TODAY ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM
WE CAN REAR GODLY STUDENTS, GODLY CHILDREN,
EVEN IN THE MIDST OF AN UNGODLY WORLD.
OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE BECOMING MORE
LIKE SPIRITUAL DEATH CAMPS.
IT'S NO LONGER JUST ABOUT ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION.
IT'S ACTUALLY USING OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO INDOCTRINATE CHILDREN
TO BELIEVE THAT WHICH THE PARENTS WOULD FIND ABHORRENT.
HELLO, AND WELCOME TO TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM,
A PRODUCTION OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES.
I’M PASTOR ROB PACIENZA.
ACCORDING TO PEW RESEARCH,
THAT’S NEARLY DOUBLE THE PERCENTAGE
OF JUST FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.
AND ACCORDING TO LIFEWAY RESEARCH,
SOMETHING IS CLEARLY UNDERMINING THE FAITH OF GENERATION Z.
AT THE SAME TIME, TRANSGENDERISM, DEPRESSION,
MENTAL ILLNESS, AND SUICIDE ARE SKYROCKETING.
IN TODAY’S PROGRAM, WE’LL BEGIN TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT
WHAT’S HAPPENING, AS WE PREVIEW OUR UPCOMING SPECIAL,
BRAINWASHED: THE INDOCTRINATION OF AMERICA’S YOUTH.
WE BEGIN WITH AN EXAMINATION OF ONE
OF THE PRIMARY DRIVERS OF THIS IDEOLOGICAL CAMPAIGN
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
CHILDREN ARE FACING MANY DANGERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS TODAY.
THERE ARE IDEOLOGIES THAT ARE COMPLETELY
ANTITHETICAL TO A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW.
YOU HAVE GENDER IDEOLOGY,
YOU HAVE DANGEROUS IDEAS ABOUT SCHOOL DISCIPLINE,
MESSAGES CONCERNING THINGS LIKE CRITICAL RACE THEORY,
QUEER THEORY.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE FACING OUR CHILDREN
THAT REALLY PARENTS NEED TO BE AWARE THAT THE EDUCATION
THEIR CHILDREN ARE GETTING IS NOT THE SAME AS THE EDUCATION
THEY GOT WHEN THEY WERE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL.
WE THINK THAT WHEN WE SEND OUR KIDS OFF TO PUBLIC SCHOOL,
WE ARE SENDING THEM OFF TO THOSE WHO HAVE THEIR
BEST INTEREST IN MIND, AND THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE.
THERE'S AN AGENDA. OUR CHILDREN ARE THE PRIZE,
WE'RE LIVING AT A TIME WHEN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM,
THE PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
AND WHEN YOU THINK OF WHAT IS HAPPENING,
IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO SAY, WE
WILL NOT SUBJECT THESE PRECIOUS LAMBS TO BE THROWN TO WOLVES.
OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE BECOMING
MORE LIKE SPIRITUAL DEATH CAMPS.
IT'S NO LONGER JUST ABOUT ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION.
IT'S ACTUALLY USING OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO INDOCTRINATE
CHILDREN TO BELIEVE THAT WHICH
THE PARENTS WOULD FIND ABHORRENT.
THERE'S SOME SORT OF A VERY UNIFIED EFFORT
TO CONTROL THE MINDS OF CHILDREN,
TO INDOCTRINATE THEM AND TO GET THEM ON A ANTI-GOD,
BUT VERY PANTHEISTIC WORLDVIEW.
YOU HAVE THIS SECULARIZATION OF THE PUBLIC-SCHOOL SYSTEM
AND THE INDOCTRINATION OF THE PUBLIC-SCHOOL SYSTEM
INTO THIS NOTION THAT WE CAN DO ALL THIS WITHOUT GOD.
IT’S OFTEN OVERLOOKED THAT ANTI-GOD IDEOLOGIES
HAVE BEEN AT THE CORE OF THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION SYSTEM
SINCE MODERN PUBLIC EDUCATION BEGAN.
