Well most of the reading and discussion for this step I already covered in steps 5 and six, including defining American, Christian and education. Please refer back to those posts again.

I will add here that we need Christian home schooling because we know best how to teach our own children, with the help of the Holy Spirit. The principles are first applied personally, and the home is the sphere that directly influences our daily lives. God’s original educational mandate was for parents and He intended us to teach our children His principles and Word, so that they will bear the fruit of Christian self-government.

American Christian education shapes my home education in the six ways I listed in step 5. It teaches us to think governmentally:
1) who or what is in control
2) cause to effect (internal to external)
3) Christian idea of God, man and government
4) idea that philosophy of government is a philosophy of education
5) every form of government has a philosophy of education (GACE p. 13)
It affects everything in all of life. Because it affects my thinking and philosophy, it affects the way I move in the world. When I teach my children I am doing the same for them.

When I faithfully apply the Biblical Principle Approach I affect the nation in several ways. I develop children who become good citizens. I am an active member of society, involved in political activities like voting and praying for leaders. I develop children with the character to sustain a Christian republic. I am aware of the problems in the three spheres of life and am able to pray for God’s intervention. If you can think of more, please leave a note and let’s add it to this list.