| Title | : | Navigating Public Schools: Charting a Course to Protect Your Child's Christian Faith and Worldview |
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| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 |
| Publication | : | Published March 16, 2016 |
Navigating Public Schools will empower Christian parents to navigate the increasingly secular public school system with the aim to 1) cultivate strong relationships with their children in a season of immense secular pressure; 2) help their children stand firm in their Christian faith and Biblical worldview; 3) exercise their rights on campus; 4) become salt and light for Jesus Christ.
This book will also be a powerful resource for all Christians involved in schools—teachers, administrators, staff, extra-curricular groups, Christian club volunteers, youth leaders, pastors—as they learn to discern the misapplication of the "separation of church and state" and appropriately live out their Christian faith on public school campuses.
Navigating Public Schools: Charting a Course to Protect Your Child's Christian Faith and Worldview Reviews
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*** "Powerful resource 4 Christian parents, students & teachers"***
Christian students and teachers today face peer pressures and unique challenges to their faith because of an increasingly secular culture which is changing our nation’s long-standing biblical worldview to a secular one that no longer recognizes God. Veteran California public school teacher Stephen Williams gained firsthand experience of this, he writes, when he used “primary source documents with Christian references" in his class of 5th-grade students because, "he wanted to teach history accurately."
When a confrontational atheist parent complained to the principle about his use of documents that spoke of "God" the principle asked Stephen, "What were you doing talking about God in class today?"
This was only the first in a series of events that caused the school principle to ban Stephen's lessons on the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and other original documents that over time led to a "federal court case concerning censorship of historical documents with Christian references."
After the two-year case was settled in 2006 with the help of "Alliance Defending Freedom," Stephen was led to leave teaching and he and his wife Sarah founded "Prepare the Way" ministries where Christians could learn "to stand firm in their faith and know and exercise their rights on campus in a graceful way."
And that's what "Navigating Public Schools" is all about, equipping parents, students and teachers to know understand and implement their constitutionally protected rights. The book is co-written by Stephen and his wife Sarah with the majority of the book written from Stephen's perspective.
Some fascinating topics include what original public school textbooks were, how biblical rhymes and memorization were used in teaching, differences between a biblical and secular worldview, historical revisionists effects on science, history and social studies and what the "separation of church and state" from the First Amendment’s Bill of Rights was intended to mean.
The well-researched appendices include condensed versions of documents on "religious expression and protected prayer" in public schools, a "Student's Rights Handbook" outlining "Rights of Students and Religious Clubs in Public Schools;" Free Speech and Academic Freedom for Teachers;" an excellent list of additional resources and a copy of the "Declaration of Independence" with full versions of documents available to download free from their website.
The book is designed to educate, help and encourage students, parents and teachers to live out and stand firm in their Christian faith and exercise their rights on campus. I believe this inspiring, easy-to-read, powerful resource belongs on every Christian parent, student and school teacher’s bookshelf.
'Navigating Public Schools: Charting a Course to Protect Your Child's Christian Faith and Worldview,' by Stephen Williams & Sarah Williams, PhD, Preparing the Way Publishing, LLC, 2016, 232 Pages, 978-0997141900, $15.99
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