Monday, December 14, 2015

Educational System Deficit: The Christmas Story

Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times.” Isaiah 33:6
Today’s American schools have increasingly fallen behind their educational ancestors. There is a Facebook challenge that offers today’s generation a chance to see how well they do on a 1910 graduation exam for 8th graders. They don’t do well. While knowledge has increased in general, as is seen in all the technological and scientific advances, knowledge in particular, at the base point of the average student, is in serious decline.
In American schools of the early 20th century there was a component missing today. Christianity. The Bible says that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of both wisdom and knowledge. At this Advent season I reflect on how our schools used to envision this season. Children learned Christmas hymns. They learned the Christmas story. Their pageants were quite Christ centered. Advent is a grand time to remind us how we can truly gain wisdom and knowledge; we can only do it by centering our learning on Christ.

Dear Father, Help us to remember that without You there is no true wisdom or knowledge. Amen. 



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