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America After 250 - Education and Truth — John 8:32 · Voices Of Life

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Even listening to Voices of Life, today's episode.
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Week 7, Education and Truth, has reminded us
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that the future of America will be shaped not
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only by what we teach, but by the truth we choose
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to stand upon. From the foundation of knowledge,
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to the generational classroom, to the influence
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education carries across society. to the future
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battles for truth in a digital world, every hour
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has pointed us back to the promise of John 8
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.32. You shall know the truth, and the truth
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shall make you free. Pastor David's message calls
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us to restore truth in our homes, in our classrooms,
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in our churches, and in the hearts of the next
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generation. Join us next week as America After
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2 .50. The story continues, moves forward into
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its next chapter. Until then, stay prayerful,
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stay discerning, and stay committed to the truth
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that sets us free. This has been Voices of Life.
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Welcome to Voices of Life, a ministry of the
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Church for Life. I'm Pastor David, where faith,
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history, and the future of America meet. We are
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continuing our 26 -week journey through America's
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250. The story continues. Each week we explore
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a different pillar of national renewal, one truth
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that shapes both our faith and freedom. This
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week we turn to the subject that touches every
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generation, every community, and every home.
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Education and truth. Our scripture is John 8,
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verse 32. And you shall know the truth, and the
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truth shall make you free. Those words were spoken
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by Jesus to the world, searching for meaning.
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They are still spoken to us today, to a nation
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that has more information than ever before, but
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less understanding than ever before. Education
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is not just about learning facts. It's about
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discovering truth. And truth is not just about
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knowing. It is about being set free. In this
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episode, we will explore how education and truth
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have shaped America's past, how they are being
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challenged in present, and how they must be restored
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for the future. Because when truth governs education,
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freedom flourishes. But when truth is forgotten,
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freedom fades. Let's begin. Truth is not an opinion.
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It is not a trend. It is not a feeling. Truth
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is a reality as God defines it. In John 8 verse
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32, Jesus did not say you shall know information.
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He said you shall know the truth. Truth is personal
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because it flows from the person of Christ. He
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said I am the way, the truth, and the life. Education
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without truth becomes manipulation. Truth without
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education becomes isolation. But when truth and
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learning walk together, nations prosper. The
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foundation of education must be truth. Truth
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that liberates. Truth that enlightens. And truth
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that transforms. In scripture, knowledge is never
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neutral. It is moral. It is spiritual. And it
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is relational. Proverbs 1 verse 7 says, The fear
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of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. That
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means education begins with reverence, not rebellion.
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True learning leads to humility, not arrogance.
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It leads to wisdom, not to confusion. And it
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leads to freedom, not bondage. Knowledge without
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reverence becomes pride. And pride without truth
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becomes deception. And deception without correction
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becomes destruction. Education must begin with
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the acknowledgement that all truth is God's truth.
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In early America, education was rooted in scripture.
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The first schools were founded to teach children
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to read the Bible. The New England primer taught
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letters through verses. Harvard's motto was veritas,
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truth. Knowledge was seen as a gift from God,
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not a weapon against him. The founders believed
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that liberty required literacy and literacy required
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morality. They understood that the truth was
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the guardian of freedom. John Adams wrote, Liberty
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cannot be preserved without general knowledge
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among the people. But he also warned that knowledge
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without virtue would destroy the republic. Education
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was never meant to be neutral. It was meant to
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be noble. Today we face a crisis of truth in
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education. Information is abundant, but wisdom
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is scarce. Facts are accessible, but truth is
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contested. We have confused data with discernment.
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We have replaced conviction with convenience.
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We have allowed opinion to masquerade as truth.
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The result? A generation that knows everything
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about everything except why anything matters.
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Education has become a mirror of culture instead
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of a compass for the conscience. But truth is
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not determined by conscience. It is revealed
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by Christ. Education is meant to cultivate wisdom,
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not merely produce workers. It's meant to form
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citizens, not consumers. It's meant to reveal
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truth. and not obscure it. The purpose of education
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is freedom. Freedom through truth. When Jesus
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said, the truth shall make you free, he was describing
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the liberating power of understanding reality
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as God designed it. Freedom is not the absence
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of boundaries. It is the presence of truth. Education
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must teach children not only how to think, but
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how to discern. Parents are the first teachers.
