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Why is what you believe about creation important to your role as a Christian educator?
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What I believe about creation is important as a Christian educator because it is the basis of my belief system. This drives the decisions I make and the lens through which I view education. I want my students to know there is a creator and that He loves them. They need to know the creation mandate especially in my course (science). This is crucial to their understanding of the world around them.
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I believe that creation is the foundation. If we don’t accept the book of Genesis then can we really accept any part of the Bible. Creation is a key concept in really embracing our faith and trusting that the Bible is truth.
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I want to be able to teach my students the truths in the Bible. Creation is one of those truths.
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It all starts with In the beginning… If something has a starting point, we must ask how “it” got there. So Genesis is clear that in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Then we have to understand that this purposeful design was to establish that everything on and in the earth has a beginning and end. God is the author and finisher of our faith but we are meant to be eternal beings who will one day be at home with our creator – to know him, commune with Him and understand or fully realize our uniqueness. It is important to teach that God created us in His very image, yet we all are very diverse in our outward appearance, culture, heritage. These intricacies couldn’t have just happened. We need students to understand their value and worth to God because often their value and worth will be measured against standards that are not in alignment with the truth of what scripture states.
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Knowing that God created us in His own image makes each person invaluable. There is inherent worth in each student that comes through my doors as a human created in the image of God.
