. So a few recent articles about books were enough of an excuse for me to put pen to paper – or

Sonia Kruger Stands Strong – Again

Aug 1, 2016

OK folks, we seem to have an emerging – although perhaps unlikely – conservative superstar on our hands. Australian television personality Sonia Kruger is at it again, and has demonstrated that she has more courage and common sense than

Mothers Speaking Out

Feb 10, 2016

As our culture continues to spiral down the septic tank, eventually that produces a backlash. After a while decent people have had enough, and start to stand against the sleaze, degradation and corruption of our culture. And when our children

Education, Homeschooling, the State, and Control

Sep 9, 2014

In a recent article about marriage, American writer Phyllis Schlafly said this about the Marxist war against the traditional family: “Marx hated the bourgeois family, not only because it provided the means of transmission and accumulation of private property, but

Weekly Gaystapo Activity Update, #3617

Mar 11, 2012

OK folks, another week, another batch of ugly anti-Christian bigotry and anti-freedom activism from the homosexual thought police. As I have documented many dozens of times now, the militant homosexual activists will not rest until every single thread of opposition

A Review of When a Nation Forgets God. By Erwin Lutzer.

May 10, 2011

Moody, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books)

The first thing to note about this book is that the subject matter – the Nazi terror – was not all that long ago. People are still alive today who lived through

Homeschooling and State Education

Jan 5, 2011

Modern, universal, secular education is largely taken for granted today in the West. But it has not always been in existence. Up until relatively recently in history, most schooling was done at home or by the churches. Mass, public education

The Secular State’s Homeschooling Crackdown

Dec 3, 2010

All around the Western world parents are moving to homeschooling, and all around the Western world governments are getting nervous about all this, if not down-right hostile to it. Neither trend should come as a surprise. As to the first,

Homeschooling and the War Against Children

Jul 12, 2009

Children are our future. The way our children develop determines how society develops. And when ideological battles are being fought in a culture, children are the trophy. Those who can control the children will be able to control a culture.

The Case for Christian Education

Oct 9, 2006

Up until around 175 years ago, most people were educated at home, or by the church. As such, public education is a relatively new phenomenon. But today it is the major means of education in the Western world. Sure, there

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Bill Muehlenberg's commentary on issues of the day...

Christians, Public Education, and an Increasingly Anti-Christian Culture

On Books, Reading and Libraries

Sonia Kruger Stands Strong – Again

A Review of When a Nation Forgets God. By Erwin Lutzer.

Homeschooling and State Education

The Case for Christian Education

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