<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of Blog and Mablog at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://dougwils.com/s7-engaging-the-culture/tolle-leg-it.html">http://dougwils.com/s7-engaging-the-culture/tolle-leg-it.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 38px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(40, 40, 40);">Tolle, Leg It</h1><div>By Douglas Wilson</div><div><br></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In the aftermath of the Obergefell decision by the Supreme Court, a lot of Christian parents are reeling. They know they must do something, but what can they do? The decision was so high-handed, so arbitrary, so insolently rendered, that it would be easy to assume that there is nothing we can do about it down here at street level.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But this is false. There is are many steps we can take, and some of the first ones are steps we <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">must</em> take. Here is one that millions of parents could take in just a small number of weeks — they could pull their kids out of the government school system.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The necessity of doing this has been growing increasingly obvious every year, and now the need for it is open, manifest, and pretty much on fire. What can Christian parents <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">do</em>? If their kids are already receiving a Christian education, they can be encouraged and stand fast — and they can use the opportunity to openly appeal to Christian friends who still have their kids in the government school system. And if they themselves still have kids where their kids ought not to be . . . well, this is the perfect opportunity to bolt. If anybody asks why, a reasonable answer would be anything in the neighborhood of “fire on the mountain, run, boys, run!” This is the reason why all government schools have panic bars on their doors. That <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">clattery shuttery</em> sound you hear is thousands of evangelicals hitting the sidewalk.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There are two reasons for this step, given this Extreme Court decision. If your children remain in the government schools, there is now no legal way for them to be taught any normal view of human sexuality. And, depend upon it, they <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">will</em> be taught the other kinds. And second, they will be taught an approach to civics that sees nothing wrong with the Supreme Court’s juridical putsch here, and that is just as worrisome.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here are some books that might be able to help. The first two are books that argue for the need for explicitly Christian education. The last two argue for the classical and Christian forms of it, but contain sections that will be helpful in under-girding our understanding of how all education is inherently religious, and therefore must be Christian. Just click on the covers.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So take up these books, and leg it out of there. As the great Augustine once heard, “Tolle, leg it.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px;"><b>"Why Christian Kids Need a Christian Education"</b> by Douglas Wilson (published by Canon Press)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px;"><b>"Excused Absence"</b> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">by Douglas Wilson (published by Canon Press)</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>"Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning"</b> by Douglas Wilson (published by Canon Press)</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>"The Case for Classical Christian Education"</b> by Douglas Wilson (published by Canon Press)</span></p></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>What can I say to the self-ordained un-pastor Douglas Wilson but echo the words of Johnny Cash.</div><div><br></div><div>Crank it up and sing along to . . .</div><div><br></div><div><b>"God's Gonna Cut You Down"</b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://youtu.be/6Bwfm7-uNS4">http://youtu.be/6Bwfm7-uNS4</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.35em 0px; border-color: rgb(153, 153, 136); text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"You can run on for a long time </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Run on for a long time </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Run on for a long time </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sooner or later God'll cut you down </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sooner or later God'll cut you down </span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.35em 0px; border-color: rgb(153, 153, 136); text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Go tell that long tongue liar </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Go and tell that midnight rider </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down </span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.35em 0px; border-color: rgb(153, 153, 136); text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Well my goodness gracious let me tell you the news </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My head's been wet with the midnight dew </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I've been down on <span id="IL_AD1" class="IL_AD" style="margin: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 136); border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 136); border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 136); position: static; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(68, 68, 51) !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; background-image: none !important; background-attachment: scroll !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; background-position: 0% 50% !important;">bended</span> knee talkin' to the man from <span id="IL_AD2" class="IL_AD" style="margin: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 136); border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 136); border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 136); position: static; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(68, 68, 51) !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; background-image: none !important; background-attachment: scroll !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; background-position: 0% 50% !important;">Galilee</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He spoke to me in the voice so sweet </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I thought I heard the shuffle of the angel's feet </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He called my name and my heart stood still </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When he said, "John go do My will!" </span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.35em 0px; border-color: rgb(153, 153, 136); text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Go tell that long tongue liar </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Go and tell that midnight rider </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down </span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.35em 0px; border-color: rgb(153, 153, 136); text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You can run on for a long time </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Run on for a long time </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Run on for a long time </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sooner or later God'll cut you down </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sooner or later God'll cut you down </span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.35em 0px; border-color: rgb(153, 153, 136); text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Well you may throw your rock and hide your hand </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Workin' in the dark against your fellow man </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But as sure as God made black and white </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What's down in the dark will be brought to the light </span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.35em 0px; border-color: rgb(153, 153, 136); text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You can run on for a long time </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Run on for a long time </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Run on for a long time </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sooner or later God'll cut you down </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sooner or later God'll cut you down </span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.35em 0px; border-color: rgb(153, 153, 136); text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Go tell that long tongue liar </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Go and tell that midnight rider </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down </span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down"</span></div><p></p><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>