Millstones & Stumbling Blocks: Understanding Education in Post-Christian America
Bradley Heath
Paperback, 5.5x8.5 in, 140 pages, Bibliography
Fenestra Books, March 2006
ISBN-13: 9781587365560
ISBN-10: 1587365561
Description
Much of the timber of public schooling and evangelicalism is as dry as kindling; Millstones & Stumbling Blocks is an open flame.
Don’t read this book if you insist on believing that . . .
- Christian children should be educated in public schools
- American evangelicalism is on the right track
- there are political remedies for our cultural illnesses
Do read this book if . . .
- you’ll consider that the above points may not be true
- you are unhappy with the educational status quo
- you accept the responsibility to read, think, and act
Advance Praise
“There is no greater failing among Christians than our lack of obedience in the education of our children. Brad Heath understands the stakes and eloquently points the way.”
—Bruce Shortt
Attorney, and author of The Harsh Truth about Public Schools
“Christian parents with children in the government school system can’t receive Brad Heath’s hard, pointed, and piercing message often enough.”
—Patch Blakey
Executive Director, The Association of Classical & Christian Schools
“If you can handle a paradigm threat with a whiff of humor, read Brad Heath’s Millstones & Stumbling Blocks.”
—Marshall Fritz
President, Alliance for the Separation of School & State
“Heath’s analysis of the cultural and moral consequences of rejecting Christian education and embracing public schooling is among the best yet written.”
—E. Ray Moore, Jr.
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) USAR Ret.
Founder and Director, Exodus Mandate
About the author
Bradley Heath is an impassioned advocate for the recovery of substantive Christian education. Raised in rural Indiana, he graduated from Purdue University as an aeronautical engineer and has worked in commercial aviation in California, Arizona, and Ohio. Heath has been an active member of the evangelical church and has served as an ordained elder and a Christian school administrator. Brad and his wife, Tari, have been married for twenty-five years and have three children—all classically home educated.
