<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11041927</id><updated>2011-04-21T18:08:38.110-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Harsh Truth about Public Schools</title><subtitle type='html'>So what is this book about?  It is about the many ways in which government schools are hazardous to children, and especially Christian children.  Christian parents need to see government schools for what they really are, not for what they claim to be or for what they once were.  This book is about why government schools are unreformable -- why they cannot and should not be expected to provide the Christian education that the Bible enjoins Christian parents to provide their children.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://harshtruth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://harshtruth.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bruce</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07794721695654312338</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11041927.post-110921065853053935</id><published>2005-02-12T20:02:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-02-23T20:09:09.510-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The Harsh Truth About Government Schools</title><summary type='text'>Bruce Shortt has written what may be this decade’s definitive critique of the government-sponsored school system in this country. Shortt is a member of the South Carolina-based Exodus Mandate network. Along with T. C. Pinckney (who penned the forward) he was one of the co-sponsors of the recent resolution put before the Southern Baptist Convention to remove Christian children from government </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.lewrockwell.com/yates/yates100.html' title='The Harsh Truth About Government Schools'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921065853053935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921065853053935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://harshtruth.blogspot.com/2005/02/harsh-truth-about-government-schools.html' title='The Harsh Truth About Government Schools'/><author><name>Bruce</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07794721695654312338</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11041927.post-110921052829117521</id><published>2005-02-07T20:01:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-02-23T20:02:08.293-06:00</updated><title type='text'>On the 'sin' of sending kids to public school</title><summary type='text'>Author shares harsh campus realities, urges parents to pull childrenPosted: February 7, 20051:00 a. m. Eastern© 2005 WorldNetDaily. comThe man who helped push the issue of public education onto the national agenda of the Southern Baptist Convention haswritten a new book that blows the lid off government schools, showing parents the kind of worldview and values theirchildren are influenced by 180 </summary><link rel='related' href='http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42704' title='On the &apos;sin&apos; of sending kids to public school'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921052829117521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921052829117521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://harshtruth.blogspot.com/2005/02/on-sin-of-sending-kids-to-public.html' title='On the &apos;sin&apos; of sending kids to public school'/><author><name>Bruce</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07794721695654312338</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11041927.post-110921116892463997</id><published>2005-02-04T20:10:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-02-23T20:12:48.926-06:00</updated><title type='text'>New Book Explicates Realities of Public Schools</title><summary type='text'>Bruce Shortt, the man who helped push the agenda of home-schooling versus public education before the Southern Baptist Convention, has written a book entitled "The Harsh Truth about Public Schools" that details the many failings of traditional public schools. According to Shortt, the school system teaches a worldview espousing "moral relativism (no fixed standards), academic dumbing down, </summary><link rel='related' href='http://news.crossmap.com/story/new-book-explicates-realities-of-public-schools/2089.htm' title='New Book Explicates Realities of Public Schools'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921116892463997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921116892463997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://harshtruth.blogspot.com/2005/02/new-book-explicates-realities-of.html' title='New Book Explicates Realities of Public Schools'/><author><name>Bruce</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07794721695654312338</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11041927.post-110921045073875640</id><published>2005-01-31T19:59:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-02-23T20:00:50.740-06:00</updated><title type='text'>HOMESCHOOL? PUBLIC SCHOOL? WHERE'S GOD?</title><summary type='text'>By J. Grant Swank, Jr.MichNews. comJan 31, 2005   "At this point, there are many, many pastors and parents who need to be educated about our obligation to provide aChristian education to our children," Shortt told WND. com."In time, most [SBC members] are going to understand better that the little red schoolhouse has really become the littlewhite sepulcher, and it's a seething cauldron of </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_6678.shtml' title='HOMESCHOOL? PUBLIC SCHOOL? WHERE&apos;S GOD?'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921045073875640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921045073875640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://harshtruth.blogspot.com/2005/01/homeschool-public-school-wheres-god.html' title='HOMESCHOOL? PUBLIC SCHOOL? WHERE&apos;S GOD?'