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How does your biblical worldview currently influence your role as a Christian educator?
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As a Christian educator all subjects are taught through the lens of God’s Word. There is a scripture for everything. At my school, some of the curriculum used in Middle School is secular. I tell my students to read our ELA books, for example, with discernment. When we are reading together in course I tell them to raise their hand each time someone or something in the story being read goes against Biblical values. Then we discuss why, giving a scripture to back up their answers. This way the students, too, learn how to discern and compare/judge the world against what God’s Word says. They too are learning how to apply a biblical worldview in their daily lives.
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I try to see all students through God’s eyes, and prayer is a big component of our classroom. We also focus a lot on being kind, and just loving each other, as God has instructed us to do.
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It keeps me grounded and focused on the things that are eternal.
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My biblical worldview has become my paradigm (or lens) through which I see the world around me. It’s rare for me to dismiss or diminish the hand of God at work, but rather have asked Him to continually show me Himself. I believe strongly that He loves to reveal Himself to us when we are seeking Him. As an educator, when this is my perspective, it influences my every interaction with students, admin, colleagues too, so that others can see my life lived differently from the world, in reliance on the Lord. I cannot compartmentalize my faith, as it inherently affects every aspect of my working and personal lives.
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My biblical worldview currently influences my role as a Christian educator by holding the truth that every person is made in the image of God and thus all people are valued and loved by God. This influences me to view each of my students as having God given potential and it is my role to draw this aspect out of them!