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This Term at Carey College
Posted on 10-17-2008 at 06:23:35
Highlights this term include school photos, Cambridge exams, participation in the regional Science Fair, a term-long review of parental aims for schooling, and our 21st Final Assembly.
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Outstanding ERO Report for Carey College
Posted on 01-15-2008 at 17:46:41
Based on a review of the school at the end of 2007, the report highlights the school’s ability to meet diverse student needs, and enrich individual strengths and interests. It is public recognition that children at Carey College are blessed with a high quality education in a small, friendly environment, meeting our goal of providing a family based school in which individual children are nurtured in excellence and truth for Christ.
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Past Pupils Value Carey College
Posted on 06-26-2007 at 18:07:26
Looking back on the value of their Carey College education past-pupil Robyn Drake and her sister Hannah listed preparation for university study and vocational study, and biblical studies giving them a perspective on life. Here is Robyn's Guest Past-Pupil's Speech at last year's Final Assembly.
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Technology Winner
Posted on 11-08-2005 at 14:35:40
Year 10 student Stewart Hall took the top technology award in this year's NIWA Auckland City Science & Technology Fair in October. He was one of three students who this year continued the schools tradition of recognition for excellence in science and technology.
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Posted on 06-26-2007 at 17:12:04
Bias is such an ugly word today - but God calls us to be biased. We are to trust him. That's bias towards him.
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Ephesians 6:17
Posted on 09-04-2006 at 06:36:19
Prayer is basic to Christian living. We are to "pray in the Spirit on all occasions" Ephesians 6:17 Such prayer is characteristic of a functioning Christian school. It is characteristic of students who have a functioning Christianity.
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Proverbs 4:2
Posted on 06-17-2006 at 08:05:14
One of the most fundamental tasks of parents and teachers is to give learning. The great gift the father in Proverbs gives to his son is "sound learning". Proverbs 4:2 So much parenting and teaching today is non-directive. According to prevailing worldly-wisdom teachers can facilitate and parents help, but no one should impose knowledge on children—but that is not God's view!
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Colossians 3:1,2
Posted on 03-30-2006 at 19:36:45
There is one certainty at the start of this school year: Jesus Christ rules. We have plans, aspirations and uncertainties, and we are sure to experience a mix of trials and blessings. But Jesus is an unfaltering anchor, an unchanging guide, the victorious Saviour, the King who rules.
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1 Corinthians 10:31
Posted on 11-09-2005 at 21:12:35
"Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31 What do you get from doing good? God's glory. That is, God gets glory and that is your reward. As the old catechisms put it, "The chief end of man is to glorify God."
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James 4:3,4
Posted on 06-07-2004 at 07:53:46
"When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God." James 4:3,4 We commonly think of faith as something needed to deal with difficulty. But we also need faith to restrain us in times of plenty.
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2 Corinthians 5:7
Posted on 02-10-2004 at 22:04:14
"We live by faith, not by sight." 2 Corinthians 5:7
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Ecclesiastes 3:11
Posted on 07-16-2003 at 11:25:52
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11
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Job 40:5
Posted on 05-05-2003 at 07:20:47
"Brace yourself like a man; I will question you …" Job40:5 When God ironically tells Job to be a man's man in a face-to-face contest with himself, his purpose is to bring the man Job to the place where he knows he is creature before Creator.
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Romans :1
Posted on 04-27-2003 at 21:58:38
"What shall we say then about Abraham?" Romans 4:1 Why does Paul ask this question?
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Hebrews 12:1
Posted on 04-21-2003 at 22:16:53
"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1 Despite the foolish notion prevailing in some schools, learning involves hard work not play. Our children need encouragement to persevere. What reasons do we give them?
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Hosea 12:4
Posted on 11-25-2002 at 13:46:30
"He struggled with the angel and overcame him." Hosea 12:4 This incident in Jacob's life is often used to promote a view of prayer as if prayer is an arrogant over-powering of God; but this event is more about Jacob's calling in life and God's covenant faithfulness. And that has particular relevance to understanding the struggles in our own lives.
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2 Corinthians 6:17
Posted on 10-31-2002 at 22:49:45
"Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord." 2 Corinthians 6:17 We are often asked if separating children from the world in a Christian school is preparing them to fit into the world as adults. It is a question from the devil! We are called to prepare children for separation from the world. Because it is the standard God wants, we want children who grow up able to be separate from the world even as they serve him in it.