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The home is the first classroom. Before a child
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ever enters school, they are already being educated
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by example, by conversation, by observation.
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Parents must teach children how to think, not
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just what to think. They must teach discernment,
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not just information. They must teach truth,
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not just tolerance. When parents abdicate education
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to culture, culture becomes the curriculum. The
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family must reclaim its role as the foundation
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of learning. Teachers are not merely instructors.
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They are architects of understanding. They shape
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minds, but they also shape hearts. A teacher
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who loves truth becomes a light in the classroom.
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A teacher who fears God becomes a guardian of
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wisdom. Education is sacred work. It is ministry
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disguised as a profession. Teachers must see
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themselves as shepherds of potential, not just
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managers of performance. The church must reclaim
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its voice in education, not to control, but to
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contribute, not to dominate, but to disciple.
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Christian education is not about isolation, it
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is about integration. It teaches children to
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see God's hand in history. his order in science
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his beauty and art and his justice in law when
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the church and the classroom walk together truth
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becomes visible we declare education will return
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to truth schools will honor the wisdom teachers
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will teach with integrity parents will lead with
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courage and children will learn with discernment
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the spirit of god is restoring education to its
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original purpose, to reveal truth that sets people
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free. So we laid a foundation now that is sacred.
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Truth is liberating and freedom depends on both.
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This is all part of renewal. Now let's look at
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open reflection of education before school. Because
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education does not begin in enrollment, it begins
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at birth. Long before a child sits in a classroom,
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they sit in a living room. They long before they
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hear a lecture, they hear a conversation long
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before they read a textbook and they read the
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lives of the people raising them. Every home
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is a classroom, every parent is a teacher, every
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moment is a lesson. And every generation is shaped
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by the generation that came before it. We're
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going to be talking about generational classroom,
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the place where truth is passed, identity is
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formed, and destiny is shaped. But there is a
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generational disconnect. How did we lose the
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bridge? Well, today's generational gap is not
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accidental. It's engineered by culture, accelerated
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by technology, and deepened by misunderstanding.
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for the first time in american history children
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are being raised in a world their parents cannot
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fully explain and their grandparents cannot fully
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recognize three forces widened the gap technology
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outpaced tradition children now learned from
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screens before they learned from elders algorithms
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became instructors entertainment became education
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culture replaced conviction culture tells youth
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to reject tradition, and elders to retire their
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influence. It celebrates independence, but discourages
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it. And busyness replaced togetherness. Families
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became overscheduled, overcommitted, and underconnected.
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We have time for everything, except each other.
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The result, generations that love each other
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deeply, but understand each other poorly. But
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scripture offers a remedy. Malachi 4 verse 6
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declares that God will turn the hearts of the
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fathers to children and the hearts of children
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to fathers. This is not nostalgia. This is renewal.
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Before there were classrooms, there were families.
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Before there were teachers, there were parents.
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Before there were curriculums, there were conversations.
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The family is the first school. The dining table
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is the first desk. And the home is the first
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campus. Children learn how to speak by listening
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to parents, how to love by watching relationships,
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how to trust by experiencing consistency, how
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to believe by seeing faith lived out. Education
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is not merely confined to buildings, it is lived
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in daily life. When families reclaim their role
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as educators, truth becomes natural, wisdom becomes
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normal, and learning becomes lifelong. There
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is a great power in example. Let's just call
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it the truth demonstrated. Children imitate what
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they observe. They learn truth by watching it
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lived. A parent's life is the most persuasive
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curriculum. A grandparent's story is the most
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persuasive textbook. A mentor's example is the
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most enduring lesson. Truth must... be demonstrated
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not just declared when parents model honesty
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children learn integrity when teachers model
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humility students learn respect when leaders
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model accountability citizens learn responsibility
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example is education in motion the generational
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classroom is built not on lectures but on lives
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now we move on to the generational blessing and
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passing the torch because In Psalm 145 verse
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4 says, One generation shall praise your works
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to another. This is the rhythm of renewal. It
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is the passing of the torch. It is the handing
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down of faith, values, stories, and identity.
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Generational blessings is not automatic. It's
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intentional. It requires time, conversation,
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prayer example, and consistency presence. When
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generations worship together, truth becomes inheritance.
