Homeschooling from a Biblical Worldview

by Israel Wayne

Every subject area teaches something about the nature and character of God. Beginning with proper biblical presuppositions will enable students to make sense of the world around them. Seeing the world through God s eyes is the essence of a biblical worldview. This book will help you to learn how to think biblically and how to transmit a biblical worldview to your children as you teach them at home."

Genres: Education, Teaching, Christian

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Israel Wayne is an author and conference speaker who has a passion for defending the Christian faith and promoting a Biblical worldview. He is the author of the books "Questions God Asks," "Questions Jesus Asks," "Pitchin' A Fit! Overcoming Angry & Stressed-Out Parenting," "Education: Does God Have an Opinion?," "Answers for Homeschooling: Top 25 Questions Critics Asks," "Raising Them Up - Parenting for Christians," and "Foundations in Faith."

Israel has been a regular columnist for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, Home School Digest, Home School Enrichment and Brush Arbor Quarterly magazines. He is also the site editor for ChristianWorldview.net.

Since 1995, Israel has traveled the nation speaking on family, homeschooling, revival, discipleship, and cultural issues.

He is frequent guest on national radio and television programs. Israel's family began home educating in 1978 and has been featured in national and international publications including TIME Magazine, WORLD Magazine, Answers, Revive, HSLDA Court Report, The Arizona Republic, The New American and the Wall Street Journal. Israel has been featured as the keynote speaker at various conferences, with over 5,000 in attendance.

Israel and his wife Brook were joined in marriage without dating and share their testimony of God's faithfulness on an audiobook titled, "What God Has Joined Together." Israel and Brook, both homeschool graduates themselves, are homeschooling parents of eleven children.

Israel desires to see God's people learn to think and live Biblically.

Aiming for both the head and the heart, Israel's goal is to challenge audiences to take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ. In his words, "God's Word applies to all areas of life. There is not one facet of our existence which does not fall under the direct claim of Lordship by Jesus Christ. This includes how we spend our money, what entertainment we consume, how we educate our children, how we use our time, etc. All of life must be understood from within a Biblical worldview."

Reviews

[Israel · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Homeschooling from a Biblical Worldview" is out of print and will not be republished. A newer, totally revised book with 50% more and completely reworked content is now available from Master Books entitled:

"Education: Does God Have an Opinion? -- An Apologetic for Christian Education & Homeschooling."

Please check out the newer (and better) title that has replaced this one. Thank you!

[Adriane Devries · Rating 3 out of 5]

Israel Wayne’s Homeschooling from a Biblical World View presents a thorough Biblical case for parental responsibility—versus state or even religious institutions—for those who profess faith in Christ to educate their children at home. Wayne gives practical applications based on twenty years of successful homeschooling, as well as much-needed encouragement to the burgeoning HS community. Many HS families cite the startlingly advanced test scores of homeschoolers versus their public and private school peers, as well as the benefits of familial socialization versus the Lord of the Flies, Darwinian mentality of 1-30 teacher-student ratios; yet Wayne reminds homeschoolers that their sole motivation should be simply God’s Scriptural mandate to teach our children from the moment they rise in the morning until they lay their head back down at night. Read it only if you dare be challenged to either change your reason for homeschooling, or to bring your kids home from an institutional setting; but also read it to be encouraged that there truly is a better way than the “norm.”

[Billy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book as we are homeschoolers and agree with Israel Wayne on his thesis and supporting arguments.

[Susie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must read for Christian parents!

[Tami · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is going on my short list of favorite homeschooling books.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent world view book. Lots of great information.

[Momma Aimee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fast easy read. Nothing new and not exactly something I totally agree with. There is an element, a group of Christian Homeschoolers that advocate or promote separation. Not the “be not conformed” advice of Romans (be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2). But a separation born of fear, a fear, that is in my opinion unbiblical. I do not agree with or promote any attempt to complete isolate our children from the real world that they shall inherit and are called to influence. We home school because we are not comfortable, nor do we think it is advisable or responsible to send small impressionable children well under the age of reason off to Caesar for 8+ hours a day. Nonetheless no adult that walls people up in brick does not do so because they read The Cask of Amontillado by Poe and teenagers doing drugs are not doing so because of the influence of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There are those that feel it best for their children, and one assumes, themselves too, to read only books and materials created and written by others sharing the same world view. I am not ready to limit myself that severely and while I strongly advocate parental involvement and supervision of youth reading, I can not support limiting them so artificially either. This book is written from that perspective. Granted all media, print or screen, has a bias; but I feel if we automatically discount any books written by non-Christian authors, or covering non-Christian subjects, we run a very real risk of becoming like the people that would ban To Kill A Mockingbird because it is racist. The bias of presented material is, of course, a vital consideration, but it is a consideration that can be taken up as part of the education process with out children, not in spite of them. Interesting book, a fast easy read for my time on ‘no fiction’ Lent; however I am glad I got it off paperbackswap and did not spend much money on it, I will not be keeping it in my reference library but there were a few quotes worth the time.