what is Christian worldview on education? Credit to Darrell Furgason, Ph.D

1. CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW:
EDUCATION
Dr. Yusak Tanasyah, M.Th, M.Pd.

2. THEGOAL OF
DEVELOPING A
BIBLICAL MIND ON
EDUCATION
(Jeremiah 9:23-24)
1) To KNOW God = Heart
2) To UNDERSTAND God= Mind
(God’s will, ways, goals,
principles, laws, purposes)

3. DEVELOPMENT IS
GOD’S IDEA
(Gen 1:26)
• God made man to develop the earth
in relationship with Him
(Develop = to have Authority, Dominion,
Leadership)
• Development produces culture.
• A worldview guides and defines
development.

4. PRODUCTS OF
DEVELOPMENT
1. Institutions & areas of influence
• Government, law, education, media,
economics, family, arts
2. Nations & Civilizations
• Babel (Gen 11)
• Islamic world
• North Korea, Cuba (Marxist world)
• Western World

5. MAJOR
WORLDVIEWS
TODAY
ATHEISM
• Secular Humanism
• Marxism
• Postmodernism
• Islam
• Christianity
• Cosmic Humanism
(Hinduism, Buddhism)
THEISM
PANTHEISM

6. A WORLDVIEW ANSWERS THE
QUESTIONS…
• Theology: Is there a God, and what is God like?
• Philosophy: What is real, and what can we know?
• Ethics: What is the foundation for morals?
• Biology: What is the origin of life?
• Sociology: How should society be structured?
• Psychology: What is human nature?
• Politics: What is the best form of government?
• Law: What is the basis for law?
• Economics: What produces a sound economy?
• History: How should we interpret human events?

7. BIBIICAL
DEVELOPMENT
PARADIGMS ON
EDUCATION

8. “UNIVERSITY” (FROM LATIN)
Uni – to unify + Veritas - truth
• 1st University = Bologna , Italy – 1158 AD
Started by Benedictine Monasteries Study
of Canon Law
• 2nd University = Paris – 1200 AD
Specialized in Theology
Medicine added 1270 AD
(How Christianity Changed the World, Alvin Schmidt,
Zondervan, 2004, p.187)

9. THE BIBLICALWORLDVIEW
To unify all truth
Politics
Economics
Law
Sociology
Psychology
Biology
Ethics
Philosophy
History
GOD =All
TRUTH

10. UNIVERSITY TODAY
God removed = no absolute truth
Economics
Law
Politics
Biology
Sociology
Ethics
Psychology
Philosophy
History

11. UNIVERSITY TODAY = MULTIVERSITY
Politics
Economics
Law
Sociology
Psychology
Biology
History
Ethics
Philosophy
Theology
Naturalism
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12. CHRISTIAN FOUNDATIONS LOST
• An Appraisal of Church and Four Year Colleges, Mark Beliles,
• The Providence Foundation, 1955
• HARVARD – In Christi Gloriam ( Glory in Christ)
• BROWN UNIVERSITY – In Deo Speramus ( In God We Trust)
• UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA– BERKELEY – Fiat lux
(Let There be Light)
• JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY – Veritas vos liberabit (The Truth
Shall Make You Free)
• PRINCETON UNIVERSITY – Dei Sub Numine Viget (Under God’s
Power She Flourishes)
• COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY – In Lumine Tuo Videbimus Lumen
(In Thy Light Shall We See Light)
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13. THE BIBLE RELATES TO
ALL OF LIFE
10 Areas of
Enquiry
Questions
Addressed
Biblical Response
Theology
Philosophy
Biology
What can we
know about God?
Genesis 1:26 “Let Us
make man in our image.”
What is reality?
What is truth?
Genesis 1:1 “In the
beginning God created
the heavens and the
earth.”
Life’s origins?
Genesis 1:21 “…and God
made them…after their
kind.”
Psychology Who is man?
Genesis 2:7 “…and man
became a living soul.”

