The Fruit of Right Thinking
By Dr. Carole Adams
Biblical Worldview Rests on Foundational Biblical Principles: Part Three in a Series
P
EOPLE IN CHRIST live in a state of alarm today
that is a new normal. American schools intentionally
indoctrinate Christian children to call evil good and good
evil (see Isaiah 5:20). When parental control is eradicated
for every kind of choice, with the sexualization of chil-
dren as the outcome, it’s past time to face up to the fact
that alarm isn’t enough. An alarm is an outcry intended to
give notice of approaching danger—a summons to arms!
It calls for action—the action of taking back our chil-
dren, not only to save their souls, but to equip them to
contend with evil, empower them with overcoming truth,
and prepare them for godly leadership for the family, the
church, and the nation.
God is clear and uncompromising about His children.
We are held responsible for educating Christian children
uncompromisingly and persistently in the Word of God.
Christian parents are wise to remove their children from
public education. God clearly states the unconditional
mandate of teaching children, not just two hours a week
or 30 minutes a day but morning, noon, and night in
parent-directed education based upon the Word of God:
“And these words that I command you today shall be on
your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children,
and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when
you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you
rise” (Deut 6:6-7).
Noah Webster, whose impact on American education
remains the lighthouse for the current benighted education
system, said the three most important questions that rise in
the hearts of all men are:
• Who made me?
• Why was I made?
• What is my duty?
Many adults fumble in figuring out life and trying to form
a worldview that makes sense. As cultural trends obliterate
moral absolutes, worldview clarity is increasingly obscure
for both parents and their children. Their questions are rare-
ly framed as worldview questions, yet they wrestle with the
whos, whats, and whys until their maturity demands that
they act independently with a worldview that will dictate
their choices and direction.
Inculcating a solid biblical worldview is not a one-time
fix; it’s a gradual construction requiring the nurture of a
Christian home and parent-directed Christian schooling
in which every subject reveals the love and knowledge of
God. Children nurtured in biblical principles from early
childhood inculcate those principles into their spiritual and
mental DNA as the base of understanding life.
The first four of the seven basic biblical principles in the
Principle Approach method of education 1 equip children
from the earliest grades to see heaven and earth through
these understandings:
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