JOHN DEWEY, THE FATHER OF MODERN PUBLIC EDUCATION,
REALLY WANTED PUBLIC EDUCATION TO PRIMARILY BE
A SOCIALIZATION TOOL RATHER THAN AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL.
THE IDEA WAS TO CREATE THE RIGHT KIND OF CITIZEN WHO THOUGHT
IN THE WAY THAT THE ELITES WANTED THEM TO THINK.
AND SO, WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER TIME IS THAT
INCREASINGLY EDUCATION TAKES A BACKSEAT TO SOCIALIZATION.
WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM ACADEMICS
INTO BEHAVIOR, THERAPEUTIC EDUCATION.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU CAN CONTROL A PERSON
IF YOU CAN CONTROL THEIR EMOTIONS.
AND THAT'S THE END GAME OF THIS
FEELING HAVE VERY MUCH BECOME LIKE THEIR GOD.
THAT IS THEIR NORTH STAR.
CS LEWIS HAS THIS FAMOUS LINE WHERE HE SAYS,
IN A SENSE, HE'S DESCRIBING THE MODERN MINDSET
WHERE EVERYTHING IS ROOTED ON THAT THAT UPPER STORY
LEAP OF FEELINGS AND IDENTITY,
RATHER THAN DOING WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
THIS EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY HAS ENTERED THE CLASSROOM
THROUGH WHAT IS KNOWN AS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING
AND IS PRESENTED AS A FRAMEWORK THAT AIMS TO FOSTER
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS WITHIN SCHOOL CURRICULA,
BUT IN REALITY, IT IS BEING USED TO BRING
LEFT-WING POLITICS INTO THE CLASSROOM.
SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING IS,
A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.
PARENTS THINK THAT IT'S JUST BASIC
HOW TO GET ALONG WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR KIND OF TEACHING,
BUT THAT'S NOT AT ALL WHAT IT IS.
EVERYTHING IS BEHAVIOR BASED.
VERY LITTLE OF IT IS CORE ACADEMICS.
THEY'RE TOTALLY MANIPULATING OUR YOUTH,
YOU HAVE SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES AND SEXUALIZATION
THAT’S THEIR PRIORITY.
OUR KIDS ARE FAILING AT READING WRITING AND MATH
AND SOCIETY IS SEEING THE RESULTS
OF THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION.
ACCORDING TO GALLUP, OVER 90 PERCENT OF PARENTS
BELIEVE THEIR CHILDREN ARE PERFORMING AT GRADE LEVEL.
BUT THE FACT IS, BASED ON THEIR TEST SCORES,
ONLY ABOUT 50 PERCENT ACTUALLY ARE.
KIDS ARE NOT BEING TAUGHT THE FACTS.
THEY'RE BEING TAUGHT THE NARRATIVE.
AND THEN HOW THOSE FACTS FIT INTO
THE NARRATIVE THAT THEY'VE ALREADY CREATED.
A RADICAL ACTIVIST WHO USES “THEY/THEM” PRONOUNS
EVEN STARTED "WOKE KINDERGARTEN"
WHERE TEACHERS WERE TRAINED TO QUOTE, "DISRUPT WHITENESS."
WOKE KINDERGARTEN DESCRIBES ITSELF ON ITS WEBSITE AS
"SUPPORTING... PRO-BLACK AND QUEER AND TRANS LIBERATION."
THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HAS
"WOKE WONDERING'S" ABOUT CHALLENGING THE
"LEGITIMACY OF THE SUPREME COURT"
AND ABOLISHING THE POLICE, MONEY AND THE MILITARY.
AFTER ITS TRUE NATURE CAME INTO PUBLIC LIGHT,
THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN
GLASSBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
BUT THIS WON’T STOP THE AGENDA, INCLUDING
THE PROMOTING OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION THIS IS THE GOD OF OUR CULTURE.
YOU NOTICE THEY'RE NEVER TALKING ABOUT A DIVERSITY OF IDEAS.
THEY'RE ALWAYS JUST TALKING ABOUT A DIVERSITY OF SKIN COLOR.
IT'S GOING TO ERODE ALL TYPES OF THINGS WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS,
BECAUSE IT'S ALL SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF EQUITY.
