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The topic at hand—a biblical theology of education—is like an oversized, under-inflated beach ball: you can’t miss it, and it’s easy to swat around, but it’s very difficult to control.1 Nevertheless, let me try to impose at least a little order on the topic. Begin with the expression “biblical theology.” Although there are many variations, today’s use of the expression commonly ...
From the first intimation of hope in the sentence pronounced in Eden to that last glorious promise of the Revelation, "They shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads" (Revelation 22:4), the burden of every book and every passage of the Bible is the unfolding of this wondrous theme,—man's uplifting,—the power of [126] God, "which giveth us the victory through our Lord ...
Aug 18, 2015 · Christian education reckons with the sobering reality of the Fall — that because of Adam’s rebellion as our covenantal head, all of us have inherited a rebellious sin nature and are legally regarded as guilty (Romans 3:10, 23; Romans 5:12, 15, 17–19), and that the creation itself is fallen and in need of liberation (Romans 8:19–22).
Teaching distinctives of a Christian perspective of history and culture. The Christian teaching of history: Avoids the extremes of humanistic self-assurance or existential skepticism with regard to the course of human history. Acknowledges certainties based on God’s revelation but also acknowledges that the whole scheme of history is not ...
Aug 1, 2004 · In his book, Rushdoony advocated a radical reform of so-called Christian education so that it conformed to Biblical principles, whether the subject be history, economics, or science. He wrote: The sound curriculum will be the relevant curriculum, and relevancy requires two factors, a world of absolutes, and a world of change.
It has been said “the Graeco-Roman world was decaying and dying from the dearth of true educational ideals” (W. M. Ramsey, The Education of Christ, p. 66). Jewish education never lost its sense of direction. Its intention was not education in academic and technical knowledge, but education in holiness . Though the people of Israel often ...
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This study is designed both as a textbook in Christian Education courses and as a general resource for all involved in Christian education. In this study, Reed and Prevost move all the way from Education in Ancient Societies and Ancient Christian Education through Christian Education in the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation to The Beginnings of Modern Christian Education and Christian ...
