Proverbs 13:20 informs us, “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.”

According to the Center for Public Education, most states require between 175 and 180 days of school and/or between 900 and 1,000 hours of instructional time per year, depending on the grade level.10 Taking the lower number of 900 annual hours, this calculates to a total 10,800 hours of seat instruction for students enrolled in a government school

reform the public school system. However, we can only justly “re-form” what Christ has formed. Some institutions, like the church and the family, should be reformed when they experience decay. Other institutions, like street gangs, brothels, and opium dens should not be reformed; they should be abolished.

mechanical form of education that prepares the child to serve the State. Communist and socialist nations approach education as a means of economic production for the nation, and thereby it must be controlled by the government.

When Psalm 127 speaks of children as arrows in the hands of a mighty warrior, it has in mind releasing those arrows when they are prepared. Ancient warriors usually fashioned their own arrows. They would work long hours, making sure their arrows were balanced and shaped just so, to be able to fly straight and true. They understood that the future

“Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man” (Eccles. 12:13).

C.S. Lewis (1898–1963), Christian apologist and professor at Oxford University declares: There is no neutral ground in all the universe: every square inch, every split-second, is claimed by God and counterclaimed by Satan.14 The

Influence is determined by two primary factors: time and acceptance/affirmation. Whoever spends the most time with your child and affirms them the most for who they are will have their allegiance and loyalty. If God is the most important influence in our lives, our perception of our value will be determined by what He thinks of us. When we are

Jesus affirmed this in His own words: Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters (Matt. 12:30).