Teach A Youth About The Way

Passage of the Week:

Proverbs 22.6: Teach a youth about the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Holman Christian Standard Bible)

Thought of the Week:

The biblical proverbs are not promises guaranteeing an outcome, but express the more fruitful of two choices. It is far better to teach a youth about the way he should go than to leave him to his own devices regarding the important questions of life. When we do teach our youth about righteousness and character, the probability is great that they will feel the influence of that teaching even when they are adults.

Great News of the Week:

“Though schools must be neutral with respect to religion, they may play an active role with respect to teaching civic values and virtue, and the moral code that holds us together as a community. The fact that some of these values are held also by religions does not make it unlawful to teach them in school.” The preceding is a quote from the Federal Guidelines For Religious Expression in Public Schools, published by the United States Department of Education. You may read the complete presentation of those Guidelines on our web site at:

http://www.tmin.org/tminpages/religion_publicschool.html

The great news is that teaching a “moral code” is one of the most powerful ways to point people to Jesus Christ. In a sense, that’s what the law of Moses was all about, as Paul explained, “...the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith” (KJV). You have complete freedom to teach a biblical moral code in your classroom and on your sports field. I’ll be praying this week that you find opportunities to do so with sensitivity and grace.

Praying that you’ll have a great week at school,
Roderick