EQUALITY OF OUTCOMES MEANS THAT EVERYONE
IS ABLE TO SUCCEED ON THEIR OWN ABILITIES.
EQUITY OF OUTCOMES MEANS THAT YOU ARE HELD BACK
IF YOU ARE DOING BETTER THAN ANOTHER CHILD.
I THINK A LOT OF LIBERALS HAVE A SLAVE OWNER MENTALITY THAT SAYS
CERTAIN PEOPLE OF CERTAIN RACES CANNOT MAKE IT WITHOUT MY HELP.
THEY CAN’T, THE EDUCATION STANDARDS THAT WE SET ARE
TOO HIGH FOR THEM SO WE SHOULD LOWER THE EDUCATION STANDARDS.
THE STANDARDS FOR LANGUAGE AND MATH AND SCIENCES
THEY CAN'T ACHIEVE THESE THINGS
SO WE HAVE TO DUMB IT DOWN FOR THEM.
WE ARE ALREADY SEEING OUR SCHOOLS
GET RID OF GIFTING CLASSES OF AP CLASSES,
BECAUSE IT'S NOT EQUITABLE IF YOUR CHILD
IS ABLE TO DO AN AP CLASS AND ANOTHER CHILD IS NOT.
SO I SEE CRT AS NOT ONLY CHANGING OUR HISTORY,
OUR COUNTRY, IT'S ALSO DIVIDING OUR CHILDREN.
IT'S DUMBING DOWN OUR CHILDREN.
YOUNG PEOPLE DON’T DO THEIR BIBLES SO THEY ARE SWAYED BY THE
CULTURAL TIDES THEY’RE BELIEVING WHAT THE MEDIA IS TELLING THEM
CULTURAL TRENDS SUCH AS THE HUGE UP TICK OF STUDENTS IDENTIFYING
AS TRANSGENDER CAN BE LINKED TO THE PERVASIVENESS
OF THIS IDEOLOGY BEING PUSHED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
AMONG OTHER KEY CAUSES.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS,
NOT IN ISOLATION BUT ON A MASSIVE LEVEL,
AS A MATTER OF SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY,
AS A MATTER OF STATE POLICY,
ORDERING TEACHERS TO LIE TO PARENTS
ABOUT THEIR CHILD’S GENDER IDENTITY CONFUSION
WHICH IS BEING SPURRED ON THROUGH NOT JUST THE INTERNET
BUT BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON A MASSIVE LEVEL.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO SEE THESE SCHOOLS WORKING
TO GROOM THE CHILDREN INTO GENDER CONFUSION.
IF WE ALLOW CHILDREN IN OUR CLASSROOMS TO BE CALLED BY A
DIFFERENT NAME INSTEAD OF BY THE NAME THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN,
IF WE ALLOW THEM TO BE,
PRETEND THAT THEY'RE ANOTHER GENDER
INSTEAD OF THE GENDER THAT THEY ARE IN EVERY CELL OF THEIR BODY,
THEN THAT IS UNDERMINING PARENTAL AUTHORITY.
AND THAT IS COMPLETELY OUT OF BOUNDS
FOR WHAT A GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO,
WHAT A SCHOOL SHOULD DO
WHAT A MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY SHOULD DO.
ANY ATTEMPT TO DISTORT A CHILD’S GENDER SHOULD BE CRIMINAL.
BUT THIS GROOMING BEHAVIOR IS NOT JUST ALLOWED IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS IT’S BEING MANDATED BY OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY'RE TRYING TO, TO SAY PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
IF YOU RECEIVE ANY MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
AND MOST OF THEM DO,
THEN YOU HAVE TO ALLOW BIOLOGICAL MALES INTO
GIRLS' LOCKER ROOMS AND COMPETE WITH THEIR GIRLS.
YOU HAVE TO LET THEM BE IN GIRLS' LOCKER ROOMS WHEN THE
GIRLS ARE GETTING OUTTA THE SHOWER WHEN THEY'RE NAKED.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ACT AS A SOCIETY
LIKE THAT'S SOMEHOW NORMAL OR REASONABLE
FOR A FEMALE GIRL TO BE VISUALLY VIOLATED.
