Education: Curriculum (3) The Law of God and Public Policy The Law guides us in the main goal of education—and life. “When your son asks you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the LORD our God has commanded you?’ then you ...
Education: Curriculum (2) The Law of God and Public Policy We must take the long view in matters of public policy. “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children….” Deuteronomy 6:6, 7 Americans today have become accustomed to the idea that ...
Education: Curriculum (1) The Law of God and Public Policy God’s Word must be foundational in all education. “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children….” Deuteronomy 6:6, 7 American education today operates from a different foundation than what is prescribed ...
Education: Culture and Law The Law of God and Public Policy Law gives shape to culture. “You shall write [these words] on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” Deuteronomy 6:9 Subjecting culture to the control of law is not a novel idea. It may be threatening, but only to those whose ...
Education: Culture as Education The Law of God and Public Policy Culture has a powerful role in education. “You shall write [these words] on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” Deuteronomy 6:9 Every aspect of life in ancient Israel was intended to reflect the goodness and justice of God. As all ...
Education: Foundations The Law of God and Public Policy God’s Word is the foundation for all education. “Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the rules that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over to possess ...
Creation: Rejection from the Land The Law of God and Public Policy We must not forfeit our stewardship of creation through disobedience. “You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my rules and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out.” Leviticus 20:22 The ...
Creation: Conserving Culture The Law of God and Public Policy Christians should be concerned about cultural conservation. “If you come across a bird’s nest in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs and the mother sitting on the young or the eggs, you shall not take the mother with ...
Creation: Conservation The Law of God and Public Policy The Law encourages us to think in terms of conservation. “If you come across a bird’s nest in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs and the mother sitting on the young or the eggs, you shall not take the ...
Creation: Begin Here The Law of God and Public Policy We must begin with ourselves in bringing out the glory of God in creation. It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out. Proverbs 25:2 Public policies—whether in the form of legislation or peer ...