Teaching from the Christian perspective

Deborah Carpenter and Dana Bincer of Biblical Integration Ideas reflect on what Biblical integration involves:

Simply stated, Biblical integration is taking a lesson objective and/or lesson outline, and teaching it from a Christian perspective.  It is not just a lesson or objective devoid of God, his character, nature, or creation, nor is it solely about God, his character, nature or creation.  It is a melding of the two.  It is understanding the objective or lesson from the Christian point-of-view.

Note: Biblical integration is not something that just happens at the end of a lesson.  Students should be encouraged to think Biblically all throughout the lesson.  Remember, seeing something from God’s perspective is not a separate task, unless that is the lesson objective.  For instance, students may compare and contrast how Christians understand a lesson in comparison with how a pantheist or naturalist might see it. 

Sometimes when the integration happens last, students tune out, figuring it won’t be on the test or that the integration is just an add-on.  The goal of good integration is for students to view a subject the way God does, and to see how this understanding impacts them personally as well as society at large.