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When generations pray together, faith becomes
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legacy. When generations serve together, purpose
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becomes destiny. The generational blessing is
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the heartbeat of John 8, verse 32. Truth is not
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only learned, it is lived, shared, and passed
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down. We've all heard of mentors. Well, there
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is a mentorship that you as parents do. Mentorship
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is education through relationship. It is the
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truth taught through trust. It is wisdom transferred
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through witness. Every believer is called to
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be both student and teacher. Learning from those
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ahead and guiding those behind. Mentorship builds
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bridges that textbooks cannot. It teaches how
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to navigate life, how to discern truth, how to
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endure trials, how to walk in wisdom, and how
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to grow in faith. Mentorship is the generational
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classroom at its best. It is the living chain
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that connects past, present, and future. Let's
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think back about our grandparents again, our
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great -grandparents, and the role of elders.
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The living library. They are living books of
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knowledge. These elders of a living library of
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truth, they carry stories that textbooks can't
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tell you. They carry scars that sermons cannot
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explain. They carry wisdom. that Google cannot
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provide. In America's early centuries, elders
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were central to family life. They lived nearby,
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shared meals, told stories, and reinforced values.
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Today, many elders feel sidelined, treated as
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optional instead of essential. But scripture
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paints a different picture. Job 12 verse 12 says,
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Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in
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lengths of days. Elders are not relics. They
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are resources. They are bridges between memory
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and mission. They remind families where they
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came from so they can understand where they're
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going. When elders speak, generations listen,
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and destinies shift. And this all comes back
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to the family table. Because the family table
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is more than furniture. It is fellowship. It
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is where generations meet, where gratitude is
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spoken, and where stories... are shared and where
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truth is passed down in america's early years
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the table was the center of family life meals
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were moments of connection conversation and community
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today many families eat separately quickly or
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silently but renewal begins when families reclaim
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the table when parents ask questions when children
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share their hearts when grandparents tell stories
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and when scripture becomes part of the conversation
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the table is where generations learn to understand
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each other it is where truth becomes tradition.
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We declare generations will reconnect. Families
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will teach truth. Churches will disciple. Communities
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will learn together. And education will once
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again serve freedom. The Spirit of God is turning
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hearts again. He is restoring conversations.
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He is healing misunderstandings. He's rebuilding
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trust. He's renewing the connection. generational
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divide will not define America's future the generational
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bridge will so in this segment we talked about
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truth is generational it must be taught relationally
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lived consistently and passed intentionally the
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future of America after 250 depends on families
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who build bridges strong enough to carry a truth
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from one generation to the other So let's do
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a little reflection here. Education is not simply
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a personal experience. It is a national force.
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It shapes culture. It shapes conscience. It shapes
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character. It shapes the future. Every generation
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inherits the world that the previous generation
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was educated to build. If education is grounded
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in truth, society becomes stable. If education
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is grounded in ideology, society becomes fragile.
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And our society in the United States today is
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extremely fragile. We've had multi -generations
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of ideological professors and teachers putting
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their thoughts as truth, putting their history
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as fact, and that's what our children have learned.
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And again, what happens? We're very impressionable
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at young ages. We imitate. We believe. So if
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education is grounded in deception, society becomes
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dangerous. And we have a very dangerous society
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today. We have people that go out, commit acts
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of violence, make terrible threats, care nothing
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for our country, care nothing of the people in
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the country. And it is the people that make up
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this country. So we're going to explore how education
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influences the world around us. and how truth
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must govern that influence if America, after
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250, is to remain free. The purpose of education
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is meant to cultivate wisdom, not merely to produce
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workers. It's meant to form citizens. Citizens.
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That means you have a responsibility to yourself,
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to other citizens, and the country as a whole,
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which is made up of the citizens. And we're not
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consumers. It's meant to reveal truth, not obscure
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it. The purpose of education is freedom, freedom
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through truth. When Jesus said, you shall know
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the truth and the truth shall make you free,
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he was describing the liberating power of understanding
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reality as God designed it. Freedom is not the
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absence of boundaries. It is the presence of
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truth. Society teaches truth. A society that
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teaches truth produces citizens who can think
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clearly. discern wisely, and act righteously.
