Christian Education: What is it all About?

In this part of the sermon: Using the analogy of construction, Martin highlights the folly of building a house without blueprints. He applies this to Christian education, arguing that many Christian schools…

Martin describes his experience in construction, emphasizing that builders always consult blueprints first. He then illustrates the absurdity of building a house without plans, applying this to Christian education to show the folly of operating without God's divine blueprints.

I put myself through college doing coolie work for a construction man. I used to carry a hog and mix cement. And when we got done that, it was no union outfit. You then picked up a trowel and you laid block.

1:42 - 1:53 Read in full sermon

The point: Teach your children a biblical attitude about the nobility of work and the honorableness of sweat.

Martin shares a personal example of teaching his son about the dangers of laziness from the book of Proverbs during their special Saturday morning time, demonstrating how biblical principles apply to practical life issues like work ethic.

Saturday mornings, my son and I have our special time together. We have our family worship every night for supper. But Saturday morning, my son and I have a special time together and my wife meets with the girls. And we've been going through the book of Proverbs together.

14:03 - 14:17 Read in full sermon

The point: Teach your children a biblical attitude about the nobility of work and the honorableness of sweat.

He uses the example of Jesus, the carpenter, to illustrate how hard manual labor has been sanctified by God Himself, teaching children a biblical philosophy of work.

That's not the philosophy of the Word of God. Hard manual labor has been forever sanctified by that one of whom they spoke in a very deriding way, but it was truthful. Is not this the carpenter? The gnarled hands of the Son of God, God in human form, have forever sanctified the nobility of hard labor.

15:10 - 15:38 Read in full sermon

Driving home: any substitute whom I appoint as a parent must train them according to the principles that I understand to be rooted in the word of God.

Martin recounts a hypothetical scenario of his children having a spat, detailing how he would biblically investigate, determine guilt, and administer discipline, connecting it to God's authority and the child's wicked heart.

For instance suppose the kids have a spat at home and one says well I didn't start the fight and yes you did no I didn't no you didn't somebody's lying so what do you do? Well let me ask what should you do? Maybe that's a better question. All right you try to sort things out right now hold off right now let's get the facts.

19:29 - 19:58 Read in full sermon

The point: Do not throw the whole job of child-rearing onto teachers; send disciplined children to school and support the teachers' efforts.

He illustrates how a Christian teacher can integrate faith into a math lesson, explaining that 'two plus two always make four' reflects the exactness and unchanging nature of God, bringing every discipline under Christ's authority.

of a verse or two a Christian school a Christian school in fact is that situation in which the teacher is seeking to bring every thought captive to Christ so when a kid says teacher I finally learned something in the math class two plus two always make four don't they I mean up there in the moon when an astronaut reaches in his pocket and takes out two little batteries in one hand two in the he'll have four won't he that's right up on the moon on Mars some day and he happens to have cooties and he pulls them out of his hair he pulls two with his hand two of that if he puts them together he's g...

24:14 - 25:40 Read in full sermon

The point: Seek to convey biblical concepts of sin and grace at home and in the classroom.

To explain grace, Martin references Adam's sin, highlighting that God took the initiative to seek out Adam, demonstrating that grace is God's unmerited initiative to provide a way of escape.

that sin is basically this two-pronged moral evil that has inundated the human race it involves guilt rooted in rebellion against almighty God it involves the pollution of a man's very nature the problem of a bad man's life the problem of a bad man's life the problem of a bad record in heaven the problem of a bad heart on earth I am defiled and I am guilty that's the biblical concept of sin and what do I mean by the biblical concept of grace? well that no one can rescue me from that dilemma but almighty God and if he does it he'll do it because he gives us the exact opposite of what we deserve...

43:25 - 44:25 Read in full sermon