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Objection #3 – Shouldn’t my son or daughter be a witness to other students in the public high school? (I want my son or daughter to be a missionary in the field of the public high school!)

Ask yourself this:  Are they ready? Then give your son or daughter a little test – pick out a few of these questions:

How do you know that God exists?

Isn’t the Bible just a story book?

How do you know that Jesus really rose from the dead?

What right do you have to suggest that Christianity is the only way to heaven?

Aren’t all religions valid?

If your God is so great, why do bad things happen?

If their answers are slow to come, vague, or sound something like, “Well those things are true for me,” you might want to face up to the fact that your son or daughter will probably not be an open witness for Jesus Christ in the secular humanistic environment of the local public high school.  (For more on that environment, refer back to objection #1 – Isn’t a public high school a neutral environment for my son or daughter?)   

Some Christian students with the gift of evangelism can be witnesses to others in the public high schools.  Their actions and relationships can be an effective witness for Jesus Christ.  Yet, the majority of adolescents will be uncomfortable witnessing to others due to the simple fact that they are untrained. The analogies are endless:

We don’t send untrained soldiers into combat.

We don’t let untrained surgeons operate.

We don’t let pastors preach unless they go to the seminary.

We don’t send missionaries overseas until they are trained. 

Does it seem odd that we would want to send our untrained youth into a non-Christian environment with the intent of them being effective witnesses? 

The Bible department at DLHS is dedicated to training its students to be witnesses to others so that they can defend their Christian faith effectively in the open market place of ideas.  The existence of God, the historical reliability of the Bible, Jesus’ resurrection, and the validity of Christianity are topics that are objectively studied at DLHS.  God’s Word is used to train student disciples at DLHS.  Our students can then, with the Holy Spirit working through them, be a witness to their non-Christian friends, and hopefully to others when they graduate from high school. 

It is exciting indeed when a DLHS alum returns to tell stories of using the tools that they learned at DLHS to defend their faith and tell others about Christ.

Witnessing about Jesus Christ is often a daunting task even for grown adults.  Training to be disciples for Christ is a life-long affair.  It is incumbent upon us as Christians to arm our youth with the tools that they need to adequately defend their faith.  It is incumbent upon us as a church to live the words of St. Peter in 1 Peter 3:15: 

But in your hearts, set apart Christ as Lord.  Always be prepared to give a reason to anyone who asks for the hope that you have.  But do this with gentleness and respect.

Christian education up to age 13 or a couple of hours a week on Sunday isn’t going to get it done.  Christian high school education provides an opportunity to work with Christian families to train disciples to change the culture of our world for Jesus Christ.  What a great opportunity we can give our children by sending them to DLHS.  It is truly about winning souls for Jesus Christ.