SIX MAJOR DEFICITS STUDENTS ATTEND-
ING SECULAR SCHOOLS MUST OVERCOME
TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A BIBLICAL
WORLDVIEW:
1. The authority and teachings of the Bible
At no point in public education is the authority of Scripture
taught in a positive way. Yes, a Christian teacher may at
times allude to their belief in the Bible, but they are not
allowed to teach it in any serious way. At every turn, the
authority of God’s Word is challenged, questioned, and
outright denied. In fact, the Bible was on the top ten list of
most challenged books in America’s schools and libraries in
2015. 5 Students have even been shamed for choosing to read
the Bible as their choice of book in free reading time. 6 Once
a child begins to question the validity and authority of the
Word of God, their whole faith is in grave jeopardy.
In a Christian school, the authority of Scripture is
upheld at every turn. This alone should be enough to help
parents realize the tremendous value of Christian education.
However, many Christian parents have been so secularized,
they don’t believe in the authority of Scripture as they should.
The Bible is a good book to them, but not the ultimate source
of truth.
If you question my assumption on how the Bible is looked
at in public education, consider how it is looked at in society.
If a scientist declares he believes the Bible to be literally true,
he is considered a quack. The secularization of our society
through education is rapidly approaching completion.
2. The truth about God
The theory and practice of secular education is clear and
simple: God does not exist and is irrelevant to life. How
can we consider education whole when it never considers
the source of truth in the universe? How does a child apply
meaning to what they are taught when they don’t know who
created us and why we are here?
We’ve heard it said that the school teaches neutral facts
while the church and parents teach faith. This divides life
into the sacred and the secular and rejects the fact that public
schools teach their own set of beliefs. Kids go to church and
hear stories about David and Goliath and then go to school
and learn “real” facts about how the earth came to be, etc.
This sacred/secular divide has been a scourge on Christian-
ity and has resulted in the loss of millions of children and
adults from the faith.
In Christian education, we teach our students that God
reigns over every square inch of this universe. He is the
creator of every algebraic formula and every reality of chem-
istry. As we study this amazing world, we catch a glimpse of
the majesty and brilliance of our Creator God. We show kids
God’s written revelation of Himself, the Bible, so they can
see His majesty, authority, and kingship. If we truly believe
God exists and is the ruler of this universe, how can we
possibly educate kids in a system that never mentions His
name or His influence on this world?
“The theory and practice of secular
education is clear and simple: God
does not exist and is irrelevant to life.”
3. The origin of the world (creation/evolution)
Public education has been so effective in this area that
many Christian universities now believe evolution is the
best answer for how we got here. They say they believe God
created the world, but He used evolution to do it. This creates
a host of issues with biblical authority and concerns with
things like whether or not Adam and Eve were real people
who fell into sin and when death entered the world, etc.
Since secular educators do not believe the Bible, they do
not believe God created the world in six days. Evolution is
their explanation for how we got here. Layers and layers of
false assumptions and theories have become facts in current
culture. For example, these words are directly taken from
a public school textbook (talking about the Big Bang):
“According to this theory, nothing existed before the big bang.
There was no time or space. But out of this nothingness
came the vast system of space, time, matter, and energy that
now makes up the universe. The explosion released all of
the matter and energy that still exist in the universe today.” 7
About half of current religious “nones” who were raised
in a religion (49%) indicate that a lack of belief led them to
move away from religion. This includes many respondents
who mention science as the reason they do not believe in
religious teachings, including one who said: “I’m a scientist
now, and I don’t believe in miracles.” Others reference
“common sense, logic or a lack of evidence” or simply say
they do not believe in God. 8
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