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Following God's heart in education - Coggle Diagram
Following God's heart in education
We must determine first determine facts
Think critically and intensively
Determine correct interpretation(s)
Refine the heart to adequately represent God's will in all we say and do
Make sure our thoughts and actions are aligned with what we know from God's Word
Orthodoxy "right thinking" about God
Orthopraxy "right action"
Change the focus of the core courses in Christian higher education institutions to retain its foundation, identity, and purpose
Emphasize importance of taking Christian humanities courses to show the importance of community and various perspectives, but under God's perimeters
Recenter to the focus to be less of a requirement and more of a blessing of higher education and knowledge
Opposed to: modern/liberal humanities which have sadly completely changed focus; they took out the foundation in God; in doing so, the heart of what its goal was from its inception is gone and now redefined to accommodate modern flippant beliefs; Marx and Freud calling religion "an opiate of the masses"/a sign of "mental illness" is one such example
The spoils of Jerusalem came along with God's judgment as people essentially stole from God when they stole from the temple for their greedy, selfish endeavors
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Galatians 6:7
"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will." ~ Romans 12:2
Known through and represented in
Present
Western education has drastically changed to be more politically and socially approvable and indulge each person's opinions and feelings, often shunning Christian morals as unfair and pushing those to the side as unacceptable as separation of church and state
Future
Depends on individuals' and society's choices
Past
The humanities and higher education facilities were founded predominantly with a Protestant/Christian foundation