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Second Quarter 2005
PO Box 12555, Prescott AZ 86304, 1 888 ISSUES–9
www.issuesineducation.org
Bob & Geri Boyd
US SUPREME COURT RULES TEN COMMANDMENTS UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN COURTS!
First, the Supreme Court ruled that the Ten Commandments were unconstitutional in schools. Now they
rule that they are unconstitutional in courts. What’s it going to take for Congress to declare the Supreme
Court itself is unconstitutional and impeach these five lawless liberal justices?
Additionally, the Supreme Court, which is not supreme,God is, ruled that local governments can take
anyone’s private property, even CHURCHES, if they expected to receive higher property taxes
from someone else such as a shopping mall or high-priced condominiums.
All it takes to evict a family, company or church from its own land is local officials wanting more tax
revenues. So a church, that pays no taxes, can be condemned under “eminent domain” and the
property turned over to a Wall-mart or Target.
The Supreme Court has once again invented a constitutional right. So that now local government can
take your property and simply give it to another to simply increase their taxes. THIS IS AN
incredible blow against individual ownership of private property. These decisions should not be taken
lightly. They strike at the very foundations of our nation! They are more reasons the Supreme Court is out
of control. The ramifications of their decisions will be vast. This Supreme Court considers abortion &
sodomy constitutional but the Ten Commandments in courts and schools and the ownership of private
property (when the city wants higher taxes) un-constitutional!
These decisions completely reverse the intent of the founders in protecting religious freedom and
private property. To the founders these rights were most basic to our fundamental liberties.
The Supreme Court in 1795 labeled “eminent domain” “despotic power!”
One lady in New London, Conn. will be forced out of her home where she was born and has lived
for 87 years City officials announced plans to raze their homes for a riverfront hotel, health club
and offices. But some homeowners vow to stay despite this ruling against them. One said,
“Certainly, none of us own our property anymore.” But even before this ruling, the way we have
allowed things to go, did a person ever really “own” his property when the government could seize
it if he did not pay his property taxes? Remember SOCIALISM has no private property rights.
We must push for the next Supreme Court Justice to judge according to the Constitution. If justices
don’t judge according to the Constitution why is their opinion any different from any other citizen?
Have Judges Become Our Rulers By Making Up Their Own Laws?
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In 1973 the US Supreme Court invented a right to abortion. Since then courts have
invented rights to sodomy and homosexual marriage. Then they deny the Boy Scouts the use
of public property because they refuse to let homosexuals and atheists be scout leaders.
Judges allow the worst, most vile pornography – even virtual child pornography- then ban little
children from singing Christmas carols at school.
Courts ban capital punishment of the worst murderers yet approve of partial birth abortions
on the most innocent little babies.
Abortionists are protected and unborn babies are killed.
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Pornography is rampant on the Internet but the Ten Commandments are removed from
public display!
If the pictures of the Ten Commandments Monument in the Alabama Courthouse being dragged away and
hidden from sight didn’t shock and awaken you what will?
What would you do if a federal judge ordered you not to acknowledge God in public?
Would you obey God or man? This is exactly what happened to Judge Roy Moore.
So Help Me God 902
Courageous Christian, and former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, Judge Roy Moore,
author of So Help Me God (The Ten Commandments, Judicial Tyranny, and the Battle for Religious Freedom,) tells
why he refused to obey a federal judge’s order (without law or precedent) to remove his Ten
Commandments Monument from his courthouse.
If the mere acknowledgement of God by a public official is unconstitutional, then is our national
motto “In God we trust” also unconstitutional? The Ninth Circuit has already declared the Pledge of
Allegiance to be unconstitutional because it contains the words “under God” in it. That’s one reason
Alan Keys said, ““The greatest danger we face today is from those who – in the name of freedom –
tell us we must turn our backs on God.” Look at the intolerance of those who can’t tolerate God.
Historian David Barton, an authority on the Constitution, and the author of Original Intent – The
Courts, The Constitution & Religion, tells what the consequences will be to our freedoms when judges
rule without using the Constitution. One of the main reasons our forefathers broke away from Britain
was because of tyrannical British judges. Isn’t this what we’re seeing today?
