“Christians have, for half a century, been concentrating on evangelism and ‘personal’ Christianity,
almost completely abandoning science and education to the evolutionary humanist. It is not enough merely to win individual
students and teachers to Christ, important as that may be; we must win education to Christ!”
–Guenter Salter, “What Makes a Christian School ‘Christian’?”
There is no middle ground. Either education rests on a biblical perspective or it comes from man’s point of view. Every Christian educator would heartily agree that the goal is helping young people love God with all their hearts, souls, and minds. The discussion begins only when we try to define how that goal should be pursued.
Why Use Secular Texts? Do They Really Teach Students to Discern?
Many believe that they can accomplish the mission with a secular text—just so long as the teacher is skilled in detecting the secular agenda and has the ability to refute the false views and insert biblical views. Some people who want to train ‘Christian thinkers’ believe secular texts will teach students to discern between good and evil.
A good teacher may use God-denying, humanist materials to point out illogic and contradictions in the other side, but the question remains: why would someone so dedicated to developing a Christian worldview use as his main tool one that is written from his opponent’s view? This is reverse thinking, isn’t it?
Biblical truth is the basis for discernment, and then humanistic and hedonistic thinking can be examined and refuted. Secular books ignore the Savior, Who received “power over all flesh” and to Whom “all power is given.” How can secular texts then be useful in the Christian classroom?
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