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Jeremiah 23:5
Posted on 10-15-2002 at 13:55:55
"'The days are coming,' declares the LORD" Jeremiah 23:5 Words of judgment or deliverance? Threat or promise? Both! Men and women have long been obsessed with attempting to predict the future, but God who controls the future has revealed two certainties about it: judgment and horror for some, salvation and bliss for others.
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Proverbs 29:6
Posted on 09-10-2002 at 13:39:13
"An evil man is snared by his own sin, but a righteous one can sing and be glad." Proverbs 29:6 We all want happy children, but we trap ourselves and our children if we make happiness the aim instead of their duty, if we aim to please them instead of leading them to please God.
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Matthew 4:1
Posted on 08-28-2002 at 10:52:34
"Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil."Matthew 4:1 Here God demonstrates the perfect righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ: not in some cosmic conflict between equals as is so often imagined, but in a contest in which the Lord is certain of victory over his fallen creature.
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1 John 5:10
Posted on 08-13-2002 at 11:09:29
"Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar." 1 John 5:10 Sin convinces fallible man that certainty is found within his mind, so he constantly tends to test God's word by his own thinking. This is not just doubt – it is a rejection of God as a liar.
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Proverbs 4:18
Posted on 08-01-2002 at 08:20:44
"The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn." Proverbs 4:18 To walk with God is to know the ever-expanding glory of the sunrise of his presence. In it we glimpse the splendour of an unseen promised perfection.
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1 John 4:7
Posted on 07-24-2002 at 19:14:25
"God is love." 1 John 4:7 It is not just that God loves, but that love characterises his nature and all God does by nature. Such love is made known to us, not so much by sentiment but by the objective truth of what he has done. Such love is discriminating – not everything is loved by the One who is love. Yet those he loves, he loves inexhaustibly.
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Mark 1:35
Posted on 07-04-2002 at 20:50:57
"Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed." Mark 1:35 Here Mark indicates what appears to be a dramatic conflict between Jesus' private prayer and public teaching. But there is an equally dramatic silence here – despite the imaginations of countless preachers over the ages we are not told why he prays or what he prays.
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Proverbs 2:12
Posted on 06-20-2002 at 10:35:12
"Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse." Proverbs 2:12 We often think, correctly, of wisdom being founded in the fear and knowledge of God. But in chapter 2 of Proverbs Solomon shows that the true pursuit of wisdom leads to a knowledge and fear of God. The outcome of such wisdom is safety from wicked men and their perverse words.
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1 Corinthians 13:4
Posted on 06-11-2002 at 13:43:12
"Love is patient, love is kind. …"1 Corinthians 13:4 God has much to say in the Bible about love – and it always comes back to two things: Love is not measured by what you feel but by what you do, and love is most perfectly seen and found in Christ.
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Psalm 119:66
Posted on 06-04-2002 at 19:19:05
" Teach me knowledge and good judgment" Psalm 119:66 In many senses this defines good education. Knowledge without judgment is empty; making judgments without knowledge is foolishness. But sound knowledge and good judgment do not stand on their own: they are founded in the fear of God.
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Hebrews 1:3
Posted on 05-23-2002 at 11:53:28
"The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being …" Hebrews 1:3 On a clear day the sun shines with a dazzling radiance that science tells us speaks of its vast and continuous nuclear conflagration. By making known the exact nature of the Trinity the Son radiates with a glory that casts the bright light of the sun into deep shadow.
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Luke 4:9
Posted on 05-13-2002 at 10:46:27
"Then Jesus said, 'He who has ears to hear, let him hear.'" Mark 4:9 What is perhaps Jesus' most commonly reported saying means more than just "listen carefully". It presupposes there are some people who have ears and that there are some who don't!
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Psalm 119:23
Posted on 05-06-2002 at 10:08:30
"Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees." Psalm 119:23 In contrast to the tumultuous slander of powerful leaders the servant of God meditates on the law of God, disdaining the thing that occupies the world's time and attention in favour of the only thing of eternal value. The Psalmist does not retreat from the world, but puts it in its right place.
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Daniel 10:1
Posted on 04-29-2002 at 08:21:37
"In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a revelation was given to Daniel (who was called Belteshazzar). Its message was true and it concerned a great war. ..." Daniel 10:1 Towards the end of his life, and aware of terrible trials yet to come upon God's people, Daniel receives the comforting revelation that Christ is engaged in warfare in the unseen realm.
