“I have no
greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth’ (3 John 1:4).
One of the
most important priorities that sets Covenant Christian School apart from other
schools, and sometimes from other Christian schools, is our dedication to helping
students discover and rely upon the truth revealed in God’s Word. While it
sounds noble, some Christian schools boast that they integrate Biblical truth
into every subject they teach. The problem with integrating truth is that it
implies that truth is separate from the creation that we are studying in the
classroom, and that we must “plug truth into” our lesson plans. The Bible
refutes any such separation with a marvelous declaration that all of creation
is a revelation of God’s glory, character, and truth… “The heavens declare the glory of
God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge. (Psalm 19:1-2). In fact, cultivating
a love of truth and learning about the indispensability of truth is a key
characteristic of a great teacher that should be passed on to students.
The
urgency of our mission is highlighted by the recent announcement of Oxford
Dictionary’s word-of-the-year… post-truth: adjective, relating
to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential
in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.1 Can you begin to imagine living in a world where objective facts are irrelevant? What kind of culture might result
if emotion and personal belief trumps
reality? Considering the definition of insanity is, being out of touch with reality, such a world and culture would
truly be insane!
Yet, just how sane is a world where Christian parents allow Godless
schools to shape the hearts and minds of the children God has entrusted to
their care and called them to raise as disciples of Jesus Christ? Just how sane
is the disconnection between church, family, and schools that are supposed to be
intimately linked together by the common mission of making disciples… “Go therefore and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Matthew
28:19-20).
Let’s face the truth, the world is just as relentless and aggressive as
ever in its effort to deny, degrade, and redefine the definition of truth. But
God’s definition will stand forever. All that He has created is for His glory and
is meant to show us who He really is… “For
his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have
been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things
that have been made. So they are without excuse” (Romans 1:20).
Let’s step up our engagement with His truth in our own lives and help our
children discover and enjoy the special blessings of…
Walking in
the Truth
