| Bible
Philosophy The Bible is the
special account of the process of God’s redeeming acts in history. The
study of the Bible is central to our understanding of God, His world, our
relationship to Him and our place within His unfolding plan.
Through the study and participation in Bible class, our students will:
- Understand that the Bible is God’s holy
and inspired Word.
- Learn who God is, what He has done for
them, and how they are to live in response to His love.
- Be able to recognize recurring Biblical
themes.
- Memorize scripture verses for life
application.
- Learn about the literary, cultural,
geographic, historical, and linguistic dimensions of the Bible.
- Be able to use Bible resources and will
develop good habits of Bible study.
- Use scripture to view and respond to
the world’s cultural influences.
- Be challenged to accept God’s call to
repentance, faith, and service.
- Learn that salvation is by grace
through faith in Jesus Christ alone.
- Be encouraged to develop a personal
relationship with Jesus Christ as their savior.
In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word
was God (John 1:1). As Christians, we recognize the vital importance of
language. God spoke the universe into existence and He upholds it by His
powerful word (Hebrews 1:3).
Reading, writing, speaking--the CVCS student must master each of these
skills not merely to garner favor from his fellow man, but more
importantly, to know how to glorify God more fully through his language.
To this end, each student will be educated in the following areas:
reading, vocabulary, grammar, spelling, literature, recitation, and
narration.
Part of educating the whole child involves not only teaching him the
skills with which to read a book, but also giving him the tools of
discernment with which to analyze everything he encounters, whether that
be a novel, newspaper article, television program, political speech or
otherwise. In this way, he will be able to recognize and separate Truth
from falsehood as the Bereans did (Acts 17:11).
Each student enrolled at CVCS will be introduced to great works of
literature, works replete with finely-crafted sentences, rich plots, and
well-developed characters. Sometimes such works will be written by
Christian authors; sometimes they will not. To teach Christian books that
are lacking in substance and literary quality just for the sake of
teaching “Christian books” does our students a disservice. When literature
written by secular authors is studied, students will be taught to read
carefully and critically with an understanding of the Christian worldview
and with the ability to identify opposing worldviews of the authors they
encounter. Simultaneously, while under the nurturing guidance of CVCS
staff, students will learn how to appreciate the fine craftsmanship of
secular authors while not embracing their mindset.
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