SOMETHING IN ANY OTHER CONTEXT
WOULD BE CRIMINALLY PROSECUTABLE.
WHETHER IT’S IN THE LOCKER ROOM OR THE LIBRARY,
INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL CONDUCT AND CONTENT IS BEING NORMALIZED
THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC-SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND SO WE'RE SEEING A WAVE OF PORNOGRAPHY
IN PARTICULAR IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES.
THE WORST PART OF IT IS THAT STATES ARE PAYING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THESE VENDORS TO PROVIDE
THESE AGE APPROPRIATE LIBRARY DATABASES TO KIDS.
THE CHILD CLICKS ON SECOND GRADE.
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THEY ARE DEEP INTO BEING EXPOSED
TO IN SOME CASES, SOFT PORNOGRAPHY,
IN SOME CASES, HARDCORE PORNOGRAPHY
THEY'RE BEING EXPOSED TO,
AND THIS IS YOUR TAX DOLLARS THAT IS PAYING FOR THIS.
IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING COMING TO YOUR SCHOOL
OR YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
IT IS THERE.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO INOCULATE OUR CHILDREN AGAINST
THIS CULTURE OF THE WORLD AND TO BE WARRIORS OF THE CROSS.
MUSIC
THERE ARE MANY GREAT CHRISTIAN TEACHERS WHO ARE WORKING
TO BE A FAITHFUL PRESENCE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
BEING SALT AND LIGHT IN THEIR WORLD,
AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR EACH OF THEM.
BUT THE OVERALL TRENDS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
AND THEY’RE PREDICTABLE, BECAUSE THEY’RE FLOWING
OUT OF A LEFTIST PHILOSOPHY THAT PUSHES OUT GOD
AND MAKES MAN THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS.
THAT’S WHY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
CHRISTIAN PARENTS CAN DO RIGHT NOW
IS TO SET PRIORITIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN’S LIVES
AND BE INTENTIONAL IN CARRYING THEM OUT.
DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY
ISSUES A STIRRING CALL IN THIS PORTION OF HIS MESSAGE,
“REARING GODLY CHILDREN.”
WHAT WOULD YOU AS A CHRISTIAN PARENT
WANT MOST FOR YOUR CHILDREN AS THEY GROW UP,
ARE TRAINED AND REARED AND EDUCATED. IT IS NOT
THAT THEY ATTEND AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL
WITH DISTINCTIVE TITLE,
NOT THAT THEY BECOME PARE OF PHI BETA KAPPA
OR GRADUATED SUMMA CUM LAUDE,
OR GAIN THEIR PH.D.
ALL OF THESE “THINGS” ARE BUT AS DUNG
COMPARED TO THE ONE OVERRIDING DESIRE,
WHICH UNFORTUNATELY, MANY PARENTS DO NOT REALLY GIVE
THE CONSIDERATION THAT IT DESERVES
UNTIL IT IS TRAGICALLY TOO LATE.
THE DESIRE IS THAT YOUR CHILD MIGHT BE SAVED.
AND NONE OF THE REST, WITHOUT THAT, MEAN ANYTHING AT ALL.
YOUR CHILD MAY BE EVER SO WELL-EDUCATED,
EVER SO SUCCESSFUL, LIVE IN EVER-SO-BIG A HOME,
BUT IF HIS HEART IS DESOLATE AND EMPTY OF CHRIST,
IF HIS WILL IS TURNED FROM GOD,
IF HIS DESIRES ARE FOR THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD,
AND HIS AFFECTIONS ARE SET ON THINGS BELOW AND NOT ABOVE,
THEN ALL OF THOSE THINGS
WILL BE AS MEANINGLESS AS ASHES IN YOUR HEART.
WELL HOW CAN WE REAR GODLY CHILDREN
AND GUARANTEE THAT SUCH AN END IS NOT THEIRS?
