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New Beginnings
October 16, 2024
Crossway Christian Academy Theme
“New Beginnings” is our theme for Crossway Christian Academy this year.
What an appropriate focus for this new adventure. Everything is new. We have a new building, new furniture, new curriculum, new supplies, new faculty, and a new Head of School. That is a lot of new.
Thankfully, Crossway Baptist Church has been preparing for this new adventure for several years and their vison and plan has made all this change as seamless as possible. What an exciting journey it has been!!!
One thing I have learned is that God rarely asks you to keep doing the same things. Yes, His Word, His Commands, His Character, and His mission for His people never changes. But His call for action toward His people often requires doing something new. He is the Creator and His Word shows us
that He will do new things.
Isaiah 43:19 says,
“Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert”.
In this passage He is speaking to the nation of Israel, and they are in a very difficult season brought about by sin and the rejection of God and His purposes. However, God brings them the promise of renewal and restoration. He promises to do a new thing that will bring water to a desert and a path in the wilderness. While we may not be the direct audience of this Word from God, God’s character and message speaks to us the same
today. He will and is doing a new thing according to His purposes!
God has called us to do something new in North Springfield. He has called us to invest into the lives of children to teach them to view the world through a biblical lens. He has called us to help raise up disciples for Christ that will change the World for Christ! Crossway Christian Academy is excited to do something new for the Kingdom of God!
Join us in prayer for our school as we start Crossway Christian Academy and may all we do glorify God.
To the glory of God,
Jim Flora
My last post focused on the Biblical importance placed on Biblical Worldview training for our children. I stated that we must teach our children to live in the World by living in the Word. We must immerse our kids in the Word because God commanded it (Deuteronomy 6:6-8) and secondly, we must know that the attacks are coming. Satan is coming for our children, and we must prepare them for that certainty. 1 Peter 5:8 says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” The Bible tells us that this threat is real. I watch videos from time to time of African lions attacking a herd. Lions rarely attempt to take down the biggest, fastest, and strongest. Instead, lions focus on the weak, the small, and the most vulnerable. If lions use this strategy, you can be assured that Satan uses it as well. We cannot be naive, Satan wants to destroy our lives, our families, and our children. He wants to destroy everything that is good, everything that God gives us. We cannot assume our children will be okay and that they will figure it out. That would be like the mother wildebeest abandoning their calf and hoping to see them again when they are grown! Satan has created all kinds of ambush points to lie and wait for our children. He attacks at every corner, at every turn. He seeks to make our children’s worldview be one that lines up with his ways and his desires. He wants our children to see the World through his distorted lens instead of the lens of God’s Holy Word. Here is a perfectly simple example of how Satan works. What do you think of when you think of a rainbow? If you have a Biblical Worldview, a rainbow brings thoughts to mind of Noah, The Ark, God’s promises, God’s salvation, and God’s provision for His people. If you have a Satan designed worldview you will have thoughts of sexual perversion. Satan takes something beautiful, that God designed, and attempts to transform it into something that is the opposite of God’s purpose for people. Do not think it a coincidence that rainbow flags are paraded around the country and hung in schools. Satan wants to destroy the Biblical Worldview of our children and make them see things from his perspective. We can only counteract these attacks by being “sober and vigilant” in making sure our families are rooted in the Word of God. Our children’s lens needs to be designed by God, not the enemy. In today’s World, it takes the constant living in the Word to fight off the attacks. Pastor Brian and I were just talking about water buffalo in this context. They have the best defense against the attacks of lions. They work together to ensure their calves are protected from the lions by encircling them and fighting off the attackers. That is what we must do with our loved ones, encircle them with the Word of God continuously and never leave them to wander the World on their own. It is up to us to ensure our children are safe and protected and that they will be able to live their lives in a way that Glorifies God. For His Glory, Dr. Jim Flora
We must teach our children to live in the World by living in the Word.
