It has its face turned from the light, which is the Word of God. It must be said that teachers schooled in and committed to current educational theory and practice are by virtue of their personal views incapable of helping children in a learning and teaching situation to lay hold upon a biblical interpretation of ideals, attitudes, knowledges, habits, and skills generally and of the subjects of study specifically. In the face of an educational situation that is becoming daily more desperate, the church's testimony must be unmistakably clear. The Christian church, true to the God who has revealed Himself both in His general and special revelation, is called upon to interpret all of human endeavor in terms of this revelation. Only education founded on the Word of God can overcome the impasse in educational theory and practice associated with the concept -modern education.
Christian education has the true goal, the true standard, and the true motivation.
The true goal is the forming of personality as image of God. The true standard is the truth of God's Word. The Christian Reformed Church stands committed to the Christian school as the agency that can make Christian education effective in the totality of life. Meanwhile the Christian Reformed Church considers the family the foundation of all educational effort and charges the parents, on the basis of the covenant promise and mandate, with full educational responsibility. And she employs catechesis to instruct the youth of the church in the fundamentals of the Christian faith.