For the second time in a little over ten years the Kansas Supreme Court has ordered the legislature to
raise taxes to "help educate the children," despite numerous findings showing more spending has very
little to do with better education. It is bad enough when elected officials raise taxes; it is an unacceptable
mockery of our system when judges do so as well.
When federal judges overturn the votes of 70% of the people of Nebraska, who voted that marriage is
between a man and woman, this is no longer a democracy. This is tyranny.
Where does the Constitution say the Bible is forbidden in schools? Fisher Aimes, the man who actually
wrote the First Amendment, said “If we ever take the Bible out of Schools, we’ll see an explosion of
crime.” Today we have that explosion of crime with more Americans in jail that any time in history.
Pat Buchanan: We’ve seen voluntary prayer, Bible-reading, and the Ten Commandments purged from
public schools; the pornography industry, once a sordid criminal enterprise, given First Amendment
protection; and children forcibly bused across town on judicial orders because of the color of their skin…
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We are no longer a democratic republic. The Supreme Court picks what laws it will permit to stand
and what rights it shall invent. We overthrew a rule of kings. Now we are oppressed by a rule of judges.
It’s crucial for every American to remember this simple fact: courts do not write or create law. That’s the
job of Congress. We must stop thinking and acting as if what a court decides is law. It is not.
Christian or Secular? 896
News Item: A high school in Ohio denies the right of the senior class to include the American
flag in their class photo. Too controversial. News Item: A Cupertino, Ca, school forbids the studying
of the Declaration of Independence because the name God appears in that document. News Item:
Students in a grade school in Carrier Mills, Ill., are ordered to cross dress for one day much to the
humiliation of some. (Boys dress up like girls and vice versa.)
(Bill Hughes letter to the Washington Times)
Parents! Do you want your children to be Christian or secular? Don’t ask what kind of education you want
for your child. Ask what kind of child you want them to become. A recent survey shows that the
majority of youth believes in God but know very little about Christianity. Elizabeth Watkins, cofounder of the Southern Baptist Church & Home Ed. Assoc., says, “The Baptist denomination is DYING!
We are losing 88% of our church children”. (And it’s not just the Baptist denomination.)
Pastor Grady Arnold, a Baptist pastor who heads a group called “GetTheKidsOut.com,” has some
excellent solutions for pastors and parents to help restore and revive Christianity.
Delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention approved a resolution encouraging churches to
investigate the impact the homosexual agenda is having on public schools but did not call for the
withdrawal of children from public schools but for parents to make that decision.
Pat Marcum wrote, in a letter to the SBA 6/05, “Baptists boycotted Disneyland because of “gay day,”
how much more should we boycott schools which influence and pressure innocent children to accept
homosexuality on a daily basis.”
"Public schools are a mission field -- but they're a killing field to our children." Bob Dreyfuss
Nick Jackson: An Impassioned Plea to Southern Baptists: Help Save Our Children!
One of the most important events in the history of our nation that could determine whether our nation will continue
to descend into moral free fall or spark a revival which could save our nation was the SBC resolution addressing the
pro-homosexual materials in public schools and encouraging parents to seek alternatives to public school education.
Imagine the financial impact that 16 million tax-payers could have if each family decided they were going to give their children a
Christian education either through home education or Christian schooling. It is breathtaking to consider the profound
impact we could have if we were obedient to the second part of the Great Commission to not only make disciples but
to teach our children to obey all that Jesus has commanded us.
We care about what our kids are learning in Sunday school, how much more should we worry about
Monday-Friday school! Parents do not understand the urgency of the crisis in our educational system. Brethren, we
have already lost the war in the public schools. Public Schools are enemy territory. We would never allow the
government to baptize us or give us communion but we freely offer our children. Dodge-ball is being replaced with
more "multi-cultural" and "diverse" programs such as dress up day as the opposite sex.
We may win the right to have a sticker on a science text book here and there but, for every moment that we
waste in deciding whether the public schools are fit for our children, we will lose more of our very heart,
soul and freedom as a nation. All marriage protections will be erased by a new batch of indoctrinated,
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"tolerant" voters deciding to overturn them. We cannot rest while our children are sacrificed on the
altars of humanism and Darwinism. Our children are being intellectually, spiritually, and morally
asphyxiated.
