Teaching Christian Perspective - What it's not Part 1

Being a Christian means far more than going to church on Sundays. God's call on our lives encompasses the whole of our lives, not just one part. How do we go about teaching this to our children?

This is a key part of the calling of our Christian Schools, and in the community I live and work in we call this teaching Christian Perspective.

But how is this done well? In this series of posts I hope to share with you some of my experiences and efforts in teaching Christian Perspective. But let's begin with what it is not.

1) Tack on a Bible verse.

• To some people Christian schooling just means that you have devotions, sing some songs, and teach a few morals. 

• A science project studying Tornadoes and they have the Bible verse from Psalms about God controlling the wind on their project.

• A speech that ends with a Bible verse even though none of the rest of it shows any understanding of Christian faith.

There are times and places that it is important to include Scripture in your work, but just because you have included Scripture doesn't mean that you have a rich understanding of Christian Perspective.

Next time "Teaching Christian Perspective - What it's not Part 2"