Two Trees of Knowledge--A Review

Two Trees of Knowledge presents the reader with a comprehensive analysis of the public school agenda and compares that agenda with God’s requirements for education in Scripture. The book includes a ten-week Bible study for further evaluation. The book is written for Christian parents who are responsible for raising godly children. The symbolism of the two trees plays an important role in this book because the tree of life represents purity of worldview, while the tree of the knowledge of good and evil represents a compromised worldview. The devil does not need to fill a child’s head with lies to succeed in corrupting his worldview; he only needs to compromise that view. A child who learns the truth at home and learns lies at school will have a compromised worldview—and that diet is poison to the soul. Seventy-five to ninety percent of Christian children who go through the public school system in America will reject the faith by the time they are twenty.

The book also addresses the most common arguments in favor of public education: 1) Our children should be salt and light. 2) The public schools need our support. 3) We can’t afford private school. 4) I could never homeschool my kids. 5) We have no Christian school nearby. 6) The public school is a mission field. 7) My kids have opportunities in the public school that they could never get in a Christian school, etc.

As the author of this book I can say that I was just as shocked when I did the research for this book as many of you will be when you read it. I have documented evidence from the writings of those who control the public school curriculum that one of their goals is the eradication of Christianity through education.  They will stop at nothing to accomplish this.  Behavioral scientists in the United States have joined forces with curriculum writers to employ brainwashing techniques and psychologically manipulative methods to attain this goal. Psychological questions are embedded in standardized tests to give educators a profile that helps them determine a child’s level of resistance to value change. Meanwhile, everything from the nice teacher in the classroom to close proximity to home gives parents a powerful illusion that their children are in a safe place. Nothing could be further from the truth.