I've shared two great ideas from Scripture that shape our take on education (God is sovereign and Man is created in God's image) and some ways those ideas make a difference in our schools and classrooms. I'm not finished with considering more implications these ideas have for education. It seems like the more I ponder these biblical ideas, the more implications I see for school. In this post, I want to introduce a third great idea that shapes our beliefs and practices in education. Here's the idea:
God delegates authority over children to parents (Ephesians 6:1-4). Check out this quote from an excellent book about parenting from Ted Tripp, Shepherding a Child’s Heart: “As a parent, you have authority because God calls you to be an authority in your child’s life. You have the authority to act on behalf of God. As a father or mother, you do not exercise rule over your jurisdiction, but over God’s. You act at his command. You discharge a duty that he has given. You may not try to shape the lives of your children as pleases you, but as pleases him” (28-29). That means parents are responsible to God for their children.
So what, though? What difference does this make for education?
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