WELL, LET ME SAY THAT THERE IS NO WAY AT ALL
THAT WE CAN GUARANTEE HOW THEY WILL TURN OUT
BECAUSE CHILDREN ARE NOT PUPPETS.
THEY DO HAVE A WILL OF THEIR OWN AND THEREFORE,
A GOOD PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY RESTS WITH THEM.
THEY MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS; THEY ULTIMATELY WILL DECIDE
WHETHER TO TRUST CHRIST OR NOT,
WHETHER TO SERVE AND FOLLOW HIM OR NOT, AND ULTIMATELY,
WE CANNOT MAKE THAT DECISION FOR THEM.
BUT WE CAN DO, AND THE SCRIPTURE COMMANDS US TO DO MANY
THINGS WHICH CAN LEAD TO THE PROBABILITY OF THAT DECISION.
I THINK THOSE THINGS RESOLVE THEMSELVES INTO THREE
PERHAPS A THREE-PRONGED ATTACK UPON THE PROBLEMN
OR MAYBE THREE LEGS TO THE ONE STOOL UPON WHICH RESTS
THE ETERNAL HOPES OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE FIRST ONE OF THESE THREE LEGS,
WHICH ARE THREE INSTITUTIONS, IS THE HOME.
THIS IS MOST BASIC OF ALL THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF PIETY,
MORALITY, EDUCATION, AND CITIZENSHIP IS THE HOME.
AND IF WE FAIL THERE,
IT IS NOT LIKELY THAT ANYONE ELSE UPON WHOM
WE HAVE DUMPED THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DOING
WHAT WE HAVE FAILED TO DO IS LIKELY TO SUCCEED.
WE, AS WE HAVE VOWED, AS WE HAVE BROUGHT
OUR CHILDREN FOR BAPTISM.
WE HAVE VOWED THAT WE WOULD PRAY WITH THEM
AND FOR THEM; WE HAVE VOWED THAT WE WOULD
TEACH THEM THE DOCTRINES OF OUR HOLY RELIGION;
WE HAVE VOWED THAT WE WOULD SET BEFORE THEM A GODLY EXAMPLE.
THE HOME IS PRIMARY AND CRUCIAL.
THE SECOND INSTITUTION IS THAT OF THE CHURCH,
WITH ITS WORSHIP SERVICES AND ITS SUNDAY SCHOOL
AND ITS MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH ACTIVITIES
AND STUDY GROUPS, FELLOWSHIP.
MANY IS THE LIFE OF A YOUNG CHILD
WHO HAS COME TO SPIRITUAL LIFE AND
BEEN NURTURED AND MATURED IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
AND SERVICES OF THIS CHURCH AND MANY OTHERS.
ARE YOUR CHILDREN IN SUNDAY SCHOOL?
DO YOU TAKE THEM OR SEND THEM?
AND HOW ABOUT YOU ADULTS?
HOW MANY OF YOU WERE IN SUNDAY SCHOOL THIS MORNING?
HOW MANY OF YOU FEEL THAT STUDYING THE WORD OF GOD
IS OF SUFFICIENT IMPORTANCE THAT YOU WOULD MAKE THE EFFORT
TO SPEND THE TIME TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD?
HOW TRAGIC IT IS THAT MANY PEOPLE SUPPOSE THAT BY SPENDING
ONE HOUR A WEEK OUT OF 168,
THAT THIS IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEIR SPIRITUAL
AND ETERNAL WELL-BEING.
I URGE YOU ALL TO TAKE MORE TIME TO STUDY AND
TO SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED UNTO GOD.
BUT THIRDLY, AND MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THIS
PARTICULAR OCCASION THERE IS THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.
AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT LEG OF THAT TRIAD
IS THIS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT
AS THE YEARS GO BY BECAUSE THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SYSTEM,
ONCE THE VAUNTED AND SUCCESSFUL INSTITUTION THAT
IT WAS WHEN IT WAS DOMINATED BY CHRISTIAN WORLD AND
LIFE VIEWS AND WHERE CHRIST WAS HONORED AND HIS WORD WAS TAUGHT,
WHERE THE PRIMERS AT ONE TIME USED IN OUR SCHOOLS
WERE ENTIRELY OF THE BIBLE,
AND THEN THE SCHOOL GRADUALLY BECAME SECULARIZED
UNTIL IT BECAME SUPPOSEDLY NEUTRAL,
AND TODAY IS DECIDEDLY ANTI-CHRISTIAN IN ITS MAKEUP.
