How many times have you heard the question, “Aren’t your students sheltered from the real world in the Christian School?”
My answer is that children in the public school are sheltered from the real world. Here is how:
- Students in the public school are sheltered from the truth that God exists. The Supreme Court decided that a public school teacher could not keep a copy of the Bible on her desk. It would be very difficult to find a Christian book of any kind in a public school library. (Colossians 2:8)
- Students are sheltered when they are taught that life on earth began as a group of chemicals and evolved to man; not that God created the universe, life, and man. (Colossians 2:4)
- Students are sheltered when they are taught that there are no absolutes and that the Bible does not have authority over their lives. It was found to be unconstitutional, in public schools in Tennessee, to keep a copy of the Ten Commandments on the wall in the hallway. The argument was that if they were hanging there, they might be read; if read, then obeyed; if obeyed, then credibility given to the Bible.
- Students are sheltered in the public school because they can’t hear that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation. Students will rely on their own understanding. (Colossians 2:6)
- The two influences of prayer and Bible reading were removed from our public school systems in 1962 and 1963. Since then, SAT scores have steadily dropped; teenage pregnancies and venereal diseases have increased. Today, the average student knows less when he graduates from high school than what his parents knew when they graduated. (Colossians 2:7)
- The best education to prepare a child for the real world is an education in which Jesus Christ is central. (Colossians 2:3)
The Christian School may seem like a shelter from the real world. In reality, however, it provides the learning environment needed to become the Christian witness in our society today.
Why not consider Gloucester County Christian School for your child?
Don Netz
Principal Emeritus