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Why I use Christian textbooks….

  I use Christian textbooks in science.  Why?  These textbooks have a Christian worldview.  We know God is the Creator.  His designs are imponderable.  Christian textbooks reflect our faith in every aspect of science.  I’m teaching Anatomy right now.  I tell the kids there is always more to learn.  Science is always trying to answer questions about how the human body works.  Our intricate bodies were designed by God.  Period.  We are in search of answers about systems mysteriously made.  I teach American Literature, too.  My friend, Jen, is teaching American History.  We had a friend, Jim, do a lecture on worldviews.  (Both of us use Stobaugh.)  Jim has loads of background in philosophy.  As he examined different worldviews I was struck by the fact that too many textbooks do not have a central worldview at all.  As a Christian, I want faith, hope, and charity to be part of our scope—regardless of the subject.  I want us to be guided by God.  What freedom it is to be able to say to the class that we are plumbing the depths of God’s infinite creation—in every subject.

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