Nick Jackson, director of Reform America.
Excerpts from the President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary address to the SBA, June 17, 2005:
Dr. Albert Mohler’s “An Exit Strategy From Public Schools”
This year, the proposal that has attracted the most public attention identifies the issue of homosexuality as the critical
issue. Every week, new reports of atrocities in the public schools appear. Radical sex education programs and
ideologies hostile to Christian truth and parental authority abound. These reports are no longer isolated and
anecdotal. Forces opposed to what Southern Baptist churches and families believe dominate the public school arena.
The crisis in public school education has prompted some to reconsider the very idea of public education. Some now
argue that Christian parents cannot send their children to public schools without committing the sin
of handing their children over to a pagan and ungodly system. The breakdown of the public school system is a
national tragedy. This issue will not go away. I believe that now is the time for responsible Southern
Baptists to develop an exit strategy from the public schools.
Parents! What is your primary purpose in getting your children educated? How you answer this
determines, not just their education, but what they will become. The greatest teacher, Jesus Christ,
said, “A student will become like his teacher.” If they are taught by secular teachers, how can they
become Christians? With 88% of Christian kids leaving the faith you have only a 12% chance your
kids will remain Christian. Just 12% make it. Do you really want to risk their eternal souls?
 “The school system that ignores God, teaches their students to ignore God; this is not neutrality.
It is the worst form of antagonism, for it judges God to be unimportant and irrelevant...” Gordon
Clark
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“Public schools are in open rebellion against Jesus Christ, for they reject His authority over the
classroom.” (Pastor Brian Schwertley, “Deuteronomy 6:7ff. and the Public School Question.”)
Jesus said in John 17:3 “This is eternal life: that they may know (math, science, history…NO!) That
they may know ME.” What do you think Jesus would say is the primary purpose in educating your
child? Jesus said, “Seek first …an academic education?” No Jesus said, “Seek first the Kingdom of
God and all these other things will be added unto you.” To paraphrase Jesus, “What would it benefit
a student to gain the whole world (of academics) and yet lose their very soul?”
Non-Christians teachers don’t lead their students to Christ. Christian teachers are forbidden to disciple
students or they will be sued and fired. There’s no neutrality when Jesus is totally censored out.
Jesus said, “He who is not with me is against me…” Matt 12:30 Are public schools with Jesus? Do they
teach about Him? No. Then, according to Jesus, they are against Him.
Would anyone be surprised if a child who spent several hours each day for several years at a Hindu
school eventually converted to Hinduism as a teenager? No, of course not. Yet countless Christians
believe the myth that public schools are neutral.
Jesus said the GREATEST COMMANDMENT IS THIS, “You shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind” (Mt. 23:37). How can public schools promote
the greatest commandment, or any commandment, when they purposely keep God away from
children’s minds? Remember the Supreme Court has banned the Ten Commandments at school.
Educating for Eternity parts 1 & 2
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Many Christians say they’d love to home school but they can’t. How can a single mother support her
children and home school them at the same time? Listen to the fascinating testimony of Skeet Savage, a
single mom, who was abandoned by her wife-beating husband and left homeless in Michigan in the
dead of a very cold winter. On her way to commit suicide, the Lord dramatically changed her life.
LISTEN. How could a single mother teach her six children when she, HERSELF, flunked out of high
school? She even flunked physical education. She had no job skills, no education, and congestive
heart failure. How’s she going to school her children when she can’t even provide for them?
But God changed everything. This godly woman not only provided for her six children but home
schooled them and became a successful national speaker, publisher of Home School Digest, and author
of Home Schooling for Eternity.
Public schools use only one method of teaching. What if your child doesn’t fit into that learning style? Too bad.
