HELPING STUDENTS DEVELOP A CHRIST-CENTERED WORLDVIEW

by Michael Essenburg

Ask questions about creation-fall-redemption-restoration.

Everyone has a worldview. Do you want your students to develop a Christ-centered worldview. Do you want your students to connect what they study and the Biblical motif of creation-fall-redemption-restoration. That is truly worthwhile and is what Christian schooling is all about.

Question: How can you do this?
Answer: By asking questions. Here are 4 key questions, each of them complete with other related questions:

(1) Creation: What is God’s purpose for this part of creation? (This river, this mountain, this forest, this ocean, this group of people, etc.)

* When God created this what might have been God’s intention?
* What was ___ like when God created it?
* What is true, good, or beautiful about this aspect of creation?
* What does ___ show you about God?
* How does ___ help you appreciate God?

(2) Fall: What has gone wrong? How can we see that this aspect of creation is broken as a result of sin?

* What is the impact of sin on ___?
* What is the impact of sin on my understanding of ___?
* What is false, wrong, or ugly?
* How is ___ misused?
* How is God misunderstood because of ___?

(3) Redemption: Because Jesus Christ came to redeem the world there is now a difference in every aspect of creation. We can now work to make this aspect of creation more closely in keeping with the way God intended for it to be. What difference does Jesus make in this area?

* What is the impact of Jesus’ life? death? resurrection?
* Why do we have hope about this aspect of creation?

(4) Restoration: What will you do?

* What does the Bible say?
* How can you join God in restoring ___?
* How can you use ___ to serve God and others?
* How can you show God’s truth using ___?
* How can you impact the world for Christ using ___?

For more information like this go to Michael Essenburg’s (Christian Academy in Japan) website: http://www.closethegapnow.org/