AS DOSTOEVSKY SAID IN THE LAST CENTURY:
“IF GOD IS DEAD, OR DOES NOT EXIST,
THEN EVERYTHING IS PERMISSIBLE.”
AND THAT IS PRECISELY THE MOTIVATION
THAT LIES BEHIND ATHEISM.
IT IS AN ORDER THAT THE DEPRAVED HUMAN HEART CAN RUN RAMPANT AND
SINK TO WHATEVER DEPTHS OF DEPRAVITY THAT IT DESIRES,
WITH NO CONCERN ABOUT A JUDGMENT TO COME,
AND AN ETERNAL CONSEQUENCE.
AND SO OUR STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM OUR SCHOOLS HAVE LEARNED
THAT THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT WHICH
THEY MAY BE CERTAIN AT ALL:
THERE IS NO REVELATION FROM GOD,
THERE IS, INDEED, NO GOD WHO COULD GIVE SUCH A REVELATION,
ALL RELIGIONS ARE EQUAL AND
THEY ARE ALL EQUALLY INVALID.
THAT’S WHY I AM SO DELIGHTED THAT RIGHT HERE AT WESTMINSTER,
STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT, DAY BY DAY, YEAR BY YEAR,
THAT THERE IS A CHRISTIAN WORLD AND LIFE VIEW
WHICH IS DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE TO THAT,
THAT THERE IS A GOD WHO REIGNS IN HEAVEN ABOVE
AND EARTH BENEATH,
AND HE HAS GIVEN TO US NOT ONLY HIS WORD,
UPON WHICH WE CAN RELY AND REST OUR HOPES AND LIVE OUR LIVES
AND DIE WITH JOY AND EXPECTATION OF PARADISE.
BUT ALSO, THAT HE HAS GIVEN HIS SON TO MAKE ALL OF THAT POSSIBLE
AND THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD,
AND THAT WE DO KNOW THAT HE LIVED UPON THIS EARTH.
IN FACT, WE KNOW MORE CERTAINLY THAT JESUS CHRIST LIVED THAN WE
KNOW ABOUT ANY OTHER ANCIENT FIGURE OF ANTIQUITY AT ALL.
IF INDEED, THE NEW TESTAMENT IS NOT RELIABLE, THEN WE WOULD
HAVE TO THROW OUT THE ENTIRETY OF ALL ANCIENT LITERATURE,
BECAUSE THE NEW TESTAMENT RESTS
UPON SCIENTIFIC AND HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS
THAT ARE A THOUSAND TIMES STRONGER THAN THAT OF
ANY OTHER WRITING OF ANTIQUITY.
AND THEY KNOW THAT THIS SON OF GOD LOVED THEM AND
GAVE HIMSELF FOR THEM AND OFFERS FREELY TO FORGIVE THEM,
AND TO GIVE THEM MEANING AND PURPOSE IN THEIR LIVES,
TO GIVE THEM A DIRECTION AND A GOAL,
TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING FOR WHICH TO LIVE AND
SOMETHING FOR WHICH THEY EVEN COULD DIE, IF THAT IS REQUIRED.
I REJOICE THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT
ARE BEING TAUGHT JUST SUCH THINGS AS THAT,
AND THAT WE CAN REAR GODLY STUDENTS,
GODLY CHILDREN, EVEN IN THE MIDST OF AN UNGODLY WORLD.
THE HOME, THE CHURCH, THE SCHOOL...THE THREE-PART TRIAD
THAT GOD HAS ORDAINED SHOULD BE USED IN ORDER THAT WE,
AS FATHERS, MAY AS OUR SCRIPTURE SAID,
“BRING UP OUR CHILDREN IN THE NURTURE
AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD.”
