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From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures.
––2 Timothy 3:15
The clear teaching of the Bible is the foundation for all other learning.
Since the Bible is the most important subject of Christian education, we
believe it should be taught specifically and systematically. The A Beka Book
Bible Program presents the Bible in the narrative style in which it is written.
The stories of the Old and New Testaments in the lower grades lead up to a
presentation of the more abstract statements in the New Testament epistles and
the wisdom books for older students. The lessons flow from the Word of God,
through the heart of the teacher, to the heart of the student. The curriculum
has been planned so that students going through the
A Beka Book Bible Program will be thoroughly acquainted with the basic
portions of the Scriptures.
History is for time, what travel is for space; it
is an intellectual journey across oceans and continents of duration, and of ages
both remote from our own and vitalized and enriched by stupendous events.
––Moses Coit Tyler
Students need a realistic view of history, government, geography, and
economics based upon the foundational truths of the Scriptures.
Ever since H. G. Wells published his Outline of History in
1920, the theme of world history texts has been man's supposed progress from
savagery toward socialism, from tribal religions toward one-world government.
American history is usually presented as a series of conflicts-rich vs. poor,
black vs. white, North vs. South, labor vs. management, male vs. female, etc.
Our A Beka Book texts reject the
Marxist/Hegelian conflict theory of history in favor of a truthful portrayal of
peoples, lands, religions, ideals, heroes, triumphs, and setbacks. The result
has been positive, uplifting history texts that give students an historical
perspective and instill within them an intelligent pride for their own country
and a desire to help it back to its traditional values.
We present government as ordained by God for the maintenance of law and
order, not as a cure-all for the problems of humanity. We present
free-enterprise economics without apology and point out the dangers of
Communism, socialism, and liberalism to the well-being of people across the
globe. In short, A Beka Book offers you a
Christian and conservative approach to the study of what man has done with the
time God has given.
Mathematics is the language God used in His
creation of the universe, and thus it is logical, orderly, beautiful, and very
practical in science and in daily life.
No subject matter better reflects the glory of God than mathematics. To
study mathematics is to study God's thoughts after Him, for He is the great
Engineer and Architect of the universe.
Unlike the "modern math" theorists, who believe that mathematics is a
creation of man and thus arbitrary and relative, we believe that the laws of
mathematics are a creation of God and thus absolute. All of the laws of
mathematics are God's laws. Our knowledge of God's absolute mathematical laws
may be incomplete or at times in error, but that merely shows human frailty, not
relativity in mathematics. Man's task is to search out and make use of the laws
of the universe, both scientific and mathematical.
A Beka Book provides attractive, legible, workable traditional
mathematics texts that are not burdened with modern theories such as set theory.
These books have been field-tested, revised, and used successfully for many
years in Christian schools. They are classics with up-to-date appeal. Besides
training students in the basic skills that they will need all their lives, the
A Beka Book traditional mathematics books teach students to believe in
the absolutes of the universe, to work diligently to get right answers, and to
see the facts of mathematics as part of the truth and order that God has built
into the real universe.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but
the honour of kings is to search out a matter. ––Proverbs 25:2
Science is the study of God's order, provision, and reasonableness as
revealed in His physical creation.
While secular science textbooks present modern science as the opposite of
faith, the A Beka Book science texts teach that modern science is the
product of Western man's return to the Scriptures after the Protestant
Reformation, leading to his desire to understand and subdue the earth, which he
saw as the orderly, law-abiding creation of the God of the Bible.
The A Beka Book Science and Health Program presents the universe as
the direct creation of God and refutes the man-made idea of evolution. Further,
the books present God as the Great Designer and Lawgiver, without Whom the
evident design and laws of nature would be inexplicable. They give a solid
foundation in all areas of science -- a foundation firmly anchored to Scriptural
truth. Teachability is assured through accurate, interesting writing, carefully
planned demonstrations that can be performed with a minimum of equipment,
chapter terms and questions, full-color illustrations, consideration of the
interests and comprehension skills of students at each grade level.
How forcible are right words! ––Job 6:25
Because God has given us the great commission of communicating His truth
to mankind, we must give our students the finest tools available to carry out
this goal in a reasonable, well-articulated manner.
God gave us our powers of thought and language and chose to reveal His will
and His ways to us in a written form, the Bible; thus we need to pay particular
attention to the teaching of grammar, spelling, vocabulary, composition, and
literature as we seek to educate students from a Christian perspective.
Since Darwin, linguists have sought in vain for a credible explanation for
the origin of language. Having accepted evolutionary philosophy, they can only
think that language must be simply a response to a stimulus, an emotional
outcry, an imitation of animals.
If such foolishness were true, then any talk of language being governed by rules
or any claims that some expressions are better than others would be
inappropriate, and relativism would rule. This explains many English programs
today. But as Christians, we still believe that the Bible provides the only
credible explanation for the universe, of man, and of language. Therefore, it is
easy to see in language a structure which reflects the logic, reasonableness,
and orderliness of the One who created man and his language.
On this basis, we believe that there are standards for man to adhere to in
language as in all of life. This is why our A Beka Book grammar books
emphasize structure, rules, analysis, and the kind of practice that aims at
mastery. This is why we place an importance on correct spelling and the
continual enlargement of each student's vocabulary. This is why we aspire to
provide students with examples of the very best literature of the ages, and this
is why we emphasize the continual improvement of writing abilities.
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