Helping people to know God and to be obedient to him is perhaps the greatest gift we can bestow. Understood in this way, Christian education can be be one of the most compassionate ministries of the church.

Perry G. Downs
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“Christian education” is a phrase that was invented for a very specific purpose. It has nothing to do with education as we know it today. The word "Christian" in this phrase is to be understood as something much more than the word "Christian" as we understand it today. It is really a word that means "Christ-centered" or "Christ-centered education." In the New Testament, there are many references to Christian education under the influence of the Holy Spirit.

In Matthew 28:18, Jesus said, “I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me will not remain in darkness.” This is referring to the power of the Spirit of God coming into Christians and producing an indwelling Christlike character within them. St. Paul wrote to Timothy (1 Timothy 4:12-16): “Set your mind on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience; bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. And love does not behave rudely or self-seekingly; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong but rejoices with the truth.

Love bears all things , believes all things , hopes all things , endures all things . Love never ends . As for prophecies , they will pass away; as for tongues , they will cease ; as for knowledge , it will pass away .

But love will last forever .” St. John wrote (1 John 4:7-21): “Dear friends, let us love one another , for love comes from God . Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love . This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him . This is real love : not that we loved God , but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins .

Dear friends , since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another . No one has ever seen God; but if

Source: Teaching For Spiritual Growth: An Introduction To Christian Education

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