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Biblical Integration

This document discusses biblical integration in education. It provides several definitions and principles of biblical integration. Biblical integration aims to see all subjects through a biblical worldview by highlighting how each relates to God, his creation, mankind, moral order, and purpose. The document outlines both benefits and challenges of biblical integration, and provides tools and methods for teachers to authentically integrate biblical principles into their lesson plans and assessments.

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Biblical Integration

This document discusses biblical integration in education. It provides several definitions and principles of biblical integration. Biblical integration aims to see all subjects through a biblical worldview by highlighting how each relates to God, his creation, mankind, moral order, and purpose. The document outlines both benefits and challenges of biblical integration, and provides tools and methods for teachers to authentically integrate biblical principles into their lesson plans and assessments.

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Biblical Foundations and Integration

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This is hinged on Col 2:8

• Be careful that no one takes you captive


through philosophies and empty deceit based
on human tradition, based on the elemental
forces of the world, and not based on Christ
(HCSB)
Essence

• The greatest gift we can give our children


is the gift of teachers, both at home and
at school, who teach from a biblical
worldview……………….Glen Schultz
INFLUENCE OF HUMANISTS ON
CURRICULUM………J. Dewey
• He is known as the father of progressive education, a
renowned philosopher, a genius, an intellectual giant, the
co-founder of the ACLU and the NAACP, an
evolutionist, a humanist, a communist, an atheist, and a
fierce enemy of Christ. Who is he?
Battle for the young minds
Biblical Integration

• Biblical integration is a process of seeing the big


picture of Truth and always asking how those
details fit into the big picture. This allows us to
bring the details of learning together into a unified
whole with meaning and beauty….McCullough
Biblical Integration

• When we speak about biblical integration in


Christian education, we often mean the integration
of Christian faith with the subject matter we
teach…
Priscilla Pop
Principle

• If all truth is God's Truth, then every subject area has


specific ways to help us understand God and
understand His creation. This allows us to bring the
details of learning together into a unified whole with
meaning and beauty.
What it isn’t.
What it is.
The truth:

• Since all truth is God’s truth then…


Every subject area has something to say about
God and God has something to say about
every subject area.
The challenge and threats……..

• Many Christian educators struggle to show


students how the Bible is relevant to the
subjects they teach……Bryan Smith
Biblical Integration: The threats
Educators erroneously see Biblical Integration as:
• Studying the Bible beside academic content.
• Including scriptural references in content.
• Giving Christian based examples or illustrations.
• Praying before and after instructional time.
The benefits….
• It is important in instilling a Christian perspective in all of life, through the
academic content.
• To enable students think biblically and critically.
• To highlight the truth and reveal the errors in the academic content, as God
sees it. These errors exist due to the fallen nature of man.
• Creating the moments when the students can learn the most.
The five components of Biblical Worldview

• God embarked on Creation of the


entire universe and Mankind. After
the fall, the Almighty instituted Moral
Order for a Purpose- restoration.
Separation of periods 2 and 3
JOB 9:9 , Amos 5:8 Orion Constellation
Job 9:9 The bear Constellation
Job 26:13 Crooked Serpent Constellation
Analogy of God and man-Shark and Remora
This is not biblical integration by itself
Do Kings of old make you think of our Lord?
Tools for Creating Classroom
Opportunities for Biblical Integration

• The Bible
• Biblical Integration Brainstorming
Worksheet
• Lesson Plan Worksheet
Tools

•Biblically Integrated lesson Plan


•Christian Worldview Posters
•Biblical Worldview Truths
Key Question

•When is the best time to carry


out biblical integration during
your lesson?
Answer

• Biblical integration is not something that


just happens at the end of a
lesson. Students should be encouraged to
think Biblically all throughout the lesson.
THREE MAJOR THINGS TO DO
1. Determining the biblical principle: many tools for this…
2. Combining the objective with the biblical principle, and
3. Coming up with integration ideas/question/verses
Find a connection
Step by Step method for authentic Biblical
Integration
• Write the lesson objectives (without a biblical
component)
• Write out the lesson. (including procedure)
• Write out the assessment that will serve to measure
the lesson objectives(also include added activities)
• Write out biblical principle that supports the
lesson objectives or reveals the truth behind
the lesson objective…This must be in
harmony with God, Creation, Mankind, Moral
Order, Purpose
Now

• Write biblically integrated lesson objectives


by combining the lesson objectives and the
biblical principle: this is done by writing the
principle first and then the objective in a
seamless sentence or two.
• Lesson Objective + Biblical Principle
= Biblically Integrated lesson
Objective
Example
Biblically Integrated Lesson Objective for Math
Biblically Integrated Lesson Objective for
Reading
Facets of Biblical Integration
• Open –ended questions
• Corresponding Bible stories or verses
• Real-life application points.
• Moral issues
• Ramifications of differing worldviews on the topic.
10 MOST VICIOUS TYRANTS

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