When confronted with the culture, Christians have a tendency to isolate themselves from or be assimilated by the culture. The obedient Christian accepts neither of these options, but rather seeks to engage the culture in every sphere of life. In order to equip themselves for this task, believers should endeavor to bring every thought captive in obedience to Christ (II Corinthians 10:5) by the renewing of the mind (Romans 12:2). This renewing of the mind is an active intellectual endeavor that all Christians are commanded to pursue aggressively (Matthew 22:37, 38). The word for this endeavor is education. Christian adults never mature beyond the need for continuing education, and Christian parents must never abandon the aggressive pursuit of a proper Christian education for their children.
A CAMBRIDGE EDUCATION IS:
OPTIMISTIC
We understand that men, women and children are God’s image bearers and are therefore deserving of respect. They possess tremendous potential for exercising rational, creative and… read more
INTERACTIVE
Quality education is more than the simple presentation and memorization of facts. Rather it requires the student to be fully engaged and active in the process of learning. At Cambridge… read more
INTERDISCIPLINARY
Since all truth is God’s truth, Cambridge offers classes that span the disciplines. Our faculty realizes that truth carved into separate disciplines demonstrates an improper understanding… read more
CHALLENGING
When challenged, older students thrive on meaningful intellectual work. A Cambridge education does not rely on the memorization of predigested facts and ideas to be regurgitated on test… read more
WELCOMING
Cambridge classes are taught in a relaxed setting. Small and comfortable, the Cambridge classroom invites discussion while requiring the student to be focused and attentive. We believe… read more
DOGMATIC
At Cambridge, we believe Christians ought to engage every sphere of culture. But we also believe there is only one truth, the Truth of which Christ is the center. Jesus said that he is… read more
PRACTICAL
Educated Christians living a radical Gospel and, consequently, speaking a radical Gospel in every sphere of culture, are the most practical people on the planet. The culture is a… read more
EFFICIENT
The Cambridge student spends his class time on education. Cambridge has no assemblies, no lines, no mandated testing, no busy work, no non-academic classes, and no extra-curricular… read more
True Christian education is not a negative thing; it is not a matter of isolating the student from the full scope of knowledge. Isolating the student from large sections of human knowledge is not the basis of a Christian education. Rather it is giving him or her the framework for total truth, rooted in the Creator’s existence and in the Bible’s teaching, so that in each step of the formal learning process the student will understand what is true and what is false and why it is true or false. It is not isolating students from human knowledge. It is giving the tools in the opening the doors to all human knowledge, in the Christian framework so they will know what is truth and what is untruth, so they can keep learning as long as they live, and they can enjoy, they can really enjoy, the whole wrestling through field after field of knowledge. That is what an educated person is. ~ Francis A. Schaeffer