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A society that teaches confusion produces citizens
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who are easily manipulated, easily divided, and
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easily deceived. That's the weak -minded that
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buy all this stuff going on in culture today,
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that everything is free, everything is convenient,
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everything is handed to you. That's not the way
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the world works. I hate to say this, but this
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all started when in sports, 20, 30 years ago,
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there were some people that were upset that their
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children didn't get first place or second place
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or third place. They didn't get awards. So now
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everybody got an award for participation. What
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did that teach them? It teach them, oh, I just
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got to show up and I get an award no matter what.
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It doesn't give them the initiative. to try and
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strive to be better, to improve themselves. It's
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not so much about the sport itself. It's about
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them. It's about improving their mind, their
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wisdom. Where do they go? So education must serve
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freedom, and freedom must serve truth. Now, let's
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not forget about our wonderful media. Now, we
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have all these electronic devices. We see news,
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podcasts, all kinds of stuff, day in, day out,
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24 -7. The media has become the new classroom.
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Screens teach more than schools. Algorithms shape
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more minds than teachers, and entertainment influences
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more values than textbook. Children are discipled
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by what they consume. Their worldview is shaped
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by what they watch. Their identity is influenced
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by what they hear. Media is powerful, but families...
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are stronger truth must be louder than trends
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wisdom must be stronger than entertainment discernment
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must be deeper than distraction families must
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reclaim the narrative they must teach their children
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how to filter content how to recognize deception
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how to guard against their hearts being corrupted
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and how to anchor your identity in christ Media
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is a tool. It's a wonderful tool. But the truth
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is a foundation. Everybody today has been talking
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about government. Government should do this.
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Government should do that. Government should
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control our lives. Or at least run our lives.
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And that's not true. Government can support education,
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but it cannot define truth. It can fund schools,
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but it cannot... form souls it can regulate systems
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but it can't raise children truth is not legislated
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it is revealed a nation's strength is measured
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not by its policies but by its principles in
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america's early centuries government assumed
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families would teach values today government
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often tries to fill the gaps left by broken homes
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i mean they tried to fill in for the parent,
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try to do different things. They have early education.
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And one of the big things these days is children
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going hungry because parents don't provide them
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a good hot meal at lunch. So they even started
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having Saturday lunches open at schools, even
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though the school was closed. Well, the parent
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abdicated their responsibility. If you didn't
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want to be a parent, if you couldn't afford to
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be a parent, why did you become a parent? And
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if you cannot take care of your child, you cannot
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raise them the way the child needs the truth,
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the support, all the things that go along with
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that, you know, maybe you need to think about
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abdicating your responsibility there and giving
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your child up for adoption to some good parents
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that will take care of your child. Scripture
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tells us, and it's clear, the responsibility
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of raising children belongs to parents, not politicians.
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Government can protect families, but it cannot
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replace them. Education must be guided by truth,
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not by political pressure. So you the parent
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have that responsibility, and if you can't fulfill
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it, you need to find somebody that can. Your
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child deserves better. They didn't have a choice
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coming into this world. You made that choice
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for them. Schools are not factory formation centers.
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shape of how children think, how they reason,
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how they interpret the world, and how they understand
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truth. Schools must teach children how to evaluate
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ideas, how to question assumptions, how to recognize
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manipulation, how to pursue wisdom. I mean, our
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schools today don't even really teach them the
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reading, writing, arithmetic, the history. It's
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all about electives. It's all about special classes
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and the basics. In a lot of cases, disappeared.
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And that's why so many children can't read or
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write. And I'm not talking about sloppy handwriting.
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They just can't write. And they don't even teach
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cursive in schools anymore. It's all print. So
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schools must become guardians of understanding,
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not distributors of ideology. If a teacher has
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some thoughts that they personally believe, they
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need to keep it to themselves. The same for college
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professors. It is not their place to put their
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ideology on your child. or any of the other children
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now if they have their own children they can
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raise them any which way they feel is is best
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short of neglecting them or or doing something
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harmful to them so when schools aren't a truth
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students grow in clarity when schools ignore
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truth students grow in confusion truth must be
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a curriculum and children are always looking
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for belonging they're always looking for that
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family tie if not They find it elsewhere, whether
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it's in the schools, whether it's in a gang,
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it's somewhere else. They need that recognition.
