Overflowing With Hope: A Conversation With Kirk Smith (Illinois Family Spotlight #356)

In this edition of Illinois Family Spotlight, Monte Larrick interviews Kirk Smith, executive director of the Illinois Christian Home Educators (ICHE). Over the weekend of May 20th, ICHE hosted their annual homeschool conference at Olivet Nazarene University where families were not only encouraged to educate their children academically, but educate them spiritually. When asked about the difference between public school and home school, Smith replied that children in government education are being taught anti-Christian morals.

“They are learning all these. . .ideologies that are not just unbiblical, they’re anti-biblical. There’s a big difference there. It’s one thing to lack reverence, but it’s another thing to be irreverent, and that’s where our school system has gotten. It is blatantly anti God and enough is enough.”

There is so much we can do as Christians to protect and equip families to raise their kids in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, and one of them is to promote home discipleship.

“I would encourage pastors to talk about home discipleship. . .this is the time for the church to be the church; so many are running away from the battle rather than running to it, or they’re embracing the enemy. If the church does not rise up, we are in bad straights here in America.”

To learn more, visit ICHE.org