4 FACE.net | 800-352-3223 Every thinking parent and grandparent I have had the privilege of meeting lately is discouraged by the present state of education in America. It is shocking and disheartening to see that result in the weakening of our basic American values and dearly held beliefs in our children. Even some Christian schools do not achieve the most desirable outcomes. These concerned parents and grandparents observe their children being set adrift on a floodtide of moral imbecility and irresponsibility sacrificed on the altar of human secularism. Good News Today, I have some good news about authentic Christian education and what that could mean for the renewal of our nation. Every serious Christian knows the Biblical mandate that holds parents accountable for the education of their children, but few resources support teaching a Biblical worldview while upholding strong academic standards. I truly believe that is why you have been led to this FACE Resource Catalogue. Although we live in troubling times, we also live at a thrilling moment in God’s providence. Two millennia of Christian thought has made us the recipients of the knowledge and wisdom of a Biblical-classical model of education with which to reclaim teaching and learning for Christ and fulfill God’s mandate to parents. “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” Ronald Regan understood the price of freedom. FACE promotes a system of education, practiced by our colonial forebears, rooted in Biblical principles and is a method of “teaching and learning,” indicating that education is a continuum. It is based on the Hebrew model, training the whole person for lifelong, obedient service in the knowledge of God, with education centered in the home. Refined through the Reformation, this method was brought to its fullness by our colonial A worthy vision of an authentic Christian education: A Reason for Hope. Carole G. Adams, Ph.D., President, The Foundation for American Christian Education START WITH A VISION PATHWAY OF THE NOAH PLAN® : BIBLICAL CLASSICAL EDUCATION DEVELOP A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW & PHILOSOPHY EQUIP YOURSELF FOR TEACHING & LEARNING Renewing The Mind for Teaching and Learning: a self-directed study in the basics of the Principle Approach® . See page 5. Online Courses: to throughly prepare the teacher in the philosophy, methods and curriculum of the Principle Approach. Visit FACE.net/Training. Training: Renewing the Mind; Reason for Hope Conference; Lessons in Liberty; Online Courses; The Noah Plan Academy. See pages 41. The PEERS test identifies a person’s worldview in five categories: Politics, Economics, Education, Religion, and Social Issues. The PEERS Trend chart depicts the “worldview position” of high school youth from the Christian community; approximately 90,000 students from 3,000 Christian schools. NehemiahInstitute.com.