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Identify one or two ways you can help prepare your students for attacks on their Christian faith.
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I have told my students that they will meet university professors who will mock their faith and biblical beliefs. They must use this time to study scientific evidence about what they believe and how to defend their beliefs when they encounter opposition.
When we studied the planets, we noticed how the conditions on Earth prepared it for life and that no other planet even comes close to providing a hospitable environment. Also, as I taught the evolutionary perspective on the geologic time scale, I highlighted the fact that fossils must be formed quickly by rapid, even cataclysmic burial, not over eons. This is evidence of Noah’s flood, a young Earth and short geologic ages.
I encouraged them to ask questions, think for themselves, find evidence and don’t take my word for it. Become the scientists God created them to be, curious searchers for the truth. -
Teach students Scripture. Encourage Scripture memorization. When Christian philosophy is under attack by the world, point this out to our students. Give them specific Bible verses. Our fallen world is the result of sin, but God is not surprised.
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Teach them to compare today’s values and “truths” with that of the Bible.
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I always remained hem that this moment where their faith will be attacked will certainly come. That they need to be ready for it, I ask important questions that they may be asked outside of the school and I confront their answers with the word and then we draw conclusions.
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Our students can be prepared for attacks by being immersed in the Word which causes their faith to be grounded. Another way to prepare them is to discuss the various arguments that they will encounter.
