All Articles For The Great Value of Reformed Christian Education

Prof. Dykstra is professor of Church History and New Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. *Originally given as a speech at the 1998 Spring Banquet of the Reformed Heritage Christian School, Kalamazoo, Mich. The great value of Reformed, Christian education is a topic that deserves attention. There is little appreciation in the society at large for Reformed, Christian education. There may be, here and there, a desire to have something generally Christian—a school that opens with prayer, teaches morals, has somewhat biblically based discipline. But Reformed, Christian education is not desired. Secondly, there is little knowledge of what Reformed, Christian...

Prof. Dykstra is professor of Church History and New Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. What makes Christian education to be what it is and to have the great value that it does? The great strength of Reformed, Christian education lies in its distinctive character. In addition to what has already been pointed out in the first segment, we note five main characteristics of Christian education. Scripture and the confessions First of all, Christian education is based on Scripture and the Reformed confessions. There is a movement among Christian schools away from this. It is the movement known as the AACS,...

Prof. Dykstra is professor of Church History and New Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. Solid, Reformed, Christian education is of inestimable value. Believing parents and grandparents, and spiritually minded students give thanks to God for the Christian instruction given in a Reformed school. Yet it is also true that parents and children and the church as a whole are not always so conscious of the specific blessings of the Christian school. It is good for teachers, parents, and students alike to be reminded. First of all, the Christian school is a tremendous gift from God to assist believing parents...