/><author><name>Bruce</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07794721695654312338</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11041927.post-110921020479032265</id><published>2005-01-11T19:53:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-02-23T19:56:44.790-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Baptist Leaders Urge Christian Exodus from Public Schools</title><summary type='text'>(AgapePress) - Southern Baptist advocates of Christian education are pointing to a rash of religious censorship incidents in Plano, Texas, as indications that local Christians are having little influence on the public school system there. Four families have recently sued the Plano Independent School District over its ban on traditional Christmas colors and on students handing out religious-themed</summary><link rel='related' href='http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/112005d.asp' title='Baptist Leaders Urge Christian Exodus from Public Schools'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921020479032265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921020479032265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://harshtruth.blogspot.com/2005/01/baptist-leaders-urge-christian-exodus.html' title='Baptist Leaders Urge Christian Exodus from Public Schools'/><author><name>Bruce</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07794721695654312338</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11041927.post-111049269159585489</id><published>2005-01-10T15:54:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-03-11T12:45:48.260-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Where can I purchase the book?</title><summary type='text'>This can be purchased at Amazon                                                               http://tinyurl.com/5ovfx                                                       or at Chaldeon http://www.chalcedonstore.com/ </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/111049269159585489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/111049269159585489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://harshtruth.blogspot.com/2005/01/where-can-i-purchase-book.html' title='Where can I purchase the book?'/><author><name>Bruce</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07794721695654312338</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11041927.post-110921030809004649</id><published>2004-12-27T19:56:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-02-23T19:58:28.090-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Top Stories of 2004: Baptist Journalist Urges Christian Parents: Pull Kids Out of Public Schools</title><summary type='text'>By Jim Brown and Jody BrownDecember 27, 2004(Originally published on May 12, 2004)(AgapePress) - Southern Baptists are being challenged to pull their children out of public schools for "the good of Christ'schurch and the strength of their own commitment to Jesus."Two years ago, Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family drew both praise and criticism when he urged California parentsnot to send their</summary><link rel='related' href='http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/12/272004d.asp' title='Top Stories of 2004: Baptist Journalist Urges Christian Parents: Pull Kids Out of Public Schools'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921030809004649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921030809004649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://harshtruth.blogspot.com/2004/12/top-stories-of-2004-baptist-journalist.html' title='Top Stories of 2004: Baptist Journalist Urges Christian Parents: Pull Kids Out of Public Schools'/><author><name>Bruce</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07794721695654312338</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11041927.post-110921174263547963</id><published>2004-12-04T20:21:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-02-23T20:22:22.636-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Separating school from state</title><summary type='text'>Posted: December 4, 20041:00 a. m. Eastern© 2004 WorldNetDaily. comThe cause of educational freedom was given a great boost on the weekend before Thanksgiving at the Omni-Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D. C. There, at this opulent inn, were gathered some of the smartest "rebels" in America, voicing uncompromisingly that the government should get out of the education business. The occasion was the </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41763' title='Separating school from state'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921174263547963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921174263547963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://harshtruth.blogspot.com/2004/12/separating-school-from-state.html' title='Separating school from state'/><author><name>Bruce</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07794721695654312338</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11041927.post-110921137415384437</id><published>2004-06-08T20:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-02-23T20:16:14.186-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The SBC Education Resolution: Setting the Record Straight</title><summary type='text'>Bruce Shortt06-08-04Editor’s note: Due to interest in a Christian Education Resolution being proposed to next week’s Southern Baptist Convention, EthicsDaily. com invited one of the resolution’s sponsors, Houston attorney Bruce Shortt, to write a column explaining his call for Southern Baptists to remove their children from public schools.Few subjects touch our hearts as parents so deeply as the </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.ethicsdaily.com/article_detail.cfm?AID=4283' title='The SBC Education Resolution: Setting the Record Straight'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921137415384437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11041927/posts/default/110921137415384437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://harshtruth.blogspot.com/2004/06/sbc-education-resolution-setting.html' title='The SBC Education Resolution: Setting the Record Straight'/><author><name>Bruce</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07794721695654312338</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