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Daniel 9:19
Posted on 04-22-2002 at 07:15:00
"O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For your sake, O my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name." Daniel 9:19 Who can read such an impassioned plea without being moved? Yet Daniel is praying for something God has already promised to bring about. Why?
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Daniel 6:25
Posted on 03-12-2002 at 17:00:48
"King Darius wrote to all the people, nations and men of every language throughout the land: 'May you prosper greatly! I issue a decree …'" Daniel 6:25,26 At first glance this decree appears similar to the one issued by Nebuchadnezzar some years earlier – but in reality this is neither an acknowledgement of God nor an expression of faith.
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2 Timothy 3:1
Posted on 02-28-2002 at 20:18:31
"But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days." 2 Timothy 3:1 We are used to the idea of terror and disaster, but these words of Paul to Timothy warn against something far more characteristic of the world in which we now live.
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Daniel 3:1
Posted on 02-18-2002 at 07:04:35
"King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold …" Daniel 3:1 Here Nebuchadnezzar sets up a golden display of his depravity. Idols give a face to sin and this great but this stupid king displays the depth of his sinfulness and hopelessness by "worshipping the creature more than the creator".
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Romans 15:4
Posted on 02-04-2002 at 07:29:27
"For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that … we might have hope." Romans 15:4 Our biblical heritage is one that students need to know, and to benefit rightly from it they need to consider it rightly.
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Psalm 1:3
Posted on 01-28-2002 at 10:33:14
"He is like a tree planted by streams of water." Psalm 1:3 The blessed state of the man of Psalm 1 is a result of God's deliberate plan and nurture – this is grace at work not man at work!
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Psalm 39:13
Posted on 11-29-2001 at 17:13:04
"Look away from me, that I may rejoice again …" Psalm 39:13 There are times when God does not appear to respond immediately to our prayer for relief, and his chastening continues.
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Psalm 13:5
Posted on 11-19-2001 at 11:57:46
"I trust in your unfailing love." Psalm 13:5 David's trust in God looked for a reversal of his immediate circumstances and the eventual consummation of God's saving promises.
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Exodus 20:4
Posted on 11-15-2001 at 23:43:19
"You shall not make for yourself an idol …" Exodus 20:4 Idolatry is offensive to God and fails man.
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Genesis 1:31
Posted on 11-08-2001 at 11:50:51
"… and it was very good." Genesis 1:31 Goodness is underrated by man. Yet God chose it to describe the perfection of his unspoiled creation.
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John 13:34
Posted on 10-22-2001 at 23:05:03
"A new commandment I give to you: Love one another." John 13:34 The beauty of this commandment is found in the way a deeper, hitherto hidden, sense of an old commandment, is opened up.
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Matthew 22:37
Posted on 10-10-2001 at 11:10:08
"…Love the Lord your God with all your heart …" Matthew 22:37 One who loves God looks for the ways to best please and honour him. The hypocrite looks for what he can do without offending God.
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Philippians 3:2
Posted on 10-01-2001 at 14:39:51
"Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil …" Philippians 3:2 In this very non-pc language, Paul warns against the influence of those who seem to be zealous Christians but destroy faith along with flesh.
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Psalm 4:2
Posted on 09-17-2001 at 12:49:41
"How long will you love delusions and seek false gods?" Psalm 4:2 False religion promotes evil – when God removes his restraining hand, the results can be dramatically awful, but the secret sins of the heart are just as worthy of the wages of God's judgement.
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Psalm 38:1-40
Posted on 09-12-2001 at 11:24:44
"Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong; 2 for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away. 3 Trust in the LORD and do good." Psalm 38:1-3 Psalm 38 stands without need of comment in the day evil men seem unrestrained.
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Hebrews 1:11
Posted on 09-01-2001 at 23:16:21
"They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment." Hebrews 1:11 One of our science students sees in this verse a commentary on the futility and hope exhibited in coastal erosion.
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Nehemiah 10:31
Posted on 08-14-2001 at 14:57:36
"When the neighbouring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day." Nehemiah 10:31 Nehemiah's reform of Sabbath observance was no mere legalism. This obedience confirmed their commitment to the Covenant, dramatically displayed their separation from unbelievers, and gave them a weekly reminder of the eternity that would replace their earthly city of wood and stone.
