Carey College
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21 Domain Road, Panmure,
Auckland 1072,
New Zealand
E-Mail: enquiries@carey.school.nz
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commercial email
Here we make available articles on teaching from a biblical-Christian perspective.
Most articles are first posted in Current Issues then as they age moved to either this page or to the State Schooling page as appropriate.
Most articles are first posted in Current Issues then as they age moved to either this page or to the State Schooling page as appropriate.
In God's World
from the Carey College Syllabus Statement
A Christian school is one where Christian teachers teach a Christ-centred curriculum. There are many Christian teachers, but the greatest difficulty in establishing a Christian school today is in breaking from the philosophy of this age in which man is the centre of existence.
The pagan philosophy of the modern world is that life is lived for the benefit of man. The Christian rejects this view, for God has revealed to him in the Bible the only true perspective. He knows that man, and all creation, is for the glory of God alone. He knows that God is both Creator and Sovereign of everything. He knows that man is called to know, enjoy and serve God, and so to glorify him.
from the Carey College Syllabus Statement
A Christian school is one where Christian teachers teach a Christ-centred curriculum. There are many Christian teachers, but the greatest difficulty in establishing a Christian school today is in breaking from the philosophy of this age in which man is the centre of existence.
The pagan philosophy of the modern world is that life is lived for the benefit of man. The Christian rejects this view, for God has revealed to him in the Bible the only true perspective. He knows that man, and all creation, is for the glory of God alone. He knows that God is both Creator and Sovereign of everything. He knows that man is called to know, enjoy and serve God, and so to glorify him.
Twilight of Teenage Risk
Posted 2008
Parents should be less troubled by fantasy figures than concerned by the risk-taking culture of teenage girls making the series popular.
Posted 2008
Parents should be less troubled by fantasy figures than concerned by the risk-taking culture of teenage girls making the series popular.
Who Knows Best?
John Calvin Meets Charles Darwin
Posted April 2010
Carey College's philosophy and method of teaching is based on what the Bible teaches about the origin, ownership and purpose of knowledge. We endeavour to teach students to know, understand, compare and discern world views and beliefs based on a biblical perspective.
Two world views have dominated the culture we have inherited from the last 500 years. One is God-centred and the other man-centred. One appears to be dominant, and the other now rather irrelevant. Our current education system had, in many ways, its origin in one, but its developing purpose in the other. Yet how much do we owe or attribute to each? How much do we understand about what influence each has, does have and will have?
John Calvin Meets Charles Darwin
Posted April 2010
Carey College's philosophy and method of teaching is based on what the Bible teaches about the origin, ownership and purpose of knowledge. We endeavour to teach students to know, understand, compare and discern world views and beliefs based on a biblical perspective.
Two world views have dominated the culture we have inherited from the last 500 years. One is God-centred and the other man-centred. One appears to be dominant, and the other now rather irrelevant. Our current education system had, in many ways, its origin in one, but its developing purpose in the other. Yet how much do we owe or attribute to each? How much do we understand about what influence each has, does have and will have?
Does Christian Education Compromise Excellence?
Posted 13 October 2010
In 1987 R C Sproul refused to accept what he was told: "The modern student faces the alternatives of a Christian education or a good education." Nor would he accept that a Christian education had to be antithetical to secular education.
His commentary is still intensely relevant: It is wrong to accent antithesis rather than synthesis. Synthesis rests on the premise that there are two sources of divine revelation: the special revelation of Scripture and the general revelation of nature. Christian education draws from all sources that God provides for truth. We dare not accept a false dilemma between Christian education and a good education. If it is not good it cannot be Christian in the fullest sense.
Posted 13 October 2010
In 1987 R C Sproul refused to accept what he was told: "The modern student faces the alternatives of a Christian education or a good education." Nor would he accept that a Christian education had to be antithetical to secular education.
His commentary is still intensely relevant: It is wrong to accent antithesis rather than synthesis. Synthesis rests on the premise that there are two sources of divine revelation: the special revelation of Scripture and the general revelation of nature. Christian education draws from all sources that God provides for truth. We dare not accept a false dilemma between Christian education and a good education. If it is not good it cannot be Christian in the fullest sense.
A Small School That Prepares Children for Success
Posted 18 December 2010
Guest past pupil at our 2010 Final Assembly, Dr Lyndon Drake, asked if parents and children wonder how such a small school as Carey will prepare children for later life, whether they will be able to study at a particular university or get the job they want or hang out with the people they admire? His CV, he said, is evidence that Carey won’t limit what you can do after you leave this school. Carey won’t limit your academic achievement or your job or your social life. "But," he said, "if that is all you are looking for in a school, I want you to see that you haven’t seen the most important thing about Carey."
Posted 18 December 2010
Guest past pupil at our 2010 Final Assembly, Dr Lyndon Drake, asked if parents and children wonder how such a small school as Carey will prepare children for later life, whether they will be able to study at a particular university or get the job they want or hang out with the people they admire? His CV, he said, is evidence that Carey won’t limit what you can do after you leave this school. Carey won’t limit your academic achievement or your job or your social life. "But," he said, "if that is all you are looking for in a school, I want you to see that you haven’t seen the most important thing about Carey."