43.7 Let me be clear: no charter schools are faith-based private schools. Further, all Christian schools that are members of ACSI are faith-based private schools.
43.6 What is a steward? Simply put, a steward is one who has been given, for a time, the care of something that is owned by another. Stewardship, then, can be defined as “the faithful and efficient management of the property or resources belonging to another in order to achieve the owner’s objectives” (Wilson 2010).
43.5 It has been said that hindsight is 20/20. As I look back over the details of my life, there were key periods of time when my faith grew by leaps and bounds. In fact, I would say that several of the “bad times” were really the “good times”! Let me explain.
43.4 In his timeless classic The Normal Christian Life, Watchman Nee, the great Chinese writer and preacher who spent the last twenty years of his life (1952–1972) imprisoned for his faith, asks his readers a provocative question: “What is the normal Christian life?”
43.3 My grandfather, Albert Zehr, was a farmer in central Illinois. I can remember my excitement as a small boy every time we visited my grandma and grandpa on the farm.
43.2 I pray the day will never come when Christian school educators and the parents who support them will be so illiterate of the Bible that they will not understand the Bible verses long associated with their school. That need not happen if they will keep Christ in clear focus and keep the Word of God at the center of every subject area and school activity.
43.1...public schools including all charter schools) may be “tuition free,” but they are most certainly not free! The sad truth is that parents in the United States who choose to send their children to private schools, including private Christian schools, must pay twice: taxes and tuition.