I must admit that a private Christian school education is a new way of doing school for me. I grew up in a public-school setting and have spent almost twenty years teaching, coaching and being an administrator in the public-school learning environment. The truth is that I love public school, and my family has benefited greatly from the schools and communities that I have been blessed to be associated with. Public school has served my children well and has prepared them to go on and be successful citizens who can be contributors to society as a whole. However, one thing they never received in public school was a Biblical foundation to build the rest of their knowledge on. How we view the World is only meaningful if we view it through the lens of God’s Word. The subjects we teach in school only have value if we can use that knowledge to go into the World and glorify God with what we have learned. The Word changes our lives and impacts the way we view every situation and subject. My kids learned to use the Bible lens at home and at church as our family put an emphasis on Bible reading and church attendance/participation. In public school they were sometimes taught and often influenced by peers to view the World through a worldly lens that sought to contradict the Biblical principles they were being taught at home. As time went on, the worldly influence on our public schools increased exponentially. By God’s grace, my children were able to fend off the outside attacks and to this point have maintained consistency with their Biblical Worldview. As I reflect on this and our current cultural drift from Godly principles, I come to the conclusion that my children should not have had to fight that battle. They deserved the chance to build their knowledge with the lens of God’s Word and not in absence of it. Over the next few posts, I hope to build the case from the Word of God for a Biblical Worldview Education. In doing so, I realize that private Chirstian Education is not for everyone and that there are definite obstacles that each family faces when evaluating that educational path. However, whether you choose public school, homeschool, or a private Christian school it is imperative that you supply your children with the tools necessary to view the World with a perspective from God’s Kingdom. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” - 2 Timothy 3:16-17 To the Glory of God, Dr. Jim Flora
My last post focused on the Biblical importance placed on Biblical Worldview training for our children. I stated that we must teach our children to live in the World by living in the Word. We must immerse our kids in the Word because God commanded it (Deuteronomy 6:6-8) and secondly, we must know that the attacks are coming. Satan is coming for our children, and we must prepare them for that certainty. 1 Peter 5:8 says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” The Bible tells us that this threat is real. I watch videos from time to time of African lions attacking a herd. Lions rarely attempt to take down the biggest, fastest, and strongest. Instead, lions focus on the weak, the small, and the most vulnerable. If lions use this strategy, you can be assured that Satan uses it as well. We cannot be naive, Satan wants to destroy our lives, our families, and our children. He wants to destroy everything that is good, everything that God gives us. We cannot assume our children will be okay and that they will figure it out. That would be like the mother wildebeest abandoning their calf and hoping to see them again when they are grown! Satan has created all kinds of ambush points to lie and wait for our children. He attacks at every corner, at every turn. He seeks to make our children’s worldview be one that lines up with his ways and his desires. He wants our children to see the World through his distorted lens instead of the lens of God’s Holy Word. Here is a perfectly simple example of how Satan works. What do you think of when you think of a rainbow? If you have a Biblical Worldview, a rainbow brings thoughts to mind of Noah, The Ark, God’s promises, God’s salvation, and God’s provision for His people. If you have a Satan designed worldview you will have thoughts of sexual perversion. Satan takes something beautiful, that God designed, and attempts to transform it into something that is the opposite of God’s purpose for people. Do not think it a coincidence that rainbow flags are paraded around the country and hung in schools. Satan wants to destroy the Biblical Worldview of our children and make them see things from his perspective. We can only counteract these attacks by being “sober and vigilant” in making sure our families are rooted in the Word of God. Our children’s lens needs to be designed by God, not the enemy. In today’s World, it takes the constant living in the Word to fight off the attacks. Pastor Brian and I were just talking about water buffalo in this context. They have the best defense against the attacks of lions. They work together to ensure their calves are protected from the lions by encircling them and fighting off the attackers. That is what we must do with our loved ones, encircle them with the Word of God continuously and never leave them to wander the World on their own. It is up to us to ensure our children are safe and protected and that they will be able to live their lives in a way that Glorifies God. For His Glory, Dr. Jim Flora
We must teach our children to live in the World by living in the Word.
I must admit that a private Christian school education is a new way of doing school for me. I grew up in a public-school setting and have spent almost twenty years teaching, coaching and being an administrator in the public-school learning environment. The truth is that I love public school, and my family has benefited greatly from the schools and communities that I have been blessed to be associated with. Public school has served my children well and has prepared them to go on and be successful citizens who can be contributors to society as a whole. However, one thing they never received in public school was a Biblical foundation to build the rest of their knowledge on. How we view the World is only meaningful if we view it through the lens of God’s Word. The subjects we teach in school only have value if we can use that knowledge to go into the World and glorify God with what we have learned. The Word changes our lives and impacts the way we view every situation and subject. My kids learned to use the Bible lens at home and at church as our family put an emphasis on Bible reading and church attendance/participation. In public school they were sometimes taught and often influenced by peers to view the World through a worldly lens that sought to contradict the Biblical principles they were being taught at home. As time went on, the worldly influence on our public schools increased exponentially. By God’s grace, my children were able to fend off the outside attacks and to this point have maintained consistency with their Biblical Worldview. As I reflect on this and our current cultural drift from Godly principles, I come to the conclusion that my children should not have had to fight that battle. They deserved the chance to build their knowledge with the lens of God’s Word and not in absence of it. Over the next few posts, I hope to build the case from the Word of God for a Biblical Worldview Education. In doing so, I realize that private Chirstian Education is not for everyone and that there are definite obstacles that each family faces when evaluating that educational path. However, whether you choose public school, homeschool, or a private Christian school it is imperative that you supply your children with the tools necessary to view the World with a perspective from God’s Kingdom. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” - 2 Timothy 3:16-17 To the Glory of God, Dr. Jim Flora
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Crossway Christian Academy
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