In the sermon 'Two Educational Institutions' by Alexander Strauch, the speaker identifies the home and the church as key educational institutions responsible for preparing individuals, particularly children, for external challenges such as persecution, disagreements, and counter philosophies. Strauch highlights the pervasive influence of secularism and media, such as television and radio, entering the home environment. He stresses the importance of equipping children with the ability to respond appropriately and recognizes the critical roles of parents in this educational process.

The home is an educational institution. The church is an educational institution. So we are always constantly preparing our people for persecution, for disagreement, counter philosophies. If you have a television, boy, it's coming right into your home. You have a radio, it's coming right into your home.

Secularism is coming into your home. So a lot of it is preparing the children and for the children properly responding and for understanding the importance of mom and dad.