2020 // Issue 5
Christian Education: Education of the Heart

Christian Education: Education of the Heart

Frances Stetler A love for Christian education is nearly in the Stetler DNA. My parents sacrificed much to teach in Christian schools, and, when going to a Christian school was still rare, my mother left the house every school day at 7 AM (with three small boys, a toddler, and a baby) to ride the city bus, taking my brothers to the only Christian school in the city. She had to ride the bus into downtown Cincinnati, transfer buses, and travel to the western side of the city; then she retraced...

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Christian Education: Is It Still Relevant?

Christian Education: Is It Still Relevant?

Curtis Going The Protestant Reformer Martin Luther once said, “I would advise no one to send his child where the Holy Scriptures are not supreme. Every institution that does not unceasingly pursue the study of God’s Word becomes corrupt…” Many years later, the famed theologian Francis Schaeffer further fleshed out Christian thought on the education of young people when he said that “Isolating the student from large sections of human knowledge is not the basis of a Christian education. Rather...

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Sisters and Brothers in Higher Education

College Administrator’s Roundtable Some have called Jesus’ upper-room discourse His “valedictory address.” In it, Jesus provided key truths for His first disciples, truths that still guide His disciples today. One of the hallmark statements of the address is John 13:35, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” The members of the Body of Christ show love to each other in many ways. Certainly, this love and care mark the local church, and IHC events...

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