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Psalm 119:9
Posted on 07-30-2001 at 17:45:14
"How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word." Psalm 119:9 To live for Christ we need the nearness of Christ. However this nearness is not nurtured in passive mysticism but in faithfulness shaped by the word of God.
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Ephesians 6:12
Posted on 07-25-2001 at 10:13:19
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." Ephesians 6:12 The struggle for the hearts and minds of children is first and last a spiritual battle – and the battlefield is first and last our own hearts and minds.
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Nehemiah 1:9
Posted on 07-14-2001 at 19:35:02
" … if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name." Nehemiah 1:9 We rightly look to the book of Nehemiah for an example of faithfulness in God's servant – but a man-centred approach to interpreting this book often fails to see the greater significance of God's faithfulness.
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2 Timothy 2:22
Posted on 07-05-2001 at 21:05:26
"Flee the evil desires of youth …" 2 Timothy 2:22 This verse has often been used as a springboard to alert youngsters to moral dangers – but the context suggests Paul had something else primarily in mind.
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Psalm 119:97
Posted on 06-26-2001 at 19:56:51
“Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.” Psalm 119:97 Some today speak with disdain of the law; many more speak of obedience; but the Psalmist expresses a vibrant love for it. Can we?
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Genesis 9:6
Posted on 06-13-2001 at 10:30:24
"For in the image of God has God made man." Genesis 9:6 When God instituted
the death penalty for murder, he did so on account of the dignity with which
he had imbued man. Yet in rejecting the death penalty men invariably claim to
be upholding man's dignity.
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1 Thessalonians 5:25
Posted on 06-01-2001 at 11:24:01
"Pray for us." 1 Thessalonians 5:25 You may be surprised to learn that this little saying, so rich in meaning, occurs just four times in our New Testament.
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Deuteronomy 32:7
Posted on 05-21-2001 at 07:33:01
"Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you." Deuteronomy 32:7 Here is not only God's reason for studying history, but God's way of learning about history and God's prescription for the content of that study.
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2 Corinthians 8:21
Posted on 05-14-2001 at 09:52:56
"For we are taking pains to do what is right …" 2 Corinthians 8:21 Paul was dealing with a very practical issue: the integrity with which he handled money. It is as important today as then to ensure that the integrity of God's workers is not undermined by failure to be prudent.
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Psalm 147:4
Posted on 05-05-2001 at 19:44:54
“He determines the number of stars and calls them each by name.” Psalm 147:4 We sometimes imagine that God scattered a vast handful of stars somewhat randomly around the universe. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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Psalm 103:14
Posted on 05-01-2001 at 21:08:31
“He remembers that we are dust.” Psalm 103:14 There is tenderness and compassion in the way God deals with us. At times our experience may hide from us the Fatherly care he gives unceasingly. It is then that faith gives substance to what is not seen.
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Acts 17:24b
Posted on 04-18-2001 at 18:28:37
“The God who made the world … does not live in temples built by hands.” Acts 17:24 When the glory of God filled the temple, the temple no more contained God than could the universe. It is as if God’s glory pressed upon the inside walls of the temple, bursting out around the seams – those outside could still look into the heavens and see the same glory resplendent there day and night.
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John 1:29
Posted on 04-11-2001 at 10:31:33
“The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’” John 1:29 Jesus did more than set an example or give up his life as a symbol of self-sacrifice. He took away sin.
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Genesis 2:16
Posted on 04-04-2001 at 10:11:28
“And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden …” Genesis 2:16 Preoccupation with the prohibition of the next verse often results in failure to see God’s benevolence in this verse. That, in its turn, often leads to an Eve-like distortion in the way we see God’s motivation.
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Genesis 3:11
Posted on 03-28-2001 at 11:21:56
“And he said, ‘Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?’” Genesis 3:11 Who is responsible for our sin? So often today the influence of others is considered a mitigating circumstance that reduces our responsibility for what we do. It was not so when Adam faced God and it will not be so when we face God.
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Acts 17:24
Posted on 03-19-2001 at 07:31:28
“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth.” Acts 17:24 God’s self-revelation as Creator is critical to his identity, and to man’s responsibility before him. It is not surprising therefore that the doctrine of the creation is constantly attacked.
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1 Timothy 2:5
Posted on 03-07-2001 at 08:27:11
“For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” 1 Timothy 2:5 Christian teachers live and teach in a pluralistic society that constantly denigrates Christ’s exclusive role as mediator and Saviour.