HI, I’M JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY.
AS YOU JUST HEARD FROM MY FATHER,
WE CHRISTIANS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
TO BRING OUR CHILDREN UP IN THE LORD.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TIME WHEN THAT WAS EASY,
WHICH IS WHY MY DAD WAS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION, AND
FOUNDED A PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE SCHOOL,
HERE IN FORT LAUDERDALE.
BUT TODAY IT’S MORE DIFFICULT TO BRING CHILDREN UP IN THE LORD
THAN IT’S EVER BEEN IN AMERICA.
FALSE IDEOLOGY AND CULTURAL LIES ARE PIPED
INTO CHILDREN’S LIVES 24/7 THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA,
ENTERTAINMENT, AND MANY OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
IF PARENTS DON’T ACT, THEIR CHILDREN WILL BE OVERWHELMED.
THAT’S WHY WE’VE PRODUCED THE BRAND-NEW,
HARD-HITTING DOCUMENTARY,
BRAINWASHED: THE INDOCTRINATION OF AMERICA’S YOUTH,
AND WE’D LIKE TO SEND IT TO YOU AS OUR THANKS FOR YOUR
GENEROUS DONATION TO THE WORK OF THIS MINISTRY.
YOU SAW JUST ONE SEGMENT OF THAT SPECIAL EARLIER IN THIS PROGRAM.
WE WANT TO SEND YOU THE WHOLE THING, WHICH FEATURES COMMENTARY
FROM EXPERTS LIKE VODDIE BAUCHAM, ERIC METAXAS,
CAROL SWAIN, AND ALISA CHILDERS, AMONG MANY OTHERS.
DISCOVER HOW YOUR KIDS ARE BEING INDOCTRINATED
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, SCHOOLS, AND ENTERTAINMENT,
AND WHAT YOU AS A CHRISTIAN PARENT CAN DO ABOUT IT.
AND IF YOU’RE ABLE TO GIVE A DONATION OF $50 OR MORE,
WE’LL SEND YOU THE DVD OF BRAINWASHED,
PLUS THE VALUABLE BOOK,
MAMA BEAR APOLOGETICS: EMPOWERING YOUR KIDS
TO CHALLENGE CULTURAL LIES, BY HILLARY MORGAN FERRER.
HILLARY’S GOAL IN WRITING THIS BOOK WAS TO HELP EQUIP CHRISTIAN
MOMS TO GUIDE THEIR CHILDREN IN BUILDING A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW
AND LEARNING HOW TO STRAIN OUT THE CULTURAL LIES.
IT’S ALSO OF TREMENDOUS USE FOR DADS AND GRANDPARENTS TOO.
MAMA BEAR APOLOGETICS OFFERS A GUIDE FOR BUSY PARENTS
TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN DEVELOP BIBLICAL DISCERNMENT
SO THEY CAN SEE THE LIES AS THEY COME,
AND RESPOND BIBLICALLY.
SHE HELPS PARENTS EQUIP THEIR CHILDREN
TO DEAL WITH COMMON CULTURAL FALSEHOODS LIKE
AND SHE DOES IT IN AN ENTERTAINING, MEMORABLE WAY.
IT’S ONE OF THE BEST RESOURCES FOR PREPARING YOUR CHILDREN
FOR LIFE IN THIS WORLD THAT I KNOW OF.
THAT’S OUR BRAND-NEW SPECIAL,
BRAINWASHED: THE INDOCTRINATION OF AMERICA’S YOUTH,
AS OUR THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATION.
AND THE BRAINWASHED SPECIAL PLUS THE OUTSTANDING BOOK,
MAMA BEAR APOLOGETICS: EMPOWERING YOUR KIDS
TO CHALLENGE CULTURAL LIES, BY HILLARY MORGAN FERRER,
AS THANKS FOR YOUR GIFT OF $50 OR MORE.
YOUR DONATION HELPS US TO BROADCAST PROGRAMS LIKE THIS
FAR AND WIDE, AND PRODUCE RESOURCES TO HELP CHRISTIANS
NOT ONLY NAVIGATE IN THIS POST-CHRISTIAN SOCIETY,
BUT THRIVE IN IT AND ADVANCE THE GOSPEL.
