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Why is what you believe about creation important to your role as a Christian educator?
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I have to believe the information in Genesis about creation in order to help my students discern real from fiction. I need to be able to explain the book of Genesis in order to instruct my students.
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What I believe about creation is one of the foundational questions on which my overall worldview is established. Therefor, my beliefs about creation will determine what I believe about myself and my students and my purpose in teaching them. It is also important because math is the exploration into Gods orderly design of the universe and thus the topic of creation and the beginning of the world will naturally come up as we delve into the precision with which the world functions and exists.
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What I believe about creation has everything to do about who I am in Christ and my role to allow others to experience their creator by letting them know that they are not an accident. God knew they were going to be born where, when and with what parents and siblings (or no siblings).
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It is important because it is one of life’s “big questions”. What we believe about the world and our place in the world will affect how we teach and deliver lessons to our students. As a Christian it’s important, because it reveals Who/what I put my trust in…. As a Christian, it is (and should be) God. As a Christian educator, I can’t just refer to the bible in SOME matters as I see fit; I should refer to it in all matters. If I take my walk seriously as a Christian, but hold secular worldviews, how am I any different than the world? I can’t be a Christian educator without trusting Christian doctrine, and this includes creation.
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What I believe about creation is important because it reveals my beliefs about who created me and my purpose. This directly influences how I teach in my course and what I teach in my course.
