Christian(s) Schooling 2.0

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A compelling reality confronts Christian educators today that at the same time poses a great challenge and a great opportunity for Christian schooling. The challenging reality is that many Christian schools are struggling due to the lack of resources needed to effectively educate under-resourced and educationally vulnerable children. In all too many instances it is a case of the dying trying to give life to the dying or the under-resourced trying to supply the under-resourced; not much unlike the blind trying to lead the blind—the fate of one inevitably leads to the fate of the other. At the same time, most suburban Christian schools are beyond the financial and physical reach of most low and moderate-income families or inaccessible for other reasons. Read more

Educating to God’s Glory

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God’s educators don’t educate children who are disenfranchised, different, or disadvantaged because they need educating; rather, they educate children to glorify God because He wants us to do so. God’s people have been instructed to order their lives in such a way that everything is done for His glory. When David fought and killed Goliath, he did not do so because Israel needed deliverance. He clearly stated the reason and motivation for his actions.

All this assembly shall know that the LORD… (1 Samuel 17:47) Read more

God’s Miracle Workers

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Jesus’ introductory address was about people in need (Lk 4:18, 19); His final assessment will be in reference to people in need (Mt 25:31-46). When He sent the disciples out to proclaim His kingdom, in every instance they were to address people in need.

And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. (Matt. 10:7) Read more

Biblical Examples of a Three Dimensional Educator

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God’s word is replete with three-dimensional educators.

In the Old Testament God raised up three-dimensional educators to equip His people with what they needed to know, to believe, and to do in worshiping and serving Him

Bezalel was such an educator whom God describe as an artisan.

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LIVING CURRICULUM

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As an educator, there are two parts to the story of your life—the story that your life is telling to your students and the story that is being written in their lives. One is the story you intend or hope to tell and the other is what is actually interpreted and internalized by them. The same was true of Jesus with His students (disciples). Jesus wrote such a story on His disciples’ lives that even their critics were able to read it clearly. In other words, He left His mark on them.

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PRAISE AND PRAYER

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God had compassion on the city of Ninevah because in it were more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left. (Jonah 4:11) They were the ones who moved God to pity and to spare the entire city on their behalf. I asked the Lord what would have happened had Jonah continued his course in the opposite direction. Would the city not have been spared? Read more