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Objection #2 - Doesn’t DLHS shelter kids from the real world?  (Shouldn’t they experience the real world of public high school?)

The “sheltering objection” to Christian education makes two erroneous assumptions about the spiritual nature of the world in which we live:              

1.   Kids need to experience (or be around) sin to know how to avoid it.

2.  A Lutheran/Christian high school is somehow without sin (or does not have as much sin) as a public high school.

Let’s start with the first assumption.  Scripturally speaking, the Bible does not say, “surround yourself with sin 35-50 hours a week and you’ll know how to avoid it.”  In fact, the Bible makes a clear case for avoiding temptation and evil influences.  One need not experience or observe sin to know that it is wrong. 

 Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character."

(1 Corinthians 15:33)

He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. (Proverbs 15:20)

What are parents who are seeking to give their children a “real world experience” hoping to accomplish?  At best, you could be subjecting your kids to unnecessary peer pressure to become involved in traditional risky high school behavior: drinking, drugs, premarital sex, etc.  At worst, they are in an environment that will not respect (and possibly denigrate) their Christian worldview.  The overriding humanistic philosophies of the public school – Darwinism, moral relativism, secular humanism, etc. – WILL have an effect on the development of your son or daughter and how they think.  35-50 hours a week in that environment would be difficult for Christian adults to handle, much less for Christian adolescents who do not have fully developed brains and are seeking answers to life’s biggest questions. 

It is hard to see the logic in subjecting adolescents to unnecessary pressure to abandon the Christian truths that have been instilled in them from baptism.  At a time when are kids are most vulnerable to influence, is it really wise to surround them with non-Christian influences?

So enrolling your son or daughter at DLHS will mean that they won’t have to deal with these temptations?  Unfortunately, NO – this is the second bad assumption.  Put simply, Christian high schools have the same problems as any public high school.  Anyone who has worked in or attended one can verify that.  All of the same issues that plague other high schools – bullying, drinking, sex, even drugs, etc. – can plague Christian high schools as well.  So what, then, is the value of a Christian high school education?

Here’s the answer:  DLHS has the same temptations as other schools – but it has different weapons to fight them. 

Because Jesus conquered sin on the cross, those weapons now include:

Reliance upon Word and sacraments

Clear delineation of Biblically defined right and wrong

Teachers and counselors who provide Scriptural Christian advice

An environment of fellow believers that encourages growth in Christ

An environment that exalts obedience to God’s Word

Forgiveness when mistakes are made

Appropriate consequences when actions deserve consequence

Recognition of each student as a dearly loved child of God