Rearing Covenant Children for Life in the End-Time
David Engelsma addresses the urgent task of Christian education for covenant children in light of the approaching end times, emphasizing that God must be the foundational premise of all Christian learning. The pamphlet argues that Christian education must teach students to think God's thoughts after Him, recognizing that all human thought derives from God's eternal decree, while also examining signs of the end times in creation, society, and among the nations. This resource blends practical pedagogy with Reformed eschatological conviction and covenant family responsibility.
God must be the major premise of every textbook. God must be the great assumption in every classroom. God must be the Person Whose handiwork is investigated in every laboratory. This means, of course, not some vague or distorted idea of God, but the living and true God, the God of the Bible. “In the beginning God” must be the watchword of all truly Christian education. In textbook, classroom, and laboratory the student will learn to think God’s thoughts after Him. Unlike the student in a...