Perhaps
I should define the terms “educational preference” and “educational
conviction”. Educational preference, as
it will be used in this discussion, is defined as a greater liking for one type
of school over another. The term educational
conviction is the strong belief that it is the responsibility of Christians to
train their own and that this can only be done properly through a Christ
centered education in the context of a Christian school. With these definitions
the reader can see clearly why many Christians feel convicted that the
Christian school is a must.
It
is puzzling to me that a number of Christians feel strongly that we must have
Bible colleges and Christian universities, but that their children should
attend public schools. Certainly if
college age young people need a CE, children who are in the process of making
life-long decisions need the shelter and philosophical support of a Christian
school. For these reasons I contend that
a CE is a necessity and not merely a preference if our children and young
people are going to develop a Christocentric whole-life philosophy. Anyone who denies the power of a Christian
teacher’s long term influence on their students does not understand the
philosophical power of teacher/student relationships.
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