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STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
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CREATION:
that man, the world, and its purpose, is to be understood only in
relation to God, the Creator and to Jesus Christ the Redeemer.
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SIN:
that man's disobedience to his Creator has broken the relationship
with his Maker and has caused God's curse on life.
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REDEMPTION:
that Christ, the Word Incarnate, is the only Redeemer and Renewer of
life, in that He restores the relationship between God and creation.
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HUMAN
LIFE: that human life in its entirety, which includes the field of
learning and teaching, unfolds itself as service either to God as He
reveals Himself in the Scriptures, or to an idol.
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KNOWLEDGE:
that true knowledge is made possible only by means of a true faith
in Jesus Christ, and finds its source in the Word of God, through
the assurance of the Holy Spirit.
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THE
CHILD AND THE SCHOOL: by virtue of the covenant of grace we look
upon our children as belonging to Christ our King, and the school as
a training center to prepare them to serve the Lord in His domain
here below.
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LEARNING
AND TEACHING: that all learning and teaching pursued in faithful
obedience to God's command to subdue the earth can proceed only in
the light of God's redeeming Word.
PURPOSE
The
Society is committed to the following fundamental principles:
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That
the instruction and education of children in the school, as well as
in the home, must be in accordance with the Word of God.
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That,
although the Church and the State have their own peculiar interests
in the school, the school is not an institution dependent on or
belonging to the Church or the State, but it depends on and proceeds
from the home.
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That
throughout the course of the child's education the fundamental unity
of the school and the home must be maintained.
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That
the child's training must be of a high standard properly relating
the works of God and His Word.
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