DEFINE YOUR FUTURE 800-352-3223 | FACE.net 7 Definition of Education WEBSTER DICTIONARY (1828)— The bringing up, as of a child; instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding, correct the temper, and form the manners and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in their future stations. To give children a good education in manners, arts and science, is important; to give them a religious education is indispensable; and an immense responsibility rests on parents and guardians who neglect these duties. MODERN DICTIONARY (1980)—The action or process of educating or of being educated; a stage of such a process; the knowledge and development resulting from an educational process; the field of study that deals mainly with methods of teaching and learning in schools. MODERN DICTIONARY (2015) The act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. The act or process of imparting or acquiring particular knowledge or skills, as for a profession. A degree, level, or kind of schooling: a university education. The result produced by instruction, training, or study: to show one’s education. The science or art of teaching; pedagogics. Definition of Marriage WEBSTER DICTIONARY (1828)—The act of uniting a man and a woman for life; wedlock; the legal union of a man and a woman for life. Marriage is a contract both civil and religious by which the parties engage to live together in mutual affection and fidelity, till death shall separate them. Marriage was instituted by God Himself for the purpose of preventing the promiscuous intercourse of sexes, for promoting domestic felicity, and for securing the maintenance and education of children. “Marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled.” Hebrews 13 MODERN DICTIONARY (2000) The legal union of a man and a woman as husband and wife. The state of being married, wedlock. A common- law marriage. A union between two persons having the customary but usually not the legal force of marriage. MODERN DICTIONARY (2015) Any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage. (July 2015) Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy writing the majority opinion on the same-sex marriage ruling states: “It is appropriate to observe these cases involve only the rights of two consenting adults whose marriage pose no risk of harm to themselves or third parties.” Learn more about Webster’s 1828 dictionary and its impact visit FACE.net/1828 Different dictionaries, opposing worldviews. How to Establish a Christian School to Restore the Republic by Max Lyons, Ph.D. Founding and establishing a Christian school is a formidable task. Find clear direction on how to create a Christ-centered classroom encompassing a Biblical Worldview. Don’t learn by making mistakes—learn from this book the practical wisdom you need. You will be equipped for excellence in the areas of school establishment: philosophy, methods, curriculum development, board operation, finances and fund raising, administration, special education, accounting and legal guidance, and counseling. How to Establish a Christian School to Restore the Republic was written to equip individuals and churches who respond to the urgent need for Christian education in America. It is intended to give the user a philosophical framework and structure for establishing a Principle Approach school. “This volume gives you the nuts-and-bolts answers of the tried- and-true model of successful school founding, going beyond the process and procedures to equip you with sound, effective philosophy and methodology on which to establish your school.” Dr. Carole Adams. Available in paperback or PDF download, 174 pages. $29.95