Let's look further...
1. You are accountable to
God for what your children are taught in school. Proverbs
22:6 is a direct command to parents. It says, "Train
up a child in the way he should go..." What your children
are taught in school should be a direct extension of your
parental views.
2. Christian schools offer
a better level of instruction. There is no question about
it. The test scores over a long period of years are conclusive.
3. The Bible does not teach
that children should be exposed to all kinds of sin. We are
to train "up" a child, not point him downward. Children
do not grow spiritually stronger in a negative non-Christian
environment. Students do not become stronger Christians by
being taught non-Christian thinking, but by being taught Christian
thinking, and there is no such person as a "neutral"
school teacher who neither advances nor inhibits religion.
School represents 16% of your child's time. It is prime time,
a training time, and Christian school education represents
a positive Bible- centered form of instruction that will build
a child up in the faith- -not tear him down. Proverbs 19:27
says, "Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you
will stray from the words of knowledge."
4. The Christian school
is right for your child because the Christian school has not
cut itself off from the most important book in the world--the
Bible. Without the Bible, education is nothing more than the
blind leading the blind. Standards for morality must be taken
from Scripture alone.
5. The Christian school
provides an opportunity for your child to witness for Christ.
This surprises some people because they assume all students
in a Christian school are Christians. In most cases a majority
are Christian; however, in every Christian school there are
always students who need the Savior. Christian students are
trained and encouraged to reach these youngsters for Jesus
Christ. Witnessing in a Christian school has the support of
parents, students, teachers, administration and the school
board. Presenting Christ as Savior is not illegal in a Christian
school.
6. Christian school educators
teach all subject matter from a Christian context. They put
the Bible at the center of the curriculum and ask students
to evaluate all they see in the world through the eyes of
God. To quote Dr. Roy Zuck, The secular vs. Christian school
issue is really a question of whether a child will learn to
view life from man's perspective or God's perspective. From
man's viewpoint, history is purposeless; from God's viewpoint,
history has meaning. From man's viewpoint, science is the
laws of "nature" at work; from God's viewpoint,
science is the outworking of His laws. In a Christian school,
a student is exposed to the centrality of God in all of life,
not legally "sheltered" from this important dimension
of education.
7. Christian schools support
the family as the number one institution of society. Christian
school educators train students to respect their parents.
Noah Webster, who said, "All government originates in
families, and if neglected there, it will hardly exist in
society."
8. Christian school educators
maintain discipline in the classroom and on the playground.
Without a reasonable standard of discipline, the process of
education is severely hampered. "For whom the Lord loves,
He disciplines..." the Bible teaches. And it is within
that context of love that discipline is carried out in a Christian
school.
9. "We believe that
our children are gifts of the Lord. We are responsible to
train them according to His Word not only at home and in church,
but in school as well." This statement was made by a
parent in response to a question on an application form for
enrollment of his children.
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