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Ephesians 5:2
Posted on 02-28-2001 at 14:46:23
“… and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Ephesians 5:2 Much is spoken of the need to be “Christ-like” but this is not simply a matter of moral imitation.
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Habakkuk 1:5
Posted on 02-19-2001 at 07:39:56
“Look to the nations and watch – and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.” Habakkuk 1:5 As God declares his control over the ruthless Babylonians he was about to raise up to bring judgement and destruction, he reminds us of his place in history.
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1 Timothy 1:18,19
Posted on 02-13-2001 at 13:30:34
“Fight the good fight, holding on to faith and a good conscience.” 1 Timothy 1:18,19 The place of conscience in the Christian life is often overlooked, especially with children. Yet they too need to cultivate a good conscience.
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2 Corinthians 4:6
Posted on 02-07-2001 at 17:16:46
“For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:6 In linking the wonderful creation of light with the inward enlightenment of the knowledge of God’s glory, Paul points to the fact that God intends his glory be known, and shows us how that happens.
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Luke 5:16
Posted on 01-29-2001 at 11:54:00
“But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” Luke 5:16 As we begin a new school year, we need to remember the importance of prayer. Jesus’ prayer life is an example to us, but not necessarily in a way we might imagine.
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Ephesians 3:12
Posted on 12-27-2000 at 11:58:22
"In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence." Ephesians 3:12 The birth of Jesus Christ was the unfolding of a "mystery", a thing hidden from all previous ages - and part of that mystery was that even Gentiles could approach God with freedom.
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Luke 12:8,9
Posted on 12-18-2000 at 23:07:48
"I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. But he who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God." Luke 12:8,9 Both the promise and the warning are sobering - and the test is simple.
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Colossians 4:2
Posted on 12-13-2000 at 09:33:06
"Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful." Colossians 4:2 In the business of teaching we can too easily overlook the importance of constant prayer - this verse puts such prayer in the context of watchfulness and thankfulness.
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John 3:6
Posted on 12-05-2000 at 18:48:27
"Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit." John 3:6 Our utter dependence upon the Spirit of God to effect a new birth in children must never be overlooked.
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Proverbs 10:4
Posted on 11-30-2000 at 13:59:14
"Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth." Proverbs 10:4 How do we pray with or for our children at exam time? We can too easily foster in children a vain hope that by prayer they can magically alter the consequences of diligence or its lack.
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Ecclesiastes 3:1
Posted on 11-24-2000 at 16:40:13
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1 This well known verse is often used to justify whatever someone wants to do! It is better to see it as a declaration of God's sovereignty.
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Joshua 24:15
Posted on 11-13-2000 at 23:02:29
"But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve." Joshua 24:15 The second part of this verse is well known - and frequently misquoted! Yet it highlights the futility of knowledge and choice without God.
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Colossians 1:28
Posted on 11-07-2000 at 11:56:52
"We proclaim him" Colossians 1:28 This short declaration sums up the Gospel and must be at the heart of the life and work of every Christian school.
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Colossians 1:22
Posted on 10-31-2000 at 23:32:48
"But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation " Colossians 1:22 The redemptive purposes of Christ are central to Christian education. This verse brings together the means and goal of our Saviour's work.
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John 18:36
Posted on 10-25-2000 at 19:08:18
John 18:36 "My kingdom is not of this world" A proper understanding of this verse is one of the key factors defining biblical Christian education. Christ's kingdom is a spiritual kingdom existing in temporary parallel with the kingdoms of this world. The task of the Christian school is to train up citizens who serve the King of Kings in both kingdoms simultaneously.
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John 5:20
Posted on 10-17-2000 at 21:36:20
"For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does." John 5:20 Here is a remarkable insight into the loving fellowship of God the father with God the Son. Not only is the Son's work is patterned on the Father's work, the Son replicates all the Father's works.
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Colossians 1:10
Posted on 10-09-2000 at 13:50:45
"We pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God." Colossians 1:10 As Paul set out to lead the Colossian Christians away from Gnostic heresies, he demonstrated that spiritual knowledge was a clear knowledge of objective truth, but at the same time a knowledge matured in the experience of Christ.
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Genesis 3:19
Posted on 10-03-2000 at 21:32:54
"By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food." Genesis 3:19 From the pronouncement of this curse upon mankind work became laborious - a painful exertion that produced sweat. Children need to know that to learn they must sweat!
