Bible Integration & its Significance in Teaching in a Christian School

2016 ACSI Teaching and Learning Conference

29 October 2016 Davao Christian High School, Davao City

“What Teachers Make”

I have two partners!

Jonathan David

and

I have two very special girls

my daughter GAIL

My wife LISA

and

The Manuncias

What do we mean by Bible Integration in Education?

Nature of God

Creation Mankind

Moral Order Purpose

Bible Integration in Education

The goal of Biblical integration is to help

students to think biblically and critically about every

subject.

And beyond this, that they may also think

biblically and critically about every aspect of

their lives.

I feel __________ about integrating the bible

in the subject i teach…

For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse. Romans 1:20 NET Bible

Global Megatrends

• Urbanisation • Digital Disruption • Ageing Population • Individualism • Globalisation • Climate Change • Sharing Economy

The Filipino Family NEEDS have now redefined ROLES

Pressured to Provide Pushed to be employed

Forced to cope

The Filipino Today

4Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.a 5Love the Lord your God with all

your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.

7Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you

walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8Tie them as symbols on

your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9Write them on the doorframes

of your houses and on your gates.

Deuteronomy 6

GodThe Holy Trinity

The ChosenThe Essential Trinity

The Church and its Purpose in Education

Teach the Foundations for Holy Living

Lev 20:26 “You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the

nations to be my own.”

Role as a Teacher: Unravels the written Word to change

the world.

The Purpose of the Family in Education

Consistent Living

Role as a Teacher: Lives out the Word to impact

the world

“The strength of family relationship particularly the children’s closeness to their parents, is reflected in the children’s choice of their parents as role models.” 2003 Philippine study by Scalabrini

The Purpose of the School in Education

Training up in Critical Thinking & Wise Decision Making

Role as a Teacher: Presents a systematic Body

of Knowledge for critical evaluation in preparation for

practical application.

Jack Hayford says of a growing class of church people, 'they come

for the show, but refuse to grow.'

It is unfortunate that gender boundaries are very much keen on children’s views on parental migration, “children of migrant fathers are more likely to say that their father left the Philippines to provide for the family, whereas children of migrant mothers more commonly claim that their mothers left to escape poverty.” (Parrenas:2006).

Teachers are still grossly underpaid and overworked

WHAT MATTERS MOST By Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez (The Freeman) Updated May

30, 2015 - 12:00am

Bible Integration

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TeachersFamily Church

Biblical Integration is: Seeing how the topic reveals the character or nature of God, Creation, Mankind, Moral Order & Purpose

“What Teachers Make”

Bring the Parents into the Conversation

Expand the Training of the Teachers

Broaden the Involvement

of the Church.

Workshop

Parents

School/Teachers

Church

Bible Integration

is not a Task for Teachers

alone

Bible Integration

in not a Task

only for the School.

Because Education is among the primary roles of the three vital institutions that nurture the next generation, Biblical Integration in Education must therefore be appropriately regarded as a vital collaboration of the three foundational institutions of our society.

The Pew Research Center 2 April 2015

Ephesians 4:11 It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 4:12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to

build up the body of Christ, 4:13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God—a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ’s full stature.

THE CHALLENGE!