Why is godly character even more important than academics?

Albert Einstein, the famous Swiss-American mathematician, physicist and public philosopher said, "Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character." This same principle can be applied to our homeschool students.

Academics over godly character?

Parents often get so caught up with building the perfect homeschool academic program that they forget to build godly character into their child. Concerned home educators read curriculum reviews, study the scopes and sequences, and attend workshops and curriculum fairs with the hope of developing a student that can hold his own and even excel in the world of academia and totally ignore the process of building character into their child. Some homeschool parents think,” Perhaps, if I can construct the perfect learning experience my child will be the next Einstein!”

Godly Character

Yet, I believe that we are overlooking the most important quality to make our children truly great…that is their character. Building character does not just happen! Godly character isn’t acquired by osmosis or by hanging around the right people. Godly character isn’t crafted by going to church regularly or even by memorizing Bible verses. Your child’s character traits have to be carefully constructed and cultivated purposefully in efforts of developing the godly character that will make your child truly great in the eyes of God.

Building Character

Here is a truism that can be applied to computers and children. “Junk In = Junk Out”. As parents we are concerned about the food that our children eat. We know that good nutrition equals a healthier body. And the same is true when it comes to food for their character. By “feeding” you child a steady and consistent diet of good and godly character emulating books, that expose them to a variety of different character building adventures in the material they read, you are ensuring that your child’s sense of right and wrong will be fed and allowed to flourish. 

PumpkinSeedPress.net offers a wide assortment of character building Christian literature and Bible studies that offer parents valuable tools to cultivate the rare quality of godly character in their children.