Core curriculum

Is it or is it not the case that every human being exists for the joy of eternal fellowship with God and must face the possibility of missing that mark, forfeiting that prize? If it is the case, it ought to be part of the core curriculum in every school. It will not do to say that the determination of character by the structure of the DNA molecule is a fact that any child must learn to understand, but that the determination of all proper human purposes for the glory of God is an opinion that anyone is free to accept or reject. The question of which is the real word simply cannot be permanently evaded. There can be no genuinely missionary encounter of the gospel with our culture unless we face these questions. (Lesslie Newbigin Foolishness to the Greeks p67)

I love reading Newbigin. He has the ability to make clear what our culture sees as murky - and helps me think though what is involved in raising children to see that DNA can describe a great many things, but cannot explain them by giving them purpose.