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Philippians 3:7
Posted on 09-27-2000 at 11:04:46
"But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ." Philippians 3:7 This well known verse has been used to justify all sorts of sacrifices, but a careful look at it reveals Paul has discarded what we hang onto long after everything else has gone.
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John 21:19
Posted on 09-19-2000 at 07:54:53
John 21:19 "Then he said to him, 'Follow me!'" This simple summary of the Christian life must always be kept before our pupils. To follow Christ is to live the Christian life; and the key to living the Christian life is to follow Christ.
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1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Posted on 09-11-2000 at 21:47:58
"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. Studying rightly at school should lead to God-ward joy. Although commanded, the joy called for here is clearly more than something manufactured in obedience.
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Psalm 23:1
Posted on 09-05-2000 at 17:06:51
"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want." Psalm 23:1 This may well be the best known verse in the Bible - and for that reason it can be too easily overlooked! Here is a remarkable assertion.
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Exodus 20:15,16
Posted on 08-28-2000 at 06:20:36
"You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour." Exodus 20:15,16 The 8th and 9th Commandments are broken by plagiarism. Children need to learn how wrong such cheating is.
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Psalm 107:8
Posted on 08-21-2000 at 22:16:21
"Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men." Psalm 107:8 This refrain recurs throughout this Psalm, reminding us that in all the various circumstances in which God leads his love is unfailing. His deeds have a focus: the welfare of the men he loves.
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Revelation 19:6
Posted on 08-14-2000 at 14:12:30
"Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns." Revelation 19:6 God's completely sovereign reign is real and is cause for great rejoicing.
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2 Peter 1:5
Posted on 08-07-2000 at 21:07:09
"For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge." 2 Peter 1:5 Here God establishes the priority of faith. On faith we build goodness. This moral foundation is needed before knowledge can be of use.
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James 4:4
Posted on 07-31-2000 at 14:12:49
"You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred towards God?" James 4:4 In a Christian school we are teaching children to understand the world in which they live and training them for service in it, without befriending it. The school itself must make that distinction in its work.
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Isaiah 28:13
Posted on 07-24-2000 at 07:56:02
"So then, the word of the Lord to them will become: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule." Isaiah 28:13 There is a bluntness and a subtlety in this word of judgement that reflects the best and worst of teaching.
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Job 38:12,13
Posted on 07-17-2000 at 07:40:07
"Have you ever given order to the morning, or shown the dawn its place that it might
take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?" Job 38:12,13 Here God
brings together poetry, science and ethics to display his glory and the humility of man.
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Psalm 19:2
Posted on 07-01-2000 at 09:46:38
"Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge." Psalm 19:2. The declaration of the glory of God is not a passive thing: creation shouts with wonder and knowledge!
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Psalm 78:7
Posted on 06-26-2000 at 09:51:37
"Then they would put their trust in God and
would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands." Psalm 78:7 Trust in God
does not arise from nothing, but from a knowledge of God passed on to children.
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Hosea 8:2,3
Posted on 06-19-2000 at 10:34:29
"Israel cries out to me, 'O our God, we acknowledge
you!' But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him." Hosea 8:2,3 Professing to honour God while not doing what honours him can so easily snare
Christian schools. We can say "We are Christ's!" but the curriculum and practice
of our schools must match this profession.
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Hosea 8:7
Posted on 06-12-2000 at 11:03:29
"They sow the wind and reap
the whirlwind." Hosea 8:7 This text has become a proverb in our culture, the truth
of it being almost self-evident. Yet this verse is not only a general warning but a
specific condemnation of acting independently of God.
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Romans 11:35
Posted on 06-05-2000 at 14:07:12
"Who has ever given to God, that
God should repay him?" Romans 11:35 This blunt statement places man in a
position of humility before God. It is a place many students need to learn.
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Romans 12:9
Posted on 05-29-2000 at 09:04:35
"Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to
what is good." Romans 12:9 There is a great deal said about "love" these days, but too often
reference is to sentimental mush rather than the biblical commitment to good and despising of evil that
should characterise our students as they mature
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Romans 11:33
Posted on 05-23-2000 at 11:19:50
"Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How
unsearchable his judgements, and his paths beyond tracing." Romans 11:33 This
text expresses the wonder we ought to have as we study what can be known of God.
