![]() They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. Yet this is exactly what was happening to them.ġ John 4:4-6 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. Children especially, should not be put in the position where they must choose success in school or eternal salvation. You can imagine that this was very uncomfortable for them. This put them in a position where they had to choose between believing what the teachers were saying or believing in the Word of God. When our children attended public school they learned many philosophies and traditions that conflicted with the principles they were being taught at home. God promises children who follow this teaching that they will have long lives filled with abundance. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.Ĭolossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.Ĭhildren are obliged to honor their parent’s traditions and their parent’s values. The last phrase specifically commands us to make evening and morning devotions a time of family education.Įphesians 6:2-4 Honor thy father and mother which is the first commandment with promise That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. The above verses specify that we should teach when we sit together at meals or for fellowship and when we work at our daily labors. One of the methods that God instructs us to use in home education is to teach our children His Word, and right principles of living throughout the day. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. Our job as parents is to give our children the religious and educational foundations they need in order to grow into intelligent, productive, Christian men.ĭeuteronomy 6:5-7 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. We believe that the Bible, God’s Holy, Living Word instructs us to take responsibility for their education ourselves. We have recently felt the Lord’s calling upon our hearts to repent of this practice and mend our ways. ![]() Our children, Tommy and Jamie, have attended public school in the past. We are writing to let you know that we intend to homeschool our children in accordance with the religious exemption statute 22.1-254(B)(1). ![]() Write your own letter according to your own beliefs. that I used as an example for writing my own. We were granted Religiously Exempt status a week later. Below you will find the letter I wrote to my local school board in order to obtain religious exemption in the state of Virginia. This frees one from all government interference with testing and curriculum approval and also allows one to educate one’s children according to biblical standards. In the state of Virginia if your children have already attended public school in the past, and you want to homeschool them under the religious exemption provision, then you have to send a letter to the local school board requesting permission &/or stating your intentions.
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