Leading Them Out: Why Christian Education Matters

We are a Christian home educating couple in the UK who have put together some articles to encourage fellow home educating parents, as well as to offer a response to many of the strawmen arguments against Christian home education. Thanks for dropping by – we hope it is a blessing!

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Praying For Our Children While We Are Still Able

Parenting calls for prayer and I battle the daily temptation to find something else to do. The reason for this is probably because I am a “doer”. I like to put my time to good use and see a visible result. I could spend ten minutes praying, but I could also spend ten minutes marking some Maths, tidying the kitchen or even reading a book (so I can tick something off on my reading challenge!). When I pray, I cannot....

Leaning on the Lord: When a Child Does Not Wish to Work

I have never known an adult or a child who has always wanted to work. Have you? There is something in us that initially rebels against labour. This must go back to Eden. Whereas pre-fall Adam undoubtedly found his task of naming the animals delightful, post-fall Adam wrestled with thorns and thistles and ate bread only by the sweat of his brow....

An Update: Home Educating (Slightly) Older Children

We are officially thirteen (and a bit) years down the track and you could not pay me enough money to roll back the clock and set a different course. Today the line-up is as follows: boy (13), boy-girl twins (12), girl (10), girl (8.) girl twins (6). Home education is a way of life for us and I have no idea what similar age children are learning in government....

Answers UK Mega Conference 2024

The Answers UK Mega Conference is due to take place 31st October – 2nd November in Birmingham this year and it looks as though it is going to be a good one! 
 
Ken Ham, Martyn Iles and Joel Beeke will all be speaking. Simon will be speaking and hard at work and we will all be there as well. Under-18s go free and Crown College will be running a “Megakids” session (£5) during some of the sessions.
 
Looking forward to seeing lots of you there!