-
What does the lecturer mean when she says you are here to educate your students for eternity?
-
Our life lessons go far beyond the classroom. When Christ is part of those lessons, it plants the seed of Christ in their hearts.
-
She means that we are educating these students not just so that they might be successful in the world as we know it now but to help prepare them to withstand the lies from the secular world. Teaching them from a Christian perspective will help them learn how to stand for their beliefs and stay rooted in Christ regardless of what the world says which affects their eternal life.
-
If my life philosophy is Christian, then I know that I am an eternal being. My utmost goal is not to teach Spanish, but to teach in such a way that I model Christ and prepare the hearts of my students to accept Christ.
-
Educational disciplines help us navigate life here on earth, but helping those we teach understand the “big questions of life” have eternal significance. There is no profit in educating students to gain the whole world if they lose their souls (Mark 8:36).
-
It’s easy to focus on the daily struggles and conflicts between teacher and student, or student to student. Keep in mind always the end goal. The children are eternal creatures who were made for eternal life in God’s presence. All we do should focus on the end game, preparing ourselves (mind and spirit) for life in community with God an each other.
