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Teaching Fellow & Professor
Grove City College alumnus R.C. Sproul, Jr. graduated from the Pennsylvania school with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Literature before pursuing additional studies at the Reformed Theological Seminary in Florida. Shortly after acquiring his Master of Arts in Theological Studies, R.C. Sproul, Jr. launched his career as an editor for Ligonier Ministries. For more than a decade, R.C. Sproul, Jr. operated as Editor in Chief for the organization’s Tabletalk magazine. In 1996, R.C. Sproul, Jr. founded the Saint Peter Presbyterian Church and established Highlands Ministries in Bristol, Virginia. For five years, he served as the church’s Senior Pastor. In 2001, he shifted his responsibilities within the congregation and assumed the role of Associate Pastor of Education. The same year, he returned to academia, attending Whitefield Theological Seminary, where he would earn his Doctor of Ministry in 2002. As Director and Chairman of Highlands Ministries, R.C. Sproul, Jr. currently presides over general operations and the organization’s efforts to help interested Christians simplify their lives and devote themselves more deliberately to the glorification of God. R.C. Sproul, Jr. also acts as Principal Teacher and edits the Ministries’ magazine, Every Thought Captive. In 2010, R.C. Sproul, Jr. returned to Ligonier Ministries, accepting a post as a Teaching Fellow and Assistant Professor of the Reformation Bible College within the Ligonier Academy of Biblical and Theological Studies. Also serving as a Professor and Lecturer within the Doctor of Ministry program, he leads classes on topics such as theology, apologetics, and philosophy. From 2009 until 2010, R.C. Sproul, Jr. functioned as a Teacher for Veritas Press, which specializes in Christian educational texts. Over the course of his career, R.C. Sproul, Jr. has authored and edited a multitude of books on religious topics. Among these titles are Tearing Down Strongholds, Almighty Over All, Biblical Economics, Believing God: 12 Biblical Promises Christians Struggle to Accept, and Eternity in our Hearts. An advocate of homeschooling and a teacher to his own eight children, R.C. Sproul, Jr. has authored When You Rise Up: A Covenantal Approach to Homeschooling and contributes regularly to Homeschooling Today and Home School Digest magazines.
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The Importance of Worldview Training for Today’s Youth By R.C. Sproul, Jr.
, R.C. Sproul, Jr. 's Blog on Bigsight
January, 2012
One question that frequently arises in Christian schooling is why worldview training is so important for today’s youth. The answer to this query reflects the evolving nature of modern education and the media influences children are exposed to on a daily basis. 
posted at fak.nu
Half a century ago, in virtually any part of the globe, parents were by far the most important influence on children. This influence could be for good or bad, but it was predominant in the children’s lives. Today’s society is so saturated with media and focused on secular programming that parents’ voices are diminished. The broader culture–a mix of music, education, television, and the Internet–has become the primary influence on children’s worldviews.
Many families of faith feel alarmed that the messages this broader culture sends out, seeking to capture children’s hearts, are increasingly anti-Christian. We see a clear illustration of this pervasive secular influence in the children of professing evangelicals who go through the public school system. By the time they graduate from secular colleges, 80 percent of the young people brought up in active Christian households wind up rejecting the faith.
To counter the increased presence of non-Christian voices in society, parents need to be highly proactive, teaching what God calls on them to teach their children. Deuteronomy Chapter 6 contains an excellent example of this core Christian commitment to education. Speaking through Moses, God tells his people to talk with their children about who God is, what he requires, and what he has accomplished. These God-centered messages are what parents must reinforce in their children’s daily lives.
God’s words through Moses provide a key example of God’s design. When parents abdicate their central role in educating their children about God, they are engaged in “responsibility drift.” Christian parents certainly have many obstacles to overcome in instilling a Bible-centered worldview, including a society hostile to Christian messages and a worldly Church that often compromises its message in an attempt to appease the secular culture. Despite these hurdles, the simple message of teaching children about God, continually and directly, resounds with many Christian parents.
About the Author: A respected teacher and author, R.C. Sproul, Jr., has undertaken missionary work throughout the world and currently serves as Associate Professor at the Reformation Bible College in Sanford, Florida.
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