Noah Webster Warned Us: Education Without the Bible Is Useless | The Pastor’s Office ft. Steve Robinson
Maine ranks 41st in the nation in education, 43rd in reading — and it’s the least religious state in America. Coincidence? In this episode, Steve Robinson of The Maine Wire joins the Pastor’s Office to connect the dots between a state that pushed God out of the classroom and a school system in freefall.
We dig into a 2008 study showing that students with the highest biblical literacy also carried the highest GPAs, why textbook pioneer Noah Webster insisted “education is useless without the Bible,” and how “equity,” social-emotional learning, and gender ideology have quietly become the new state religion of public education. It’s a candid conversation about indoctrination, the collapse of academic standards, the persecution of Christian parents, and why it may take a spiritual awakening — and Christian men re-engaging locally — to turn the tide.
🔎 WHAT WE COVER
We break down Maine’s education numbers and what’s really driving the decline, the connection between biblical literacy and academic success, and Noah Webster’s warning that education without the Bible is useless. We get into how religion wasn’t removed from schools but replaced — with “equity,” social-emotional learning, and gender ideology as the new creed — and what that’s meant for Christian parents facing CPS visits and grooming in the classroom. We close on the path forward: revival, the ballot box, and why Christian men have to step back into their communities.
💬 NOTABLE MOMENTS
“He said that education is useless without the Bible.” — on Noah Webster
“Those with the highest level of biblical literacy also have the highest average GPA.”
“They’re not kicking religion out of schools. They’re replacing it — and building up their own religion.” — Steve Robinson
📖 SCRIPTURE REFERENCED
Proverbs 22:6 – “Train up a child in the way he should go…”
Romans 1:21–22 – “…professing to be wise, they became fools.”
Proverbs 1:7 – “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.”
Psalm 14:1 – “The fool has said in his heart, there is no God.”
Psalm 139:14 – “…fearfully and wonderfully made.”
Genesis 1:27 – Made in the image of God.
1 Peter 4:17 – “Judgment begins in the household of God.”
Matthew 5:13–14 – “You are the salt of the earth… the light of the world.”
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