Salt and Light

As Christians, we pray our children will be salt and light in the world. But will they become effective witnesses by observing and being apprenticed by their Christian parents and other Christians, or by observing and being apprenticed by their peers?

We are not admonished to grow in wisdom and stature by conforming to the foolish. As our children’s guardians, we have an opportunity to provide them with a time of nurturing, apprenticing and growing so that when God calls them to be salt and light, He will have prepared them through us, as His willing servants, for the purpose He has before them.

Further Reading

There are no biblical examples of children being used as missionaries or crusaders. Rather, the Scripture shows adults acting as missionaries and evangelists. Do not misunderstand me. By no means do I want to abandon the public schools. We need Christian adults — not children — to be salt and light in the public schools as teachers and administrators, school board members, truant officers, and social workers. When our children grow up, then we can send them to public school — as adults whose jobs give them a measure of authority. But while they are young, we should not send them to be taught and discipled by a godless educational system in which they have no power or authority. – Christopher J. Klicka, “No More Children’s Crusades”
• Aren’t You Being Selfish?
  “The words were still echoing in my mind. ‘If every Christian homeschools his child, what will happen to the public schools?’ asked a Christian friend as we chatted over the phone. ‘Doesn’t God tell us to be salt and light in the world?’” How do we answer this reasonable question? Thoughtful answer from Alpha Omega Publications’ Homeschooling site.
• On Being Salt and Light
  “If we really want our children to be salt and light in this world, the public school classroom may be the last place they should be.” A look at when our children will be salt and light, ready to make a difference from the Alliance for the Separation of School & State.
• Salt and Light
  “Far from teaching that anti-Christian, Atheistic, Secular Humanistic government education is an appropriate place for us to ‘shine,’ the Bible actually warns us not to align ourselves with such adversaries.” From Voddie Baucham Ministries.