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Education Blog

Here I will be sharing some of the things that Rose and I find regarding SDA education.  Click for Blog

Education Quotes

Here you will find notable quotes on a variety of subjects relating to education. Click for Educational Quotes page.

 

True Education Readers

True Education Readers

Here you will find resources such as True Education Readers that can be used in your efforts with your children.

 

Articles/Documents On True Education

Avoid Public Schools

Ellen White was very clear that public schools were not an option for believers due to the teachers not being able to use the Scriptures. Here is further information on this important topic.

 

Counsels On Elementary Schools For Young Children

In this transcribed dialogue Ellen White, her son Willie and various other individuals discussed the propriety of establishing a school for younger children at St. Helena California where a sanitarium was located. Willie was concerned that establishing a school would counter her counsel that mothers should be the sole teacher of their children in their younger days. The pastor was concerned that establishing a school would remove the parents' responsibility to discipline their own children, etc. Of special significance to our day was the presence of a faithful Adventist believer who was the teacher at the local public school. He seemed highly suited to properly teach the Adventist children and therefore negating the need for a church school. HOWEVER!!! Mrs. White said the inability to use the Scriptures in the educational curriculum at the public school made the public school an unacceptable alternative for the children of believers even if there were a godly Seventh-day Adventist teaching there! Mrs. White gave fascinating answers to several questions that are still be posed in our day, and thereby provide principles that can greatly aid us in making good decisions for children at the present time.

 

"Speedy Educational Preparation" Article

I wish every member would read this article regarding making speedy preparation for our life work. Decrying the ever increasing time needed to complete the education of most students, she called for quick preparation. Please read this and pray about how decisions are being made in your life.

 

Christian Recreation

Useful Occupations Better Than Games And Amusements

Here is something I wrote on the greater blessings that come from useful occupations than games. You will find this exceedingly helpful.

Christian Recreation According To God's Plan

This is a wonderful article in question and answer form on the kind of recreation that God can bless. Written by Frances Fry, it first appeared in Christian Education.

Amusement Quotes

Here are important quotes regarding Christian amusements. Though these may not be welcomed, they provide important understandings that are apparently largely forgotten in our day. Click here for the Amusements Quotes Page.

 

Important Books & Documents On True Education

Ellen G. White Books On Education

Education (PDF)

This is a wonderful book on Education. I've heard more than one person say it is their favorite book of her writings.

Education (White Estate Link For Book)

Counsels to Parents, Teachers and Students

This is a wonderful book for learning about true education. You can find it on the White Estate website. It is sometimes referred to as Counsels to Teachers.

 

Periodicals On True Education

Home and School (Titled as Christian Education in Periodical Archive)

 

 

The magazine Home and School, The Journal of Christian Education has wonderful resources on true education and raising children. There is truly a treasure trove of information there. For many years it was called "Home and School." Rose has asked me to print all the issues I can for her:) You can find it in the Adventist Archives in the periodical section. Following is a sample issue to give you an idea of what it is about.

Home And School Sample Issue

Home and School, November, 1924

Articles in this issues

• Daddy Fix This (On letting God help)
• The Social Life of the Home (Ongoing series, this one was on hospitality)
• What Results Do We Want To Get (An article on the objectives of Christian education)
• Things That Defeat Us in Getting the Results We Want (Looks at the various things teachers can do to be more effective - applies to home schools too)
• Rules For Killing The Church School (Suggestions include never visit the school)
• The Maiden Martyr of the Solway (A story of a young woman who was drowned for refusing to violate her convictions)
• Is the Home Lost (How to make our homes, homes of righteousness)
• Family Worship (How to make family worship interesting)
• Thanksgiving Day Poems
• Developing Good Judgment in Children (Shared how a mother taught her son to think for himself)
• Property Rights of Our Children (Suggestions on making the property rights of children more real to them)
• Recreation According to God's Plan (Wonderful compilation of quotes of Mrs. White in answer to questions on recreation)
• Concrete Experiences (Additional tips on recreation)
• Parent Love (An article for young mothers)
• I Was Wondering (Shares suggestions for helping children overcome dishonesty)

There are also wonderful pictures.

This is a wonderful, but largely forgotten resource.

 

E. A. Sutherland

E. A. Sutherland Studies in Christian Education pdf

In other formats: EPUB     Kindle

E. A. Sutherland: Student Self-Support

 

This talk, delivered at a missionary and educational convention in Colorado Springs, CO in 1926, is one of the most instructive discussions I've come across on what it means to be a self-supporting school.

English PDF

Spanish PDF

 

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