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They need that identity. They need to feel part
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of something. The truth helps them do that. Of
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course, there's a lot of truths in this world
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that are not necessarily the real thing. But
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they don't know the difference unless you taught
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them how to discern the difference. Now, we here
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at the church, we have a role of conscience of
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culture. the church must be the conscience of
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culture because it speaks the truth in love it
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teaches wisdom with grace and models integrity
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with courage when the church educates society
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elevates the church must teach biblical literacy
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moral clarity spiritual discernment historical
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understanding and cultural awareness it must
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equip families to navigate a world of competing
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voices with confidence and conviction the church
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must not retreat from education it must reclaim
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its influence truth is the church's calling education
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is the church's opportunity and freedom is the
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church's responsibility and that's why we here
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at the voices of life our ministry of the church
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for life and we do more than just a sunday podcast
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we do a lot of historical podcasts throughout
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The week, in most cases. We go back in history.
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What were some of the turning points? What are
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the special days and why? We go back into history.
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So we do a lot of historical things. Because,
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you know, in school, some schools don't teach
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history at all. Some schools don't even teach
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social studies the way they used to. Again, going
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back to ideologies. And it depends on where you
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live, where the school is, who runs the school,
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who are the teachers in the school. That's who
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influences your children. Something to think
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about. And while we're thinking about that, let's
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broaden this to the role of the community. One
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of the politicians once said, you know, it takes
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a village. It takes a community. The community
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needs to be on board. It's all together. Because
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education is not... Just the job of schools alone
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is the responsibility of communities. Communities
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must create environments where truth is honored,
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wisdom is valued, and learning is celebrated.
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Libraries, churches, mentors, coaches, neighbors
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all contribute to the educational ecosystem.
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When communities invest in truth, children grow
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in strength. When communities neglect truth,
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children grow in confusion. Education is a shared
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calling and the truth is a shared foundation.
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The danger of ideology when education becomes
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indoctrination. This is what we've been leading
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to. Education becomes dangerous when it stops
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teaching children how to think and starts teaching
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them what to think. Ideology replaces inquiry.
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Narrative replaces knowledge and emotion replaces
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reason. Opinion. replaces truth and that is the
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truth that your children hear is opinion not
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the real truth when ideology governs education
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students become followers of culture instead
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of seekers of truth but jesus said you shall
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know the truth truth is not ideological it is
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eternal education must liberate minds not capture
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them do a prophetic declaration on truth will
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rise again we declare truth will rise again in
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education schools will honor wisdom teachers
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will teach with integrity parents will lead with
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courage children churches will disciple with
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clarity communities will support with unity and
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children will learn with discernment the spirit
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of god is restoring education to its original
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purpose to reveal truth that sets people free
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Truth will not be silenced. Truth will not be
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hidden. And truth will not be replaced. Truth
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will rise. Education is not isolated. It is influential.
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It shapes culture, defines values, guides conscience,
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and determines destiny. When education serves
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the truth, society flourishes. The education
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abandons the truth, society fractures. The future
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of America after 250 depends on education anchored
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in truth and truth anchored in Christ. This is
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why we do these podcasts. So let's get into our
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last segment here and we'll start off with some
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reflection on the road ahead. Education is always
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moving forward. It never stands still. It never
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pauses. It never freezes. Every generation inherits
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a new world. New technology, new pressures, new
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questions, new opportunities. And the future
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of America after 250 will be shaped by the kind
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of education we choose to build today. So we're
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going to look beyond the present moment and look
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into the horizon of the next century. A future
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where truth must remain the anchor in a world
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of constant change. Let's look at the future
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family classroom and the truth in... the digital
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world technology will continue to accelerate
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artificial intelligence is here they may try
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to slow it down some but it is here automation
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virtual reality augmented reality and digital
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ecosystems will reshape how families live work
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learn and communicate but technology cannot replace
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relationship it cannot substitute for presence
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it cannot imitate compassion and it cannot replicate
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covenant The future family must be intentional,
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intentional about time, intentional about conversation,
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intentional about boundaries, intentional about
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digital habits. Children will grow up in a world
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where information is instant, but truth is contested.
