The RenewaNation Review 2020 Volume 12 Issue 1 | Page 26

“THE SHAPING OF A PERSON’S WORLDVIEW IS A MAIN GOAL OF ALL EDUCATION. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A NEUTRAL EDUCATION.” John A. Hughes puts it this way: “God-honoring educa- tion will assist the Christian in this mental renewing process by providing a foundation of worldview assumptions and by cultivating logical thinking processes, habits or analysis, and patterns of evaluation that are distinctively biblical.” The shaping of a person’s worldview is a main goal of all education. There is no such thing as a neutral education. Secular education is based on a man-centered worldview where God is either ignored or blatantly denied. Man is the ultimate authority, and every individual determines what they should become. Secular education aims to make all students function well in a completely secular society. This is exactly what King Nebuchadnezzar wanted to accomplish in the lives of a select group of Hebrew young people: “youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intel- 26 ligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understand- ing and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for serv- ing in the king’s court; and he ordered him to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. The king appointed for them a daily ration from the king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be educated three years, at the end of which they were to enter the king’s personal service” (Dan 1:4-5). Ravi Zacharias makes a bold statement about the goal of every educational effort in his book Deliver Us From Evil: “And for centuries politics has dabbled in the deadly game of social engineering. The whole point of state-controlled educa- tion is that it gives to the government the power to shape the souls and write on the fresh slates of young hearts. This empowerment is the most important trust given to elected offi-