It’s his fault. He’s labeled ADD/ADHD or LD. But is it really “his fault?” It’s easier to call a child a failure
than change the system. Isn’t there another option? Skeet’s son Israel would have been considered extremely
ADD/ADHD. But Skeet taught him and the other five to read and learn all subjects. Skeet put it this way:
ADD, ADHD & dyslexia are challenges to be overcome. They are not a death sentence to your future
dreams. You are NOT stupid. It’s simply a barrier to be overcome. If you know that most dyslexics are
auditory learners, you help them overcome it by learning to read aloud. (It works.)
How can you motivate a child to want to learn? You have to know your child. Listen to them. Ask them
questions. Spend time alone with them. Develop their trust. Test them. Then you will get to know HOW
YOUR CHILD LEARNS.
Children may grow like weeds, but they must be cared for like tender plants. As parents, our nurturing is
going to bear fruit. We can not leave this precious seed to the winds of chance. We must seize the
fleeting moment of their youth to carefully plant, fertilize, water and weed this valuable crop – God’s
provision for the future. (Your children belong to God. You are simply entrusted with their education.)
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The goal of public schools is to create working, taxpaying, politically correct, submissive citizens.
The goal of Christian home schooling is to develop servants of Christ! “A Christian education is
not merely to inform but to transform students into the image of Christ.” Skeet Savage
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
Ro 12:2 How is your government school going to transform a Christian child into the image of Christ?
 “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” How is your public school going to renew their mind?
 “Do not conform to the pattern of this world.” Conform? That’s the job of the public schools.
Everything about a public school education is to make students CONFORM to the pattern of this world.
The goal of public school is the man-centered accumulation of knowledge WITHOUT God, without scientific
Creationism, and without His Word. A public school education teaches kids history without God. They teach
kids science without God. They teach kids sex education without Biblical morality.
How is a non-Christian teacher going to disciple your Christian child? He’s not. If you want your child to be a
Christian why is he being discipled by a non-Christian system? What fellowship does light have with darkness?
The Urgency of Barna’s Research
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This is one of the most important programs we've made. George Barna, Director for Barna Research Group,
and author of Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions, has an urgent message of life and death
for the Church in America!
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Children will define the future of the Church in America. No matter what success we have in
fighting social problems, whether it’s abortion, homosexuality, pornography, drug abuse,
immorality, or crime…if we lose the next generation, we lose the future. But if we win over the
children so they love the Lord with all heart, mind, strength and soul, then we will no longer need to
fight the social problems since the children will grow up to know do what’s right. RIGHT? RIGHT!
PLEASE UNDERSTAND! The foundations of this spiritual war are for people’s souls and minds, and
it’s being waged against the children! The war will be won or lost if the children are won or lost.
Which ever side wins the children -wins all. As people are persuaded when they’re young, it is then
incredibly difficult to change them as they get older. “As a twig is bent, so grows the tree.”
So what would Satan’s number one strategy be? To win the children, right? So what’s the Church’s
number one strategy? To win children? According to Barna, “Only 24% of American churches say
children are a top priority.” Fewer than 3% of churches even have a Christian school! That means
97% of evangelical churches turn their precious little trusting children over to schools where 88% will
reject the Christian faith, a system that teaches only a pro-evolutionary indoctrination. Not even both
sides, pro and con, of evolution are allowed to be taught. There’s nothing about God in HIS creation.
Why do expensive church buildings sit empty six days a week, while the Christian children sit in
humanistic classrooms down the street? Why do churches send missionaries around the world in
search of converts yet lose our own children at home?
Does that sound like children are a high priority to churches? The Church has been lulled into
complacency regarding the spiritual health of its children. Transforming children into spiritual
champions does not happen by accident. It takes a plan. But it begins with a desire to do God’s will.
Jesus told Peter, “If you love me, feed my sheep.” Pastors, if you love Jesus, feed his sheep. Teach
them; don’t send them down the street to the humanists. If you feed sheep just once or twice a week,
they will starve. Discipleship doesn’t happen a couple of hours a week but everyday.
Parents. Have you honestly considered home school? Read Deu 6: 7&Eph 6:4.The internet has opened
up almost limitless possibilities that are just a “mouse click away.” Curriculi are available 24/7.
Barna’s research shows that:
 A child develops his beliefs and morals by age 9. BY AGE 9!! By age 9 most of the moral and
spiritual foundations are in place for life.
