Framing a Christian Perspective On Teaching and Learning

Every classroom is shaped by a vision of what it means to be human, what is true, what is valuable, and what education is ultimately for. Christian education is not simply secular education with Bible verses added. It is a distinct approach to teaching and learning that flows from a biblical understanding of God, humanity, truth, creation, sin, redemption, and restoration.

This video series explores four foundational educational objectives that help teachers develop a more coherent and deeply biblical approach to curriculum planning, instruction, assessment, and classroom culture. Each session combines biblical reflection with practical application so that teachers can better understand not only what they teach, but why and how they teach.

These videos are designed for teachers, instructional leaders, and school leadership teams who want to strengthen biblical worldview integration in authentic and meaningful ways.

Introduction

• Goals and Overview of Series - PDF text and resources
• 45-minute Introduction (Facing Today's Challenges with Wisdom, presented at IELC 2025) - video / presentation PDF
• The Grand Narrative (7 minutes)

Educational objectives must rest on a foundation of truth or they are ultimately without value. The foundation is the Biblical Narrative — the story of reality told in four chapters: Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration. This distinction matters: the Biblical Narrative is a story about reality — what God made, what went wrong, and what He is doing to restore it. These four objectives translate that story into educational convictions — what students need to know, who they need to become, and what they are being formed to do.

We recommend that you take time to discuss several questions after each lesson or video:

• How does this objective reshape the purpose of your subject area?
• What classroom practices already support this objective?
• Where might your curriculum unintentionally reflect secular assumptions?
• How could this objective influence assessment or student engagement?
• What changes might strengthen alignment between worldview and instruction?

Objective 1: Revealing the Glory of God

• Education as a Response (Summary article for school leaders)
• The 20-minute version for leaders - video / presentation PDF
• Revealing the Glory of God (7 minutes)

Objective 2: Affirming the Identity and Purpose of Mankind

• Education as an Affirmation of Identity (Summary article for school leaders)
• The 17-minute version for leaders - video / presentation PDF
• Living Our True Identity (6 minutes)

Objective 3: Recognizing the Problem of Sin

• Recognizing the Problem of Sin (Summary article for school leaders)
• The 18-minute version for leaders - video / presentation PDF
• Sin & Christian Education (8 minutes)

Objective 4: Restoring Hope

• Education as a Restoration of Hope (Summary article for school leaders)
• The 19-minute version for leaders - video / presentation PDF
• Redeeming the Education Process (8 minutes)

Additional Topics

• The Light of Learning - A brief history of education (9 minutes)

NOTES:

These video lessons support ACSI school improvement standards related to biblical worldview integration, curriculum design, instructional practice, and professional growth.

The content for these videos was researched and written by James Biersteker and/or Paul Madsen. For some of the shorter videos we have used NotebookLM as an AI tool for video creation and confirmed its alignment with quality ACSI research as well as our convictions about biblical truth and quality Christian education. 

Christian teaching requires more than good intentions. It requires a coherent vision of learning rooted in God’s truth and applied intentionally in the classroom. The goal of any methods we use for learning, whether supported by A.I. or not, is to serve real human interaction and guide us toward what is true, good and beautiful according to God's design.