SO PLEASE CONTACT US RIGHT AWAY WITH YOUR GIFT.
SIMPLY WRITE TO US AT CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES:
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ONE HOUR A WEEK FOR A CHILD IN CHURCH,
AND PERHAPS ANOTHER IN SUNDAY SCHOOL,
IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO COUNTERACT
30 HOURS OF FORMAL SECULAR EDUCATION PER WEEK,
LET ALONE WHAT TWISTING OF
THE TRUTH COMES THROUGH OTHER CHANNELS.
IN GOD’S INFALLIBLE WORD, HE NEVER INSTRUCTS PARENTS TO MAKE
SURE THEIR CHILDREN ATTEND PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
HE NEVER INSTRUCTS THEM TO PUT THEIR CHILDREN IN LINE FOR
AWARDS, HONORS, AND CAREER FINANCIAL SUCCESS.
ALL OF THOSE MAY BE FINE, IN THEIR PROPER PLACE.
BUT WHAT GOD DOES TELL US ABOUT EDUCATING CHILDREN IS THIS:
THAT’S GOD’S MANDATE FOR EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN
HIS DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS TO YOU AND ME.
AND THAT’S WHY DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY,
THE FOUNDING PASTOR OF CORAL RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
FOUNDED THE SCHOOL WE’RE AT TODAY
WESTMINSTER ACADEMY IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
SO THAT GENERATIONS MIGHT BE STEEPED IN
THE TRUTH OF GOD’S WORD AS THE FOUNDATION FOR EVERYTHING.
AND AS DR. KENNEDY’S SUCCESSOR,
I AM HUMBLED TO CONTINUE THAT LEGACY.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT TO SQUARE UP AGAINST.
THERE’S SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE’S THE SECULAR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM,
AND THERE’S ALSO ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA, WHICH
HAS BEEN SHAPING THE WORLDVIEW OF CHILDREN FOR DECADES.
COMPANIES LIKE DISNEY HAVE LONG TRIED TO INFLUENCE
CHILDREN WITH A HUMANISTIC AGENDA.
BUT MORE RECENTLY, THEY AND OTHER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANIES
HAVE ABANDONED SUBTLETY IN FAVOR OF A MORE OVERT APPROACH.
THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIANITY IS ALWAYS JUST ONE GENERATION AWAY
FROM EXTINCTION BECAUSE BIBLICAL TRUTH
ISN’T HANDED DOWN GENETICALLY, AND IT ISN’T AUTOMATIC.
IT REQUIRES DILIGENCE, DEDICATION,
AND THE BLESSING OF THE LORD.
BUT BECAUSE IT’S HIS WILL,
WE CAN BE ASSURED HE WILL HELP US TO CARRY IT OUT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
WE WELCOME YOU TO JOIN US IN PERSON
FOR WORSHIP SUNDAY MORNING AT
CORAL RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
IF YOU’RE EVER IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
OR, YOU CAN TUNE INTO THE LIVESTREAM AT CRPC.TV.
MAKE SURE TO CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT
FACEBOOK, TWITTER-X, INSTAGRAM, AND ON YOUTUBE,
AND CHECK OUT THE RESOURCES AT OUR WEBSITE AT CRM.TV.
AND NOW, HERE’S A LOOK AT THE NEXT TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM,
WHEN WE’LL SHARE PART ONE OF OUR BRAND-NEW SPECIAL,
BRAINWASHED: THE INDOCTRINATION OF AMERICA’S YOUTH.
WE'RE LIVING IN A CULTURE WHERE MESSAGES
ARE CONSTANTLY BEING THROWN AT US THROUGH OUR SCREENS
AND SADLY, I THINK THIS IS REALLY
AFFECTING THE YOUNGER GENERATION'S ABILITY TO THINK
CRITICALLY ABOUT THE IDEAS THAT THEY'RE BEING SHOWN
THAT'S NEXT WEEK
THIS HAS BEEN A PRESENTATION OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES