Most Christian schools want their students to develop a biblical worldview. Some take efforts to improve their student’s thinking.  However, by now, after years of testing, we know that there is little difference in the worldview of Christian school graduates and public-school graduates. Only when a Christian school goes to great lengths to teach their students to think Biblically will Christian school students learn to think biblically.  Only when a Christian school tests its students with the PEERS or an equivalent test does it know if it is teaching its students to think biblically. The world’s influence is insidious and without realizing it, the world squeezes us into its mold and we end up thinking as it does. This is well documented by George Barna’s research and by Ken Ham in the book Already Gone.

Most Christian schools want their students to develop a biblical worldview. Some take efforts to improve their student’s thinking.  However, by now, after years of testing, we know that there is little difference in the worldview of Christian school graduates and public-school graduates. Only when a Christian school goes to great lengths to teach their students to think Biblically will Christian school students learn to think biblically.  Only when a Christian school tests its students with the PEERS or an equivalent test does it know if it is teaching its students to think biblically. The world’s influence is insidious and without realizing it, the world squeezes us into its mold and we end up thinking as it does. This is well documented by George Barna’s research and by Ken Ham in the book Already Gone.

PEERS is the name of a nationally normed test that consists of a series of statements carefully structured to identify a person’s worldview in five categories: Politics, Economics, Education, Religion, and Social Issues (PEERS). Each statement is framed to either agree or disagree with a biblical principle.

CCA has a supplemental biblical worldview curriculum developed over many years to teach its students to think biblically.  This curriculum is incorporated into every subject from math to science, from English to history and, of course, its Bible classes.  Annually students in grades 9-12 will be tested using the PEERS. After testing is complete, all answers are submitted to Nehemiah Institute for fast, professional scoring. CCA students are tested using the online version of the PEERS and the results are submitted electronically. Upon submitting tests, each person will receive an individual PEERS Scorecard.

The value of PEERS testing is its ability to compare a student’s worldview with that of their teachers or parents. The PEERS Test’s item-by-item analysis makes it easy and time-efficient to zero in on the most problematic worldview areas. Based upon this data, parents and school administrators can take corrective action by enhancing the current curriculum or by placing more emphasis on particular issues.

A person has a biblical worldview when he sees the world just as God sees it – His creation answerable to Him. “The earth is the LORD’S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” (Psalm 24:1) “It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves. We are his…..” (Psa.100:3) God made us and the universe, we are His, He owns it all and we are stewards, answerable to God for everything. We will answer to God for every dime, every minute, for every word, every deed, and every belief.  We will be judged by the standards God has set in the Bible, His inspired, inerrant Word. (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14; Revelation 20:12)

Less than one percent (almost none) of those ages 18-23 have a biblical worldview.  Nationally, less than nine percent do.  WHY? Primarily because evolution is so widely taught and believed.  The logical conclusion of evolution is that, given enough time, man will eventually rise to the level of God and that, while he is doing so, what is true will likewise constantly change.  This is the opposite of believing in biblical creation where God created a perfect world with fixed laws, laws that do not change despite the fall and God’s curse.   The truth is, all knowledge is faith based, faith in man as the authority or faith in God as the authority. (Colossians 2:3; Proverbs 1:7 and 9:10)

When taught evolution, students will eventually reject absolutes, will accept relativism (what is wrong for you is not necessarily wrong for me) and naturalism (natural explanation for everything, supernatural denied). Alarmingly, the evidence shows that efforts by parents and churches to prevent that from happening are largely unsuccessful. Pollster George Barna explains: “Continuing to preach more sermons, teach more Sunday school classes and enroll more people in Bible study groups won’t solve the problem since most of these people don’t accept the Bible as the authority for what is being taught in those places.”

Just because a school is not directly attacking Jesus and the cross, it does not mean they are not attacking Him at all.  When evolution is the explanation for the universe, the very foundation of Christianity is being assaulted. When a student has his confidence in the book of Genesis and the Bible shaken, eventually he will abandon Christianity altogether, often in his twenties.

Proverbs 23:7 says of a person, “as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”  We do what we do because of what we think.  When it comes to children and youth, thousands of parents who take their children to church every week, parents of children who have made professions of faith, falsely believe that their children are doing just fine and will mature into God fearing adults.  What they don’t know is that while they still have their children’s bodies, the world has their minds. The only way to know who owns the heart of one of your children is to ask some probing and insightful questions.  It too many cases youth advocate both the world’s way of thinking as well as that of God while never seeing the impossibility of reconciling the two. This explains why we administer the PEERS.

• Worldview matters because those who consider themselves Christians but do not have a biblical worldview have believed a false gospel that cannot save and it shows up dramatically in their behavior. After surveying over 2,000 individuals, pollster George Barna was able to quantify the difference a Biblical worldview makes. He wrote:
• “One of the most striking insights from the research was the influence of such a way of thinking upon people’s behavior. Adults with a biblical worldview possessed radically different views on morality and demonstrated vastly different lifestyle choices. People’s view on morally acceptable behavior is deeply impacted by their worldview.”

Upon comparing the perspectives of those who have a biblical worldview with those who do not, those with a Biblical worldview were:

1. 31 times less likely to approve cohabitation (2% versus 62%, respectively);
2. 18 times less likely to think it is ok to get drunk (2% versus 36%);
3. 15 times less likely to approve homosexuality (2% versus 31%);
4. 12 times less likely to use profanity (3% versus 37%);
5. 11 times less likely to condone adultery (4% versus 44%);
6. 11 times less likely to approve abortions (4% versus 46%).
7. 8 times less likely to buy lottery tickets.
8. In addition, less than one-half of one percent of those with a biblical worldview said voluntary exposure to pornography was morally acceptable (compared to 39% of other adults), and
9. While one out of every eight adults who lack a biblical worldview had sexual relations with someone other than their spouse during the prior month, less than one out of every 100 individuals who have such a worldview had done so”

Biblical worldview matters; it matters a lot and only in a Christian or home school committed to Biblical worldview development will students learn to think differently than the secular culture in which we all now live.  How do we know?  Twenty years of testing of public-school students, homeschoolers and Christian schools reveal little difference in the worldviews of their students.  ONLY those schools like CCA that have a well-designed plan in place for biblical worldview development are training students to think biblically.

To learn more, see these charts from Nehemiah Institute:  CHARTS

On the 2016 PEERS Biblical Worldview Analysis, CCA’s high school students averaged the 97^th percentile. This means they scored higher than97% of the other 1,000 schools who took the test in 2016. In 2013 and 2017, CCA students had the highest Biblical Worldview scores in the nation! And that trend continues.