AVOIDING THE HOME SCHOOL "CULT" MENTALITY

Pastor Reb Bradley

 

I. THE PROBLEM

 

A. Fellow believers -- __________

 

 

B. Friendships -- ___________

 

 

C. Relatives -- ____________

 

 

D. Body of Christ -- ____________

 

 

 

 

II. THE CAUSE

 

A. _________

 

B. _________

 

C. ___ ____ ___

 

 

 

III. SIGNS OF CULTISM

 

A. ___________

 

B. _____________

 

C. ________ on the ______

 

 

D. Wrong concepts of ________

 

E. ___________

 

 

F. Difficulty ___________ into the whole ____ __ ______

 

 

 

IV. ROOT OF CULTISM

 

______________

 

 

 

V. THE NEED FOR SEPARATION

    Ex 23:31-33; Num 33:51-56; Josh 23:12-13; Prov 13:20; 1 Cor 15:20; Rom 13:14; Mat 5:29-30

 

Christ's followers must _____ __________ relationships

 

 

VI. THE PATH TO CULTISM -- The Slippery Slope

 

A. Home schooling -- good idea, best idea, mortal sin

 

B. Socialization --    no sports, no clubs, no youth groups, associate with homeschoolers only

                                                                              

C. Entertainment -- TV, videos, music, radio, recreation

 

D. Families -- many children, birth control, home birth, natural birth

 

E. Marriage Roles -- male tyranny, wife slavery

 

F. Premarital romance -- Dating, Courtship, Betrothal

 

G. Outward appearance --   modesty, clothes, hair, headcovering, make up

 

H. Lifestyle -- make bread, grind own flour, make clothes, raise own food,
                       live in country, form a closed community

 

I. Activism -- political-nonpolitical, pro life active

 

J. Possessions -- large car, own house, junky car, rent house

 

K. Home church -- no church good enough, no formal leaders

 

 

VII. AVOIDING THE SLIPPERY SLOPE OF HOME SCHOOL CULTISM

 

A. Basing your life on _________ ____

 

B. Understanding _________

 

C. Pursuing ________ and _________

 

D. Getting the big ________________