God makes himself and his ways known - his glory is revealed truly and
understandably, but not exhaustively.
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John 5:39,40
Posted on 05-15-2000 at 10:02:27
"You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess
eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life."
John 5:39,40 The study of the Bible is essential, but we must ensure that they are studied so as to point to
Christ.
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Malachi 1:10
Posted on 05-08-2000 at 08:58:36
"Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless
fires on my altar!" [Malachi 1:10] This is an extraordinary condemnation of vain
practices of worship, yet it is a warning that God is not pleased with everything man
says is for his glory. It is not enough to dedicate our actions to God: they must be
actions he approves.
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Hebrews 11:16
Posted on 05-01-2000 at 09:08:16
"Without faith it is impossible to please God " (Hebrews 11:6) The goal of
pleasing God is far from the minds of most children and is totally lacking in the
moralistic teaching of secular schools. Yet to this supremely necessary goal must be
added the necessity of faith.
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Revelation 5:12
Posted on 04-24-2000 at 15:04:31
"Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honour and glory and praise!" Revelation 5:12 The resurrection of the crucified Lord
Jesus Christ demonstrates that God's justice and God's mercy have been met in full
measure at Calvary. But the resurrection does more than assure us of our salvation; it calls
us to render honour and glory and praise to the Lamb who was slain.
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Corinthians 5:7
Posted on 04-17-2000 at 10:22:54
"Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast - as your
really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed." 1 Corinthians 5:7
Christ, the final, perfect, Passover lamb gave his life for sinners. The Father took his
life for sinners. Love for sinners and holy wrath against sin and sinners are satisfied
in the Saviour's death.
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Jeremiah 6:16
Posted on 04-11-2000 at 09:24:58
"Stand at the crossroad and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the
good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls." Jeremiah
6:16 Modern schools are besotted with change, innovation and newness
- but there are good ways, well established and tested, that are of far
more value than the foolishness of sensational novelty.
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Galations 3:11
Posted on 04-03-2000 at 10:34:09
"The righteous will live by faith." Galatians 3:11 When we come to school we do
not cease to live by faith, as if study and learning are the product of our own efforts.
While we must labour, we must do so in faith in a God who promises to bless and
keep all who trust in him.
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Malachi 4:2
Posted on 03-27-2000 at 10:20:12
"But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in
its wings." [Malachi 4:2] The rich imagery of this verse holds out a wonderful
promise to God's people. For our students there is blessing and warning.
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Proverbs 4:5
Posted on 03-20-2000 at 08:55:52
"Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them"
Proverbs 4:5 Wisdom is the application of knowledge with discernment. Children
need it and it comes from the acquisition of knowledge and the use of the Bible to
make right choices.
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1 Peter 1:13
Posted on 03-13-2000 at 08:47:21
"Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed." 1 Peter 1:13. Children are invariably absorbed by the present. Yet the present is transient, and we must teach them to be absorbed in the hope we have in Christ.
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John 1:1
Posted on 03-06-2000 at 08:32:11
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God." John 1:1 Only when teachers and children understand the total self-
sufficiency of God, will they begin to see their place in the world and purpose in life
as God sees it.
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Genesis 22:12
Posted on 02-28-2000 at 08:16:34
"Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son,
your only son." Genesis 22:12
In faith, Abraham was willing to give up the one tangible evidence he had that God
would keep his promises - he would have been left with only God's word to trust.
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Deuteronomy 6:13
Posted on 02-21-2000 at 08:45:06
"Fear the Lord your God, serve him only " Deuteronomy 6:13
God has chosen to reveal himself in the context of history, and to pass on to our children a
heritage of vital Christian faith, we must teach them to see God's sovereignty today in an
historical context.
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Psalm 119:45
Posted on 02-14-2000 at 08:16:37
"I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts."
Psalm 119:45 God's ways bring true freedom -
but to know them we must search for them.
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Psalm 111:2
Posted on 02-05-2000 at 23:42:36
"Great are the works of the Lord; they are pondered by all who delight in them." Psalm 111:2 This verse gives direction to the work of Christian education.
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1 Timothy 2:1,2
Posted on 01-31-2000 at 23:24:10
"I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone - for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness." 1 Timothy 2:1,2
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Philippians 4:4
Posted on 01-25-2000 at 16:52:04
'Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!' (Philippians 4:4).
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