hristian education is likely to be an exercise in futility if it does not prepare our young people to confront and survive the worldview challenges that they will surely meet as soon as they leave the security of the Christian home, and probably even while they are still living at home due to the pervasive influence of the media and internet. For example, a youngster may be taught very fine Christian principles, but he or she may also grow up understanding that these principles fit into a specialized category called “religious belief”… sooner or later, that youngster will find out that secular college professors, and sometimes even ‘Christian’ professors, proceed from an implicit assumption that religious beliefs are the kind of thing one is supposed to set aside when learning how the world really works, and that it is usually praiseworthy to ‘grow’ gradually away from those beliefs as a part of the normal process of maturing.” —Phillip E. Johnson

“As Christian parents, pastors, teachers, and youth group leaders, we constantly see young people pulled down by the undertow of powerful, cultural trends. If all we give them is “heart” religion, it will not be enough to counter the lure of attractive but dangerous ideas. Young believers also need “brain” religion—training in worldview and apologetics—to equip them to analyze and critique the competing worldviews they will encounter when they leave home. If forewarned and forearmed, young people have at least a fighting chance when they find themselves the minority of one among their classmates or work colleagues. Training young believers to develop a Christian mind is no longer an option, it is part of their necessary survival equipment.” —Nancy Pearcy, Total Truth

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