Does Secular Education Benefit Christianity?

[304 words] It has always been God’s will that His people teach their children about Him. Speaking of His commands He said, “You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up” (Deuteronomy 6:7). Most of us are familiar with Proverbs 22:6 which says, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” When reading this proverb with its spiritual application in mind, it is easy to understand that the seed of God’s word must be planted in the hearts of our children and the godly principles taught during childhood will remain with them well into adulthood. So one might ask, “How does our secular education fit in with spiritual training?” “Are the two…