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Families must teach children how to navigate
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digital spaces with discernment, how to recognize
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deception, how to guard their hearts, and how
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to anchor their identity. Technology must serve
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the family, not swallow it. I mean, what's going
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on today, there's these lawsuits, class action
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lawsuits, where they're saying that technology
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companies made their technology addictive to
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their kids. Well, you know what the real problem
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was? The parents gave them electronic devices,
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the parents didn't monitor the electronic devices,
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and the parents gave them no schedule on how
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much they could use those electronic devices.
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So the parents want to beat up these technology
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companies. I don't see that. I see bad parenting.
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I see poor parenting. I see neglect. They need
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to look at themselves in the mirror. Because
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when you're involved in what your children are
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doing, we used to always get involved. We got
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involved in sports, right? We got involved in
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plays at school. Why are we not involved in their
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electronic work that they're doing on their laptops,
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PCs, phones, whatever it is? Why are we not involved
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in that? We should be. And there's even technology
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to help parents see what their children are doing
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or restrict to what their children can do. But
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you have to take that first step. You have to
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take an active interest in what your child's
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doing and not just say, oh good, they're keeping
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themselves occupied. That's not it. That's not
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what this is about. So let's look at the future
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classroom. Learning beyond walls. The classroom
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of the future will not be limited by walls. Learning
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happens everywhere in homes, communities, digital
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spaces, virtual environments, and collaborative
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networks. We have beyond regular public and private
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schools. We have charter schools now. We have
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home schools. There's all kinds of schools. But
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the danger of limitless learning is directionless
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learning. Education must remain anchored in truth
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even as it expands in format. When was the last
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time you... went through your children's books
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to see what the school is teaching your children
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at least look at the topics look at the chapters
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does it seem familiar or does it seem foreign
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to you that's how you know whether the school
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is teaching the truth or ideology but again that's
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a parent responsibility the future classroom
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must teach how to think critically, how to evaluate
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information, how to discern motives, how to recognize
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manipulation, how to pursue wisdom. Future classroom
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must be a place where truth is not only taught,
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but treasured and valued. The future of truth
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is a battleground. Truth will be one of the greatest
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battlegrounds of the next century. Culture will
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continue to redefine truth. Technology will continue
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to distort truth. Media will continue to manipulate
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the truth, and politics continue to weaponize
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truth. But Jesus said, you shall know the truth.
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Truth is not ideological, it is eternal. Truth
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is not invented, it is revealed. Truth is not
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subjective, it is sovereign. The future of education
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must be built on the unchanging truth of God's
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word. Truth must be the compass in a world of
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competing voices. Now we come to a very critical
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part. of our children's future. The future of
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identity. They have to know who they are. Identity
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will be one of the most contested subjects in
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the next century. Children will grow up in a
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world where identity is debated, redefined, reconstructed.
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Families must teach children who they are. Not
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because culture tells them, because God tells
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them. They must know they are created with purpose.
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designed with intention and love with eternity.
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Identity is not discovered. It is received. It
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is not invented. It is inherited from the Creator.
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Education must teach identity as God defines
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it. So many times in schools today, they try
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to teach them ideological things, whether it's
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in sexuality, it's about gender, all these things
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that we never got taught in school because It
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wasn't truth. It was ideology. And back 50 years
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ago, truth mattered. At least the school system
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I went to. Truth made a difference. We had very
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conscientious teachers, conscientious administrative
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staff. Now, I'm not saying we didn't come across
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some of that, at least canon one every now and
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then, that wanted to push a little ideology.