 By age 13, a child has formed most of his core beliefs and won't change much after that.
 Although 90% of 13 year olds say they are Christian, only 3% have a Biblical worldview. Only
3%! What does this forebode for the future?
Many Christians say we need to put our Christian kids in public school to be “salt & light” – a
Christian witness. But how can they be a good Christian witness when only 3% of them have a
Biblical worldview? (Jesus told His adult disciples, that He personally had discipled, to be salt & light! Not children.)
If people don’t receive Christ before their teen years, the chance of ever doing it is slim.
 32% of those who receive Christ as their savior do so between 5 to 12 years of age.
 Only 4% of those who receive Christ as their savior do so between 13 to 18 years of age.
 Only 6% of those who receive Christ as their savior do so after age 19.
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Two out of three 13 year olds argue that they will not alter any of their core beliefs in the future.
In other words, they are closed to learning new Biblical insights or being corrected about wrong
beliefs. After age 13, they no longer ask the questions or seek new information on Biblical
understanding.
In other words, by age 13, a person’s spiritual identity is largely set for life and beyond that into eternity.
The primary goal of the Church in America should be to transform mere children to spiritual
champions since most of those who become believers in Christ do so by the age of 15. So the greatest
emphasis for the Church should target those 15 and under, right? Ironically, they are essentially
simply turned over to a humanistic public school system.
God never told us to take over the world through force or persuasion. He did tell us to raise godly
children who will honor God in all they do. Therefore, raising godly children is our greatest
responsibility.
Godly Fitness
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With nearly 65% of Americans overweight, many (fifty nine million) are turning to yoga for exercise
and stress relief. But is yoga just exercise or can it be something more? According to Laurette Willis,
who was a yoga instructor for 22 years, yoga is a way into New Age mysticism. As an instructor, she
led others into channeling and “spirit walking”. Laurette Willis, author of Basic Steps to Godly Fitness,
gives tips on what to eat and what to avoid, how to lose fat and gain health, i.e. skipping breakfast
will not make you slender. Godly fitness is more than physical health. It brings freedom.
Why Gender Matters
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Just 20 years ago, it was generally assumed boys and girls learned in the same way. Now research
demonstrates there is a difference between the way boys and girls learn. Dr Leonard Sax, author of
Why Gender Matters, says parents and teachers need to understand these differences to save boys from
dropping out or being diagnosed with ADD and put on drugs. We’ve experienced a 20 year
experiment that believed gender was an invention of our culture and not innate. We were wrong.
Boy’s academic performance has dropped dramatically over the past few decades so that the average
11th grade boy writes at the same level as an 8th grade girl. There’s a 60/40 ratio of girls to boys who
graduate from college. What’s our culture going to be like with most of the college grads women?
There are God-given differences between the sexes. Giving boys dolls doesn’t change anything. They
use the dolls as projectiles. Giving girls trucks doesn’t change anything. Trucks become their babies.
Freedom From Globalism 900
America fought a war for our independence, but are we going back to be ruled by foreign nations as
Supreme Court Justices increasingly rely on international laws instead of our Constitution? Tom
Deweese says there’s a UN curriculum in our schools now, to prepare America for being part of a
one world government. Professor Alan Quist, author of Fed Ed, says most people are unaware of the
new mandated federal curriculum that will undermine our national sovereignty. Historian Peter
Marshall, author of the Light and The Glory, tells how God miraculously saved George Washington.
A Terrorist Transformed 901 (One of the most requested programs we’ve ever made.)
Are Muslim terrorists bringing their Jihad to America? What really goes on in the mind of a Muslim
terrorist? Walid was a Palestinian-Muslim terrorist! As a college student, he raised money from
unsuspecting students to fund terrorism. His wife challenged him to read the Bible, to find it's
supposed "errors." He did and became a born-again Christian. He now says,”Christianity brings
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peace to a culture but Islam brings jihad.” Austin Miles tells that a public school course, that
indoctrinates students into Islam, has been ruled constitutional by a federal judge. Fascinating program!
