Who Should Raise Your Kids—You or the State? - Alex Newman

About this episode

Alex Newman discusses the spiritual implications of education and the role of parents versus the state in raising children.

Are Christian parents unknowingly stepping outside of God’s design for raising their children? In this powerful clip from the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast , Meeke Addison sits down with Alex Newman to unpack the spiritual implications of education—and who God actually entrusted with the responsibility of discipling children. Is education neutral? Or has the role of parents quietly been replaced by the state? Drawing from Scripture, Alex explains: The biblical role of government vs. family Why education was never meant to be the state’s responsibility What it means to truly obey Christ in raising our children This is a sobering and eye-opening conversation every Christian parent needs to hear. 🎧 Watch this full conversation on the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast for more encouragement and biblical insight. ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ready to join the homeschool revolution? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stream Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution for free!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get your FREE Homeschool Survival Kit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Schoolhouse Rocked Ministry! Please consider making a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠donation to support the ongoing ministry of Schoolhouse Rocked⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Your support is making an ETERNAL impact…

People in this episode

Host: Meeke Addison

Guest: Alex Newman

Topics covered

• Christian parenting
• education
• biblical worldview
• state vs family
• discipling children
• homeschooling

Keywords

• Christian education
• parenting responsibility
• biblical role of government
• homeschool revolution
• discipleship

Sponsors

BJU Press Homeschool

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast, Schoolhouse Rocked

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