Can a Christian education thrive without aiming at our ultimate Christian purpose?

Or, as a practical consideration that pushes the antithesis more concretely, is it possible for a non-Christian to provide their child with a complete Christian education? Here, as everywhere, definitions matter.

As we apply the Parable of the Two Sons to our own day, we find that for Christian education to reach full-flower, it must grow out of the soil of families that are eating, breathing, sleeping, living, working, and educating to the glory of God.

No ulterior motive will suffice. No alternative could take its place.

This means we've landed on our final principle for this first season. And in reality, no discussion about Christian education would be complete without it.

Principle #7: Christian education must maintain a Christian purpose.

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