Gender Bender 894
The first words of the US Constitution are “We the people,” not we the judges, yet judges are
eliminating the will of the people, so that schools have censored out not just belief in God but basic
morality. Linda Harvey, the founder of Mission America, reports on how students nationwide
participated in a “day of silence” to protest the “supposed discrimination” against homosexuality. But
ironically – what’s to protest when schools go along with it? Other guests include: Richard
Thompson, President of the Thomas More Law Center and Brad Dacus, President of the Pacific
Justice Institute.
Memorial Day Special 895 (The most requested Memorial Day program we’ve ever made.)
To produce heroes to defend our freedoms we need to teach students about the sacrifices made for
their freedoms. Jeremiah Denton, former Senator from Alabama, tells of his severe torture during his
7+ years of torture in North Viet Nam. Decorated war hero, John Steer, author of Wounded Soldier,
gives a fascinating account of his experiences in the jungles of Viet Nam. Gary Horton gives a
moving rendition of what the pledge of allegiance really means. He tells kids not to speak to a flag
until a flag speaks to them of the brave men & women who gave their tomorrows for our todays.
Developing Wisdom 897
Do you have trouble making good decisions? The wiser a person is, the easier it is to make good
decisions. But what is wisdom? How can a person develop wisdom? What’s the difference between
worldly wisdom and Godly wisdom? Young people go to college to get a degree to make money not
develop wisdom. How can parents help their children do as God says to “Get Wisdom?” Mark
Matlock is the author of Freshman: The College Student’s Guide to Developing Wisdom. Mark weaves
fascinating, personal stories with Proverbs in a way that helps you prioritize what’s really important.
Research on Home Schooling 889
Parents! The education you choose for your child will determine their success or failure in life! How do home
schooled students do as adults? If a child does not go to school, how will they learn to interact with other people?
Now there’s a comprehensive research study answering all your questions on home schooling. A leading
researcher, Dr Brian Ray, President of the Home Education Research Institute, found (among other things) that
94% of home schooled students kept the faith of their parents, while the majority, 85% of those who go to
public schools, reject their Christian faith.
What Really is ADHD? 888
Why are we experiencing an explosion in new mental illnesses never heard of 30 years ago? Why are perfectly
healthy children being put on drugs? The most common childhood disorder in America is ADHD. Is ADHD a real
diseases or a label contrived by the Psychiatric Association? Neurologist, Dr Fred Baughman, is the author of
The ADHD Fraud- How Psychiatry Makes Patients of Normal Children. Also medical doctor, Mary Ann Block,
author of No More Ritalin and No More ADHD, is an expert on attention and behavior problems in children.
“Parents must take back control of their children’s education. Whatever kind of schooling we choose for our
children, we must remember that we are responsible for what they learn. We must become their primary tutor
and teacher of the values and views of the Kingdom of God. This means much more than helping with homework.
There must be a renaissance of education in America, and it will begin with every parent who prays that their
children will one day love God and serve Him. This is not a matter of a parent’s ability but of their will. As
Christian parents let’s step up to the plate and education our children.” (Mark Earley Prison Fellowship May 05.)
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The Box:
Kevin Swanson, author of, “Critical Factors. The Ten Time-Tested Secrets of a Successful
Education.”
You know you have pretty much climbed out of the box, when you have a choice between putting
your son on Ritalin or going for a year long bicycle trip across America with him, and you choose
the latter. After only three months in conventional school, Thomas Edison was expelled for being
and “empty-headed” fool. Later he said about his mother, “She instilled in me the love and purpose
of learning.” You cannot look around your room without finding ten or fifteen inventions directly
attributable to Thomas Edision.
What would have happened if young Thomas had been kept in the box and put on drugs? Thank
God, every now and then, somebody gets out of the box.
I asked a single mom why she pulled her son out of government school, “He was bored!” I asked,
“What have you been doing?” The young man answered me, “I invented a portable washer and dryer
machine for travelers, and we are selling the design to a local manufacturing firm.” I couldn’t
believe it. I was speaking to Thomas Edison and his mother right there in our resource center in
Parker, Colorado! Thank God, every now and then, somebody gets out of the box. (GET OUT OF THE BOX!)
In Christ,
Bob & Geri Boyd
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