Mimi Rothschild - Home School Support & Home Education News

By Mimi Rothschild

The Bible says sin is what separates us from God. Even though our government is fond of separating God from every aspect of our lives except for church services, this is not what God intended for us. Colossians 3:17 puts it this way: And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him. We can substitute the word “all” in the above verse with virtually any word and we should do it in the name of the Lord Jesus. We should live in the name of the Lord Jesus and yes, we should homeschool in the name of the Lord Jesus.

That’s the beauty of homeschooling. We have the freedom to do all and teach all in the name of the Lord Jesus. Have you ever prayed over algebra? What about fractions? We could teach tithing as we teach fractions. As important as it is to teach our children about Christ and incorporate Bible lessons into our homeschool curriculum, we don’t have to separate the classes and wait until we’re having a Bible class to teach about Jesus.

Just as we can teach math in the supermarket, we can teach about Jesus during math class and science class and all of our homeschool classes. English class would be a great time to teach Job 27:4: Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit. Not only do we need to teach the parts of speech in our homeschool English classes but how and how not to speak. As we teach about nouns and verbs, why not teach about truth and lies? That lesson could lead us into the teaching of the Ten Commandments.

The world likes to teach our children there is a time and place for God. Yet, Jesus teaches that time and place is all the time and everywhere. As we prepare our homeschool students for life out in the world on their own, it’s important to teach them there is no separation of Christ and life. Look at the damage being done today by the separation of the Lord Jesus and sex education. This is the very reason many of us homeschool our children.

As we are to “put on Christ” so are we to teach Christ. Our homeschool and our home should be Christ’s classroom every day and every class.