“Behold, to the LORDyour God belong the heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it” Deuteronomy 10.14

God is making Himself and His glory known through the things He has made, and it is the duty of human beings to search out by wisdom all that God would have us to know, and all the good He intends us to do, by entering with Him in the works of His hand (Ps. 111.1, 2).

Today the work of God as a subject or integrating motif is denied in all sectors of the public school curriculum. Even in Christian schools, how the Lord’s work of creation, providence, and redemption relates to such subjects as mathematics, science, history, literature, and languages is only vaguely understood and, for the most part, inconsistently taught. We need a more robust approach to understanding the steadfast love and faithfulness of God as these are expressed in all His works, and in teaching all the disciplines of the educational curriculum from the perspective of the eternal wisdom and good pleasure of God.

The place to begin studying and learning for the glory of God is in the church and home. Here Christians can shape an outlook on and approach to all of life – a worldview – which will enable students to take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ (2 Cor. 10.3-5), whether what they are reading, studying, or learning is being presented in this manner. We will be most effective in changing American public education policies if we concentrate now and what we can do without hindrance – teach our own children to know the Lord in all His Word and all His works.

T. M. Moore

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