Debate rages in Christian circles as to whether or not Christians should send their children to public (government) school. Some say that to do so is sin while others maintain that we must send our children to government school if we are going to be obedient to the command of God to be salt and light. Others make it a matter of choice for the Christian, that is, they leave it to one's liberty of conscience.

While many Christians are unaware of the issues (and one wonders how they could be such), those who have eyes to see are in agreement that things are pretty bad in the public school system on many fronts. Government education is grounded in secular humanism and promotes an evolutionary worldview that denies the existence of God. Roe v. Wade is upheld as Constitutional (even though it directly contradicts the peoples' right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness). As such, abortion is taught as right. Condoms are distributed, homosexuality is affirmed as legitimate, parents are not informed when their teenage daughters are pregnant, and the parental consent laws regarding abortion will soon be removed. Parents are viewed as intrusive and out of touch. Moral relativism is the philosophy of choice with the Scriptures marginalized at best and banned at worst even on private time. Drugs, violence, and rainbow parties are a fact of life in the government schools.

History is revised under the government education system. The concepts of limited government and religious freedom are suppressed. Centralized government with its bent toward behavior modification and restriction of freedom is seen by most as normal and right. Welfare is seen as good rather than the evil that it is (taking money from one group by force and giving it to another group). Never mind that community ministry is far more effective than government prowess in inefficiency. Socialism and big government are promoted as ideal and the understanding that we were given a Constitutional Republic by our founders is being erased from the history books. History is being re-written in too many ways to enumerate.

R. Albert Mohler wrote an insightful article regarding the public school system and the debate over whether Christians involving their children in that system is sinful. Dr. Mohler wrote regarding a resolution proposed at the most recent Southern Baptist Convention that "call[ed] for the convention to urge its churches to investigate local schools in order to determine the extent of homosexual influence and then, if objectionable material or involvements are found, to 'inform the parents of this fact and encourage them to remove their children from the school district's schools immediately.'"