14. THE BIBLE RELATES TO
ALL OF LIFE
10 Areas of
Enquiry
Questions
Addressed
Biblical Response
Ethics
How do we
make moral
choices?
Genesis 2:9 “…the tree of
the knowledge of good &
evil.”
Sociology
How should
society be
structured?
Genesis 2:24 “For this
reason a man shall leave his
father & mother & be united
to his wife.”
Law What laws
should we
have?
Genesis 2:16 “The Lord
God commanded the man,
‘You must not eat from the
tree...’”

15. THE BIBLE RELATES TO
ALL OF LIFE
10 Areas of
Enquiry
Questions
Addressed
Biblical Response
Politics
What should
government be
like?
Genesis 9:6 “Whoever
sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be
shed.”
Economics
How should we
make & spend
money?
Genesis 42:3 “Then 10 of
Joseph’s brothers went
down to Egypt to buy grain
from Egypt.”
History
Where have
we come
from? Where
is history
going?
Genesis 6:9 “This is the
account of Noah…”
Genesis 22:16-18 “By
Myself I have sworn…all the
nations will be blessed.”

16. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JESUS TO
EACH DISCIPLINE
Theology
Jesus is the “fullness of the Godhead” (Col 2:9)
Philosophy
Jesus is the “Logos” of God (John 1:1)
Biology
Jesus is “the life” (John 1:4; 11:25)
Psychology
Jesus is the “Savior” (Luke 1:46-47)
Ethics
Jesus is “the true light” (John 1:9; 3:19-20)

17. Sociology
Jesus is “the Son” (Luke 1:30-31)
Law
Jesus is “the lawgiver” (Gen 49:10; Isaiah 9:7)
Politics
Jesus is “King of kings, and Lord of lords” (Rev 19:6)
Economics
Jesus is the “owner” of all things (Psalm 24:1)
History
Jesus is “the fullness of times” (Galatians 4:5)

18. DISCIPLING
NATIONS
…means TEACHING THEM
KINGDOM WAYS (the extension
of God’s rule in every occupation)
(Matt 28:18-20)

19. Some KINGDOM WAYS:
• Justice …not injustice
• Righteousness…not lawlessness & crime
• Freedom…not tyranny
• Health….not sickness
• Order….not anarchy
• Peace …not conflict
THY KINGDOM
COME

20. SOME KINGDOM
WAYS
• Security…not terror
• Sufficiency …not poverty
• Productivity …not inefficiency
• Truth …not deception
• Progress …not failure
• Accountability …not corruption
• Democracy …not totalitarianism

21. GOD’S PLAN IN HISTORY
• All things are to be redeemed –
renewed by His ways, laws & principles
(Matt 6:9 “..thy Kingdom come, thy will be
done on earth as it is in heaven.”)
• No aspect of life, society or nation is
exempt from His redemptive plan &
righteous rule (Psalm 24:1 “The earth is the
Lord’s and the fullness thereof.”)

22. GOD’S PLAN IN HISTORY
• Remaking things that are broken
(not only hospitals and roads, but nations, like
Japan, S Korea)
• Renewing things that are not working properly
(Not just cars, but companies, economic
policies)
• Reconciling things to Kingdom ways
(Replace Marxism with Biblical education in
China)

23. GOD’S PLAN IN HISTORY
• Releasing nations from bondage
(Afghanistan, Iraq, Germany)
• Reversing the effects of evil
(promoting family, banning abortion,
punishing crime)

24. TEACHER
• T – Train others to recognize Truth vs error
• E – Examine philosophies & ideas shaping culture
• A – Attack & destroy fortresses
• C – Correct wrong thinking
• H – Help develop gifts & talents according to calling
• E – Engage every area of society
• R – Reformation focus

25. Thank You
Yusak Tanasyah
S.Th., STT Bethel Jakarta
S.Pd., STT Ekemene Jakarta
M.Th., STT Baptis Semarang
M.Pd., STT Ekumene, Jakarta
Dr., STT Ekumene, Jakarta