From the Principal’s Desk
Dear Parents,
This Friday night at 7:30 is our annual Science/History Fair. We will start in the classrooms. The students have been working for some time on these projects, some being group projects and some individual. We have the students doing history projects to learn in depth about a particular country and about California. History teaches us about the sovereignty of God and the goodness of God as He works in the affairs of man. We can then learn lessons from history that can guide our current situations.
We study science to see the handiwork of God. Psalm 19:1-2 say, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.” From the work of His hands, we see God’s eternal power, His infinite wisdom, and His marvelous goodness. So, the glory of God is on display through His creation, including mankind. We want students to see the glory of God in creation, value what He made, and praise Him for it.
But we also study science to fulfill the command of God. When God created man in Genesis 1, He said to the first couple, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” (Gen. 1:28). Notice that God said to subdue the earth and have dominion over it. This is what many have called the cultural mandate.
God gave mankind the responsibility to subdue the earth and have dominion over 6,000 years ago, and He has never rescinded it. The word subdue has the idea of “to bring under control.” Dominion means “to be in control over; to be in charge of.” In other words, God gave man the natural resources, but in the raw form. He wants us to take what He created and make something useful out of it. For instance, wheat becomes extraordinarily useful when we grind it, add other substances to it, bake it, and then eat it. We have not only the responsibility to subdue the earth, but also the authority. Man is in charge. The animals are not in charge, and the trees are not in charge; we are, and should thus be wise stewards.
To fulfill the cultural mandate, we have to know something about what God has made and then find appropriate uses for it, which is why we study science. As we learn more about what God has made, we can use His creation more widely and more effectively. George Washington Carver took the simple peanut, and not only saved Southern farming, but also invented over 300 uses for this legume. O the great things that can be done when we think God’s thoughts after Him!
What a great God! He gave us an abundance of natural resources and then a good mind to learn ways to use those resources to benefit mankind and to glorify God. This is why we study science.
Sincerely,
Pastor Sutton
Dear Parents,
This Friday night at 7:30 is our annual Science/History Fair. We will start in the classrooms. The students have been working for some time on these projects, some being group projects and some individual. We have the students doing history projects to learn in depth about a particular country and about California. History teaches us about the sovereignty of God and the goodness of God as He works in the affairs of man. We can then learn lessons from history that can guide our current situations.
We study science to see the handiwork of God. Psalm 19:1-2 say, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.” From the work of His hands, we see God’s eternal power, His infinite wisdom, and His marvelous goodness. So, the glory of God is on display through His creation, including mankind. We want students to see the glory of God in creation, value what He made, and praise Him for it.
But we also study science to fulfill the command of God. When God created man in Genesis 1, He said to the first couple, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” (Gen. 1:28). Notice that God said to subdue the earth and have dominion over it. This is what many have called the cultural mandate.
God gave mankind the responsibility to subdue the earth and have dominion over 6,000 years ago, and He has never rescinded it. The word subdue has the idea of “to bring under control.” Dominion means “to be in control over; to be in charge of.” In other words, God gave man the natural resources, but in the raw form. He wants us to take what He created and make something useful out of it. For instance, wheat becomes extraordinarily useful when we grind it, add other substances to it, bake it, and then eat it. We have not only the responsibility to subdue the earth, but also the authority. Man is in charge. The animals are not in charge, and the trees are not in charge; we are, and should thus be wise stewards.
To fulfill the cultural mandate, we have to know something about what God has made and then find appropriate uses for it, which is why we study science. As we learn more about what God has made, we can use His creation more widely and more effectively. George Washington Carver took the simple peanut, and not only saved Southern farming, but also invented over 300 uses for this legume. O the great things that can be done when we think God’s thoughts after Him!
What a great God! He gave us an abundance of natural resources and then a good mind to learn ways to use those resources to benefit mankind and to glorify God. This is why we study science.
Sincerely,
Pastor Sutton