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II. BIBLICAL VIEW OF EDUCATION
The Learner
The learner is a spirit-being who possesses a soul
(intellectual and emotional faculties) and lives in a body.
".... May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Thessalonians 5:23,
NIV).
The Teacher
Jesus of Nazareth is the Master Teacher and paradigmatic
Self (Model). Students are to develop as Jesus did--spiritually,
mentally, physically and socially. "And Jesus grew in wisdom and
stature, and in favor with God and men." (Luke 2:52). In this
verse, WISDOM includes both moral and intellectual development.
The word STATURE has to do with physical growth and development.
The phrase IN FAVOR WITH GOD has to do with spiritual
development. IN FAVOR WITH MEN has to do with social
development.
Both parents and teachers are to be like Jesus who taught by
precept and example.
The Curriculum
Curriculum includes the entire learning environment. The
student learns through interacting with the Holy Spirit, the
Bible, the teacher, the students, physical surroundings, and
written curriculum (includes audio visual).
The primary written curriculum is the Bible (the Word of
God), which serves as the ultimate criterion for all other
written curriculum. The secondary curriculum is constructed from
Biblical principles and content with collective human experience
under the headings of math, English, science, social studies,
word building and electives.
The Method
The method is God-centered, rather than man-centered. The
focus is on the student rather than the teacher or curriculum.
The Holy Spirit leads the whole process, guiding the interaction
of the student with the Word of God, the teacher, and the written
curriculum (1) to form Christ within the student and (2) to
prepare the student for life.
The School
The school derives its authority from the local church, of
which it is an integral part. The Great Commission clearly
states that the Church is to teach:
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven
and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching
them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am
with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-
20).
God made three great institutions: (1) The Family, (2) The
Church, and (3) The State. Both the family and the Church are
commanded to teach. The state is not to teach--it has other
important functions.
Parents have the primary responsibility to teach their own
children:
These are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God
directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are
crossing the Jordan to possess, so that you, your children
and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as
long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands
that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. Hear,
O Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may god well
with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing
with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of our
fathers, promised you.
Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the
LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your strength. These commandments that I give you
today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your
children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you
walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your
foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and
on your gates. (Deuteronomy 6:1-9).
The school derives its authority to teach children whose
parents give it that authority. Each set of parents gives the
school authority to teach only their children, in which case the
school stands IN LOCO PARENTIS (in place of a parent).
The Social Policy
Justification corrects the student's relationship with God
(vertical relationship). The new birth (Conversion) corrects the
students relationship with himself (circular relationship).
Revival, through the sanctification process, corrects the
immediate relationship with family, church, and other groups
(horizonal relationship). Reform for the United States is
effected by the believer's influence in society--social order is
reconstructed.
From Christian education philosophy we move logically
towards a proper set of training objectives for the student.
END