Today's Christian Education Commentary
Proverbs 9:10 says, “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”
I don’t know a single Christian parent today who does not want their child to obtain wisdom.
Usually, we rely on youth pastors, church events, and maybe the influence of a few Christian music artists to help our kids learn about God. But, when we stop to think about it, we know this is not all of the training they require – the challenges are too great.
The Bible is clear that the fear and knowledge of God are the keys to obtaining wisdom in this life. As parents, it is our responsibility to make sure our children are exposed early and often to truths about God, His nature, His love, His holiness, and His plan for our lives. A great way to start your child early on his or her path to wisdom is to get enrolled in your local Christian school.
We can help you find a Christian school and fulfill the directive we have been assigned as Christian parents.
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Exodus
Today's Christian Education Commentary
with Harold Naylor
The Old Testament book of Exodus tells the story of the Israelites being led out from a land of slavery and oppression. How does the exodus relate to your child’s education?
Most Christians know the story of Exodus and how God used Moses to lead the Israelites to freedom. What we tend overlook, however, is what it took for the Israelites to follow him. In spite of their terrible circumstances, it still took tremendous courage, sacrifice, and a great deal of effort for the Israelites to accept change and begin the journey to freedom and a life of hope and promise.
If your child is experiencing some of the signs of oppression and even bondage that come from the daily influences and pressures of a godless education system, then perhaps it is time to make some radical changes, beginning with your children’s school. It may be time for an exodus.
We can help you find a Christian school and fulfill the directive we have been assigned as Christian parents.
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with Harold Naylor
The Old Testament book of Exodus tells the story of the Israelites being led out from a land of slavery and oppression. How does the exodus relate to your child’s education?
Most Christians know the story of Exodus and how God used Moses to lead the Israelites to freedom. What we tend overlook, however, is what it took for the Israelites to follow him. In spite of their terrible circumstances, it still took tremendous courage, sacrifice, and a great deal of effort for the Israelites to accept change and begin the journey to freedom and a life of hope and promise.
If your child is experiencing some of the signs of oppression and even bondage that come from the daily influences and pressures of a godless education system, then perhaps it is time to make some radical changes, beginning with your children’s school. It may be time for an exodus.
We can help you find a Christian school and fulfill the directive we have been assigned as Christian parents.
DiscoverChristianSchools.com - Where Christian education is priceless!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Do Not Exasperate
Today's Christian Education Commentary
with Harold Naylor
The book of Ephesians instructs fathers to “not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”
Parenting and teaching is a big responsibility for dads, and moms, of course. Not only must we not frustrate our children, but we are to train them for God’s service.
Training involves shaping the will through discipline.
Instruction is shaping the mind through teaching.
When we partner with the right school, our children get consistent training and instruction that points them to Christ.
However, if we partner with a school that teaches that our child is the center of his or her universe, we not only frustrate the process of Biblical training, but we can cause great frustration in our kids when we try to get them back on track.
Choosing Christian education for your child can make the difference between spiritual life and spiritual death for our children. A Christian school experience can be one part you play to bring up your children in the training and instruction of the Lord.
We can help you find a Christian school and fulfill the directive we have been assigned as Christian parents.
DiscoverChristianSchools.com - Where Christian education is priceless!
with Harold Naylor
The book of Ephesians instructs fathers to “not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”
Parenting and teaching is a big responsibility for dads, and moms, of course. Not only must we not frustrate our children, but we are to train them for God’s service.
Training involves shaping the will through discipline.
Instruction is shaping the mind through teaching.
When we partner with the right school, our children get consistent training and instruction that points them to Christ.
However, if we partner with a school that teaches that our child is the center of his or her universe, we not only frustrate the process of Biblical training, but we can cause great frustration in our kids when we try to get them back on track.
Choosing Christian education for your child can make the difference between spiritual life and spiritual death for our children. A Christian school experience can be one part you play to bring up your children in the training and instruction of the Lord.
We can help you find a Christian school and fulfill the directive we have been assigned as Christian parents.
DiscoverChristianSchools.com - Where Christian education is priceless!
Monday, April 6, 2009
Intentional
Are you intentional about how you live? More importantly, are you intentional about how you parent?
Let’s face it. Life in the 21st century leaves few of us with the time or energy to deal with the challenges we face today. As a consequence, we often wind up just trying to survive from day to day, rather than live intentionally.
Unfortunately, this affects our parenting, as well. If you have children, being a parent can quickly become more of an addendum to life, rather than one of your life’s central purposes.
Yet the Bible is clear that being intentional about how we live in every way, is absolutely central to living a life that truly pleases and honors God. Choosing a Christian school for your children can be a huge step toward living and parenting intentionally.
Visit http://www.discoverchristianschools.com/ to find a Christian school in your area.
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
The ‘Educere’ in Education
Bill Stevens, Headmaster
Wilmington Christian School, Delaware
That's what we do . . . we educe. Now all of us can see the root word here, but not many may know the true meaning. It's Latin, educere, for "to draw out", "to elicit", "to deduce". We truly educate when we are drawing out what is from within. It's a delicate balance of giving information and getting response. Too often, (even our) education is pumping in what we want to be there and then testing to elicit the desired answer. What makes a Christian education so distinctive is that this drawing out centers upon what God has already instilled, created in a young person. As Psalm 139 so vividly proclaims, we have been created with a frame of reference already built-in. If we truly believe that, then why do we settle for an inferior version of learning? Why don't we (homes & churches) put all our resources into seeing that our children receive an education that centers on what's been centered naturally in them?
Let me get anecdotal to this point. The other day was a special day in our elementary school. It was Young Reader's Day. Our guest reader was also an author, and someone from our own community! Mrs. Donna Aviles (daughter Estella is a sophomore) has written several books about her family history gained from conversations. She was sharing with our little ones about how they would collect oral histories of their own families. She asked the kids what they would ask their grandparents if they were writing a history of their lives? After several responses that we'll keep to ourselves for a small fee . . . one 3rd grader uttered, "They could tell us when they asked Jesus into their hearts . . ."
OK, so after we all ran for the Kleenex, the emotionalism turned to realism. This was a natural response coming from a little person who felt comfortable enough to just let it out. I thought to myself, "Now would this deduction be expressed in a secular educational setting? I doubt it. And what would be the response given that would reinforce what was felt in the heart? No, this is not a trivial Sunday School lesson, but rather a facet of the complete life for us to grasp how wide, and long and high and deep is the love of God . . . a love that surpasses knowledge.
When Jesus told his disciples, "Let the little ones come to me", I do not think he was simply saying to let them come sit on his lap, or don't push them down the mount so just the big folks can hear him. No, I think he was speaking to the kingdom of God that exists in a child, and if we mature, sophisticated, intellectual types don't recognize this and respond to it in kind . . . we won't enter it!
Allow me to "educe" from you a thought . . . looking ahead a generation and writing your own family history, what would you elicit from your children as important to include?
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