In the education issue of Christianity Today (2-27-61) Dr. Calvin Seerveld, professor of philosophy at Trinity College, is quoted at such length as to practically make up the editorial, “Marks of Christian Education.” This long quotation is from Dr. Seerveld’s convocation address. One sentence that impressed me reads: “Secularism stands to gain more suppression and […]
This year the question of government aid to non-public schools has become a national issue. Judging from columnists like David Lawrence and from reader responses printed in our national weeklies, a sentiment seems to be growing that non-public schools should receive tax money. The problem that concerns America is the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Constitutional […]
It is no secret that not all Christians answer this question the same way. Yet it is incumbent upon all Bible-believing Christians, interested in Christian education, to seek a Biblically oriented answer. One way of “seeking” such an answer is to discuss it through the printed page. I made such an attempt in the December issue […]
The burden of the previous article was that unless we strive to formulate and understand the basic ideas that necessitate Christian schools, these schools may serve a City that is not God’s or a Kingdom that is not Christ’s. Are there really basic tenets that demand Christian schools? Thousands of Christians, both in Europe and […]
The day of violent opposition to Christian Schools in the Christian Reformed Church is by and large a thing of the past. Among our brethren in the Reformed and Presbyterian churches this is not the case. Recent publications and pronouncements in both of these denominations reveal a violent opposition to the Christian school cause. Generally speaking. […]
The late Wendell WiIlkie, once Republican candidate for president in 1910, wrote a reflection on his world tour entitled, “One World”. As a nation we seemed reluctant to realize the implications of the one world concept. World War II forced tho facts of life upon us so that our nation became a leader in the United Nations. […]
Integration in public schools is once again forcing America to re-appraise the principle of state schools. Virginia and Arkansas are in the vanguard in looking to privately owned schools as a solution. to the problem of integration. Through private schools they hope to re-establish the right of parents to determine the type of schools their […]
Administering a school today is in many ways much more difficult than it was in the day of a very limited program of studies for a select group of students. Compulsory education is enough to complicate matters at the elementary and secondary levels. Prosperity, government, private scholarship aids, and techno logical advances bring all kinds of students […]
The Presbyterian Church U.S.A. through one of its spokesmen has joined the ranks of those who publicly condemn parochial and Christian schools. Read the answer and the countercharge in this article. Rev. Ganse Little, president of the board of Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., urged the church’s assembly general this past summer […]
Do you believe that manual training is an essential factor in the education of our children? Then you will agree with the stand of the Christian educator who wrote this article. For a first-hand account of the story behind North Central Association’s dropping of Holland Christian High School from its list of accredited schools read Wilma […]