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Episode 15: Worldview Foundation for Youngsters
Even though they're young, preschool-aged students still can learn critical aspects of a Christian worldview. By focusing on Boundaries, Bravery, and Delight, we'll target two of the categories of RenewEd's Worldview Framework in hopes to help children grow to see the gospel as truly good news.
Episode 14: Incarnation as Worldview
Reflecting on the lyrics of many of our favorite Christmas Carols and on Luke's account of Jesus's birth, we see the life-shaping effects of viewing all things through the lens of Jesus's birth.
Episode 13: Spiritual Formation, part 4
If we're going to see more fruit in our efforts to pursue Spiritual Formation, we're going to have a clearer target: we need to have a clear perspective of the sort of adults we want to see our students become ... the sorts of students who care for the world and others around them, are parts of the cure, are willing to confront what's wrong, and running toward cultivation and stewardship of what's good. This is in small part what it looks like to be changed because of the gospel, and that's the only thing that can bring about lasting Spiritual Formation.
Episode 12: Embracing the Trades
If we believe that both following God's calling and honoring the profound dignity of all people are primary in the Christian life , we have to take a more honest look at the trades.
Episode 11: Spiritual Formation, part 3
Given that relationships are critical to transformation and lasting change, we'll focus on the importance of habits and rhythms in shaping our students' hearts and desires.
Episode 10: Spiritual Formation, part 2
Nurturing authentic relationships between teachers and students is central to spiritual formation initiatives. We'll back address how and why these relationships can further faith formation and the key aspects of faith formation initiatives.
Episode 9: Spiritual Formation, part 1
Christian Schools have embraced a much-needed trend toward putting an emphasis on spiritual formation. But, what are the fundamental characteristics of a proper emphasis on spiritual formation? How does the gospel inform the way of life that our spiritual formation emphases promotes?
Episode 8: Rethinking College Prep
Yes, Christian teachers should talk about order and structure and beauty, but other systems are just as likely to do this. However, being committed to a Christian worldview means we'll approach teaching mathematics with a different end in mind - helping our students to see the gospel and their need even more.
Episode 7: Teaching Mathematics Christianly
Yes, Christian teachers should talk about order and structure and beauty, but other systems are just as likely to do this. However, being committed to a Christian worldview means we'll approach teaching mathematics with a different end in mind - helping our students to see the gospel and their need even more.
Episode 6: Do Christian Schools and Churches Need Each Other?
Christian schools often talk about their relationships to local churches, but the nature of these relationships is more critical than ever ... both for the future of our schools and our churches. Episode 6 begins a conversation about the importance of reinvigorating healthy relationships between our schools and churches - that we might collectively engage our communities with the power of the gospel.
Warring Against our Students’ Default Settings
How do we think about behavior, rules, boundaries, and consequences in a gospel-centered way? Does it matter? Episode 5 briefly speaks to the reality that our students need boundaries that will help them see how life works best within a healthy learning community. But, they also need to consistent gospel-reminders that their obedience (or lack thereof) doesn't change their standing; it doesn't make them good or bad. Our task is to help them to gospel-prompted obedience and rescue them from their "default setting" which bends them toward moralism.
The 5 C’s of Intentional Christian Worldview Education
Host Noah Brink discusses five areas where an intentional emphasis on developing worldview education can further the philosophical and health of Christian schools. These 5 C's are intended to provide a framework for what a worldview development program could provide to our Christian schools.
Four Day School Weeks: A Theological Perspective
Increasingly, many schools and school districts are considering four-day school weeks. Should Christian schools consider it?Episode 2 of RenewCast seeks to provide a theological and pedagogical justification for considering the advantages of a four-day school week as look to hold all things under the lens of our Christian commitments.
Using Both Christian and Non-Christian Curriculum in our Schools
By focusing primary on a Christian understanding of Truth and of what we believe about Common Grace and the Image of God, we'll talk about the reasons why Christian schools should consider using both Christian and non-Christian texts in their curricular choices.
Gospel Distinctiveness
An introduction to Renew Education with special emphasis on the uniqueness and necessity of the gospel for the central focus for Christian Schools.