Christian Education Week April 23, 2012

It is Christian Education Week at Calvin Christian School in Dundas.  It is a week that we set aside to celebrate Christian education and God’s faithfulness and grace we experience on this journey.  It is great to celebrate but it also brings to mind a number of questions:

1.       What is Christian education?  Christian education is a response to our calling to bring all things under the Lordship of Christ. 

2.      What is it about the goals of this school that can be seen as a faithful response to what God speaks to us in His word? God’s word says that our lives are to be marked by loving God and loving others.  At school we need to walk along beside our students to help them demonstrate their love for God and others in an appropriate way.  

3.      What is the purpose of Christian education?  We aim to develop the knowledge of God and His creation.  Students respond to the task of creative and redemptive work as an act of worshipful response using their knowledge and applying wisdom.  This can only be attained by loving God, having community and fellowship with him that result in whole-hearted worship.   

We are so thankful for Christian education across Ontario, throughout Canada and on a global scale.  Join us in a joyous response to all that God has done for His schools.  Please, let me know if you have any more questions about Christian education and we may have the opportunity to explore them together or through these writings.  Peace of Christ to you. ~Mr. Bouwers