The Christian School: Why? It is the purpose of this pamphlet to explain why we maintain a Christian School, and why we believe it is necessary for believing, Christian parents to provide Christian education for their children. The Christian School in History The Christian School is no new thing. It has a long and honorable tradition. What is new is the willingness of parents who confess Christ to have their children educated in schools from which God's Word is rigorously banned. During the centuries before the birth of Jesus Christ, the Word of God was central in the instruction which the people of God gave to their children, as God Himself commanded in Deuteronomy 6:6-9. The education provided for the children of the Church during the 1400 years between the time of the apostles and the time of the Reformation of the Church in A.D. 1517 was permeated with the Word of God. What Is a Christian School? The Bible Is the Word of God The starting point is our firm faith that the Bible is the inspired Word of God.
Www.cblpi.org/ftp/School Choice/EdHistory.pdf. Christian Schools Are Public Schools | The Banner. February 24, 2012 — In his Banner article (“Reformed Matters: Supporting Public Education,” Aug. 2011), Thomas B. Hoeksema argues vigorously for supporting public education as a legitimate alternative to private Christian schools. Many Christian school supporters are rightfully irritated by the label private that is often attached to Christian schools. The term suggests notions of elitism, exclusion, snobbishness, secretiveness, isolation, and perhaps even indoctrination.
While many schools may be accurately described as private, that is not true for the member schools of Christian Schools International (CSI) or the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) that many Banner readers are familiar with. The term private is also used as the opposite of public. School at the Crossroads In his “Faith Lessons” video series (followtherabbi.co m), Ray VanderLaan says that God placed his chosen people at the crossroads of civilization.
Do Public Schools Have to Be Secular? The Lasting Effects of Your School. What does the Bible say about education? Dominionism: Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry’s Dangerous Religious Bond. Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry aren't just devout—both have deep ties to a fringe fundamentalist movement known as Dominionism, which says Christians should rule the world. With Tim Pawlenty out of the presidential race, it is now fairly clear that the GOP candidate will either be Mitt Romney or someone who makes George W. Bush look like Tom Paine. Of the three most plausible candidates for the Republican nomination, two are deeply associated with a theocratic strain of Christian fundamentalism known as Dominionism. If you want to understand Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, understanding Dominionism isn’t optional. Put simply, Dominionism means that Christians have a God-given right to rule all earthly institutions. Now, however, we have the most theocratic Republican field in American history, and suddenly, the concept of Dominionism is reaching mainstream audiences.
In many ways, Dominionism is more a political phenomenon than a theological one.