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Are Our Own Christian Schools Really Necessary?

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  • William C. Lamain

Christian schools, are they really necessary? Yes! This article gives grounds from the Bible, the confessions, and church history to show the necessity of Christian education.

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Commitment

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  • R. Ten Elshof

Christian education can progress when there is a true commitment from parents and teachers. This commitment calls for sacrifices too. The article explains the commitment needed from parents and teachers for the progress of Christian schools.

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God's Command to Parents

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  • Bartel Elshout

This article explains from Psalm 78 how parents must pursue this in the home and through Christian schools.

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Distinctively Christ’s The Church must not give its Name to an Inferior Secular Product that claims to be Christian

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  • Neil Benfell

The goal of Christian education is to present a Christian view of life and the world to its students. This article shows the challenges facing the churches and what to do about them to enable Christian schools to remain Christian.

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Why Johnny Can’t Tell Right from Wrong

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  • Neil Benfell

Christian schools can help young people regain true morality through regaining the moral certainty themselves, taking the difficulty children face seriously, showing that actions have consequences, and being clear about the purpose of the Christian life.

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Teaching in and for the Kingdom

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  • Colin Gauld

Education should aim at helping children be responsible before God, others, and in the world. It should help children develop their skills and character. This article shows how educators can do this in Christian schools but also in public schools.

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In Loco Parentis – Covenantal Schools In Action

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  • Russell J. Dykstra

Who has the responsibility to educate children? This question can only be answered through listening to God’s call to parents. This is what the author argues for, that an understanding of the covenant has great bearing for the education of children. The author shows how Christian schools play a role in keeping the parents responsible for the education. It extends a call to all parents to heed to this rather than throw the responsibility to the government.

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The Protestant Reformed Seminary and the "Good Christian Schools" (3)

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  • Ronald L. Cammenga

During the Reformation, the need for Christian schools was acknowledged. Supporting this historical legacy, this article puts the covenant obligation upon parents to establish such schools. The author also shows how Reformed Christian education can be promoted in a practical way.

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The Protestant Reformed Seminary and the "Good Christian Schools" (2)

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  • Ronald L. Cammenga

During the Reformation, the need for Christian schools was acknowledged. Supporting this historical legacy, this article puts the covenant obligation upon parents to establish such schools. The author also shows how Reformed Christian education can be promoted in a practical way.

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The Protestant Reformed Seminary and the "Good Christian Schools" (1)

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  • Ronald L. Cammenga

During the Reformation, the need for Christian schools was acknowledged. Supporting this historical legacy, this article puts the covenant obligation upon parents to establish such schools. The author also shows how Reformed Christian education can be promoted in a practical way.

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Teacher Training

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  • Russell J. Dykstra

To have Christian schools, one must have Christian teachers. This article highlights the need for an institution to train such teachers for the purpose of Christian education.

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Financing Our Christian Schools (2)

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  • Russell J. Dykstra

This articles shows that Christian schools are necessitated by God's covenant call to parents to raise His children in the truth of His character and works. The responsibility for Christian education lies with parents, and therefore parents are called to contribute to the financing of Christian schools. The article supports this argument with scripture and the history of the Reformation.

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Financing Our Christian Schools (1)

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  • Russell J. Dykstra

This articles shows that Christian schools are necessitated by God's covenant call to parents to raise His children in the truth of His character and works. The responsibility for Christian education lies with parents, and therefore parents are called to contribute to the financing of Christian schools. The article supports this argument with scripture and the history of the Reformation.

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Punctual Attendance on Family Worship

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  • Russell J. Dykstra

Family worship is what distinguishes a Christian home from other homes. In this article, the author shows that the place of the Bible, prayer and praise at home is crucial. The author also shows that Christian schools are not meant to replace family instruction.

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The Afscheiding and Christian Education

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  • Steven R. Key

The leaders of the Secession of 1834 were convinced that Christian education was essential for the preservation of true doctrine. This article documents the struggle these leaders went through to try and establish Christian schools.

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Christian Schools Should Remain Reformed and Be Defined in Terms of Creedal Theology

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  • Peter Y. De Jong

The author of this article maintains that Christian schools should have creeds as their basis and standard of education. This article also looks at the relationship between church and school. 

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Christian School Parents' Code

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  • Roy W. Lowrie Jr.

This article is about the involvement of parents in Christian schools. It shows how parents can support Christian education through prayer, involvement in the running of the school, financial support, volunteering, etc.

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Should Christian Churches Start Christian Schools?

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  • Roy W. Lowrie Jr.

While Christian education and starting Christian schools is something that is good and is the work of the Holy Spirit, this article gives some problems and challenges which may be faced by churches starting Christian schools.

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Public Schools are Cheaper

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  • Wybren H. Oord

In this article the author challenges the idea that public schools are cheaper than Christian schools.

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Schools and Creeds

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  • Jelle Faber

Is it worth keeping the Reformed creeds in Christian schools, or should these be replaced, or supplemented with, an educational creed? This article answers by considering what a creed really is, and from there reaffirms the immense value of restricting ourselves to having just the historical creeds functioning in the schools.

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Parents, School and Community in the Old Testament

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  • Keith Sikkema

This article is about the parenting task in the Old Testament. It shows that parents had to fulfill their task in the covenant community. This is also how we should view our Christian schools today.

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The Christian School Impulse

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  • W. Robert Godfrey

Where do Christians get the impulse to build Christian schools? This article considers the history of establishing formal instruction based on the Scriptures. It makes a call for today's genenration to recapture a sense of the importance of Christian schools.

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Authority in Education

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  • Pieter K. A. De Boer

In this article about the authority in education, the fifth commandment is also discussed. It looks at the authority Jesus Christ had in his teaching, and what that means for our Christian schools.

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