Why should I consider Christian education?

9 Reasons Why You Need To Pray About It Today.

Finances. Location. Perceived academic deficiencies. These are just some of the reasons parents spurn Christian education in favor of its public school counterpart. But here we’d like to offer you nine solid arguments in favor of Christian education. There are plenty of others, both biblical and practical. But these are the most compelling.


1. God’s Word is taught

The place to start is at the beginning, with the first nation, the first educational system. When deciding how to manage your children’s education, it only makes sense to ask the One who invented education.

“You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul …. And you shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up.” (Deuteronomy 11:18-19)

What we have here is a clear biblical mandate to saturate our children’s minds with the Word of God. It’s a difficult task under any circumstances, but virtually impossible in a public school setting. Once
"I advise no one to place his child where the Scriptures do not reign paramount. Every institution in which men are not increasingly occupied with the Word of God must become corrupt...I am much afraid that schools will prove to be the great gates of hell unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures, engraving them in the hearts of youth."
Martin Luther
inside those doors, children spend 30 to 40 hours a week being told that God, if He exists at all, is no longer relevant. No matter how spiritually grounded your child may be, the repetition of such destructive ideas can’t help but have an adverse affect.

The harsh reality is that our Supreme Court kicked God out of the public school system more than 40 years ago. A generation later, scientific naturalism, evolution and a host of other anti-God values are not only being taught in American classrooms, they’re being championed.

Christian schools offer a refreshing, biblical alternative. Not only is the Bible taught for what it is – the inspired Word of God – but it forms the foundation of all other texts. In math, in social studies, in biology, all academic roads lead to God, in whom all knowledge has its origin. Your children won’t travel that road in the public school system.
 

2. God commands us to teach kids through the Word

It’s a sad but true irony: public schools, the self-proclaimed shapers of the human mind, have chosen to ignore the God who created the human mind. To their chagrin, they have robbed themselves of their most valuable “textbook,” and the only available source of absolute truth.

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,” writes Solomon. “And knowledge of the Holy One is understanding” (Proverbs 9:10). As students pursue the knowledge of math, biology and music in
"The school system that ignores God teaches its pupils to ignore God; and this is not neutrality. It is the worst form of antagonism, for it judges God to be unimportant and irrelevant in human affairs. This is atheism."
Gordon H. Clark
a Christian setting, they’re chasing after the knowledge of God. And the by-products of such an endeavor – wisdom and understanding – are the God-given rewards for which every good student strives.

God expects you, as a Christian parent, to plant and nurture His Word in the hearts and minds of your children. This is best accomplished in settings where home, church and school all send the same message, teaching God’s truth with clarity, conviction and consistency. And while the benefits of such a commitment are often realized much later, here’s one you’ll notice in relatively short order. An education that uses God’s Word as its foundational text does more than produce spiritually-mature Christians. It makes them wiser and more knowledgeable. It forces them to be better thinkers. And isn’t that the goal of education in the first place?

3. The school shares your values

If you’re like most Christian parents, you’ve taught your children about God since the day they were born. You’ve taken them to church, read them Bible stories, sung “Jesus Loves Me.” Imagine their shock and dismay when they’re thrust into an environment in which God is ignored.

Even the best public schools are prohibited from reinforcing the values you teach at home. They either compete against
"To commit our children to the care of irreligious persons is to commit lambs to the supervision of wolves."
Timothy Dwight
them or disregard them altogether. And because you care about the mental and spiritual development of your children, you may spend countless hours trying to bridge the philosophical gap between Christianity and humanism..

By entrusting your children to educators who share your values, you’ll have more time for ball games and bike rides and meaningful conversations. Instead of debriefing your children, you’ll be getting to know them.

4. Safety

With thousands of students roaming their halls and taxpayer dollars funding their bankrolls, public schools can only go so far in the area of discipline. The result? More frequent occurrences of challenging behaviours , and difficulties in both the classroom and school yard.

Simply put, Christian schools are
"Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonistion of the Lord" (Ephesians 6:4).
not devoid of problems – even severe ones like drug and alcohol use – they are far less likely to occur, and far more likely to be met with Bibliccally based disciplinary action.

In addition to physical well-being, Christian schools offer a sound emotional and spiritual environment. The politically-correct, socially-tolerant attitudes that pervade secular classrooms never see the light of day at distinctly Christian institutions. Anti-Christian behavior is exposed for what it is, which helps guard your children’s minds against the attitudes fostered by popular education.

5. Academic Achievement

Contrary to popular opinion, students at Christian schools consistently -perform as well as and in some instances better than school counterparts in other systems. . .

"A truly Christian education is possible only when Christian education underlies not a part, but all, of the curriculum of the school. True learning and true piety go hand in hand, and Christianity embraces the whole of life - those are great central convictions that underlie the Christian school."
J. Gresham Machen

6. Teachers love and fear the Lord

Part of the reason why Christian students perform so well in the classroom is that they have teachers who genuinely care about them. Most of these dedicated men and women sacrifice greater monetary rewards to serve where they can do the most intrinsic good.

In addition to the passion they feel for their students, Christian educators love God with equal in
"For by wise guidance you will wage war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory" (Proverbs 24:6).
intensity. Christian schools such as ours guarantee that the staff employed in the school will be an active Christian in a recognised church. .

Teachers are a school’s heartbeat. Its pulse. They are also among the most influential role models in students’ lives. And while you can certainly find Christian educators at schools in other sectors , the best of all academic worlds exists when everyone – the school board, the principal, the teachers and the parents – is operating under the same educational paradigm.

7. Individual Attention

In addition to having caring teachers, Christian schools will endevor to offer more individual attention..

. We encourage students to be participants rather than spectators. Students learn how to think quickly, and gain valuable experience sharing their thoughts and opinions in a public forum.

"Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another" (Proverbs 27:17).

8. Success after graduation

We believe we are preparing our students to handle the rigors of higher education and employment well . They have also received the spiritual foundation they need to excel in areas of ministry, whether they are career or volunteer-oriented.

In addition to these practical advantages, there is at least one intangible benefit. Students who have been grounded in the truth of God’s
"All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16).
Word day after day during their formative years – both at school and at home – are better-equipped to handle discrepant ideas upon graduation. Whether in a secular university or in the work place, young adults with a solid biblical foundation are far less likely to fall victim to the subtle lies of our post-modern culture.
The question remains however, how do you define success? Does success equal r a certain salary level, or even a prestigious title? Then again, how does God measure success? A healthy marriage? An understanding of biblical truth? These are important issues to pray about.

9. Peer Pressure

If only the Bible had told us that good company improves bad morals, many of us would have a welcome reprieve. Unfortunately, the opposite is true. Bad company corrupts good morals (1 Corinthians 15:33), the Apostle Paul tells us, and we can assume he was writing to a predominantly adult audience. You can imagine what he might say to a
"Bad company corrupts good morals" (1 Corinthians 15:33).
group of impressionable children and young teens.