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Foundations of a Reformed Christian Education

GREENVILLE PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BOOK REVIEW: FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Thomas Booher AT 41 Christian Education November 7, 2015             Although Foundations of Christian Education is a collection of addresses delivered in the 1920’s and 1930’s by Louis Berkhof and Cornelius Van Til, they translate well onto the written page, and the essays remain valuable today because they demonstrate the need for and basis of Christian schools and Christian education from a Reformed worldview. Today, just as when these addresses were given, Christians often take lightly the calling to educate their own. This short book describes what Christian education should look like by giving a theological basis for it and by giving practical guidance on how to implement it. The first “section” of the book discusses the necessity and distinctiveness of Christian education from the Reformed perspective. The second (and final) part lays