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But because the rest of the teachers throughout
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the time were so solid in truth. I was able to
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discern the difference. Today, they're starting
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in second or third grade teaching them things
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that make no sense to teach them because your
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children don't have the maturity yet to deal
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with it. They may understand in the general purpose,
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but the deep down harm that that ideology is
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doing to their mind, and it's kind of like sometimes
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people say, hey, I planted a seed in somebody's
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mind, I mentioned something to them. That's exactly,
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it starts with that. And then it comes back up,
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and then they start wondering, or some of their
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friends start talking about it. They should be
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talking to you. They say, hey, you know what,
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Mom, Dad, this is what they taught me on school
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day, and you need to be the interpreter of that
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information to set it straight. So the future
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calling is preparing children for purpose. The
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future family must prepare children not for careers,
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but for callings. A career is what you do, a
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calling is what you do. why you exist. Education
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must help children discover their gifts, their
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passions, their strengths, and their spiritual
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purpose. The next generation must be trained
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to serve, to lead, to innovate, to create, to
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heal, to build, and to bless. Proverbs 22 verse
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6 is not about forcing a child into a path. It
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is about guiding them into the path God designed
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for them. The future classroom must be a launching
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pad for destiny. And when we're looking at futures,
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we have to look at the future of communities,
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rebuilding that social trust. America after 250
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will face a crisis of trust, trust in institutions,
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trust in leadership, trust in systems, trust
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in one another. Education will play a central
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role in rebuilding that trust. Trust is learned
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at home. Learn trust through consistency, through
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honesty, through compassion, and through forgiveness.
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When families model trust, communities heal.
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When schools teach integrity, society strengthens.
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And when churches preach truth, culture shifts.
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Education must rebuild trust by restoring truth.
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Which brings us to the culture that's trying
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to do this manipulation, all this pressure. But
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we have to stand firm without growing hard. So
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the future will bring cultural pressure, pressure
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to conform, pressure to compromise, pressure
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to remain silent, pressure to abandon truth.
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Education must teach children how to stand firm
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without growing hard. Strength without bitterness,
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conviction without cruelty, boldness without
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arrogance, and truth without honesty. The future
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classroom must raise children who can stand in
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truth and walk in love. The balance will be essential
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for the next century. Here's our prophetic declaration
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and truth will lead into the future. We declare
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truth will rise in education. Families will teach
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wisdom. Schools will honor integrity. Churches
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will disciple with clarity. Communities will
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support with unity. And children will walk in
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discernment. The Spirit of God is preparing a
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generation who will think clearly, live wisely,
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and stand firmly in the truth of Christ. Truth
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will not be silenced. Truth will not be hidden.
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Truth will not be replaced. Truth will lead the
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future. And remember, the future begins with
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truth. The truth is our future for America. And
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it has to be... everywhere. It has to be in our
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classrooms, in our homes, in our communities.
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Education must prepare children for a world of
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rapid change without losing the anchor of eternal
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truth. Truth must be the foundation. Truth must
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be a compass. Truth must be their inheritance.
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Because Jesus said, you shall know the truth
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and the truth shall make you free. And freedom
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is the future God intended for America after
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250. Heavenly Father, as we close this episode
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of Voices of Life, we pause to thank you for
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the gift of truth and the calling to teach it.
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Lord, you are the author of wisdom, the source
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of understanding, and a teacher of every heart.
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You have shown us that education without truth
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is empty, but truth with education is freedom.
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We ask you now, bless every parent, every teacher,
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every student, every leader. listening today
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let your spirit guide their learning guard their
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hearts and ground their minds in your world may
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our homes become classrooms of grace our schools
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become sanctuaries of wisdom and our nation become
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a place where truth is honored and freedom is
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preserved help us to raise a generation that
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knows you loves you and walks in your truth.
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And as we look toward the future, remind us that
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truth is not changing. It is eternal. It is not
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hidden. It is revealed, and it is not fragile.
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It is victorious. We thank you, Lord, for the
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promise of John 8, verse 32, that we shall know
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the truth, and the truth shall make us free.
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In Jesus' name, amen. Thank you for joining us
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on Voices of Life, a ministry of the Church for
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Life. I'm Pastor David. God bless you, and God
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bless the United States of America. You've been
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listening to Voices of Life, today's episode.
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Week 7, Education and Truth, has reminded us
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that the future of America will be shaped not
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only by what we teach, but by the truth we choose
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to stand upon. From the foundation of knowledge
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to the generational classroom, to the influence
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education carries across society, to the future
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battles for truth in a digital world, every hour
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has pointed us back to the promise of John 8
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.32. You shall know the truth, and the truth
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shall make you free. Pastor David's message calls
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us to restore truth in our homes, in our classrooms,
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in our churches, and in the hearts of the next
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generation. Join us next week as America After
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250. The story continues, moves forward into
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its next chapter. Until then, stay prayerful,
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stay discerning, and stay committed to the truth
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that sets us free. This has been Voices of Life.