Lutheran High North

PHILOSOPHY OF LUTHERAN HIGH NORTH

A. "So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God." Romans 10: 17. Lutheran High School North is first, and foremost, a Christian school.We believe that God created the world and all in it. From this historical and spiritual fact derives our belief that we are His people, that our lives are not our own. We are His instruments dedicated to the extension of His kingdom. Lutheran North provides a framework whereby this belief may be taught and lived.

B. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him will have eternal life." John 3:16. This "gospel in a nutshell” gives life meaning and purpose. It gives Lutheran High School North its reason for existence. For the Christian member of the Lutheran North family, life is real and fulfilling only in the perspective of the perfect redemptive act of Christ Jesus. On the cross and in the empty tomb, man's destiny is perfectly reflected, and a life of love and service to God and to fellow man is generated.

C. We believe that in order to provide a framework whereby the Holy Spirit might accomplish faith in our youth, Christ-centeredness must characterize and permeate all aspects of our program. The instructional content of our curriculum, as well as teacher-student relationships, must have Christ as the focal point in order to lead the student to a better under¬standing of his relationship to God and his fellow man.

D. We believe that the Bible is God's Holy Revelation to man-- that it is His perfect and inerrant Word. We consider it to be the source and the norm for the life of the Christian. We want to instill in our students values that are derived from the Bible. Our efforts are directed to the establishment within each student of a meaningful relationship with God. Further, as a Christian educational institution, we desire to create and perpetuate a model of Christian living for a genuine Christian community. God's expectation that His children live purpose¬fully and deal in love with one another permeates the philoso¬phy and the life of Lutheran North.

E. "Train up a child in the way he shall go, and when he is old, he will not stray from it ." Proverbs 22:6. Of paramount impor¬tance is that Lutheran North assist the task of home and church in nurturing the Christian faith of our students--a faith that will resist the materialistic values of the world. We do not view our school as a haven insulated from the world, but rather as an institution of Christian education, established by Lutheran congregations concerned with keeping faith with our youth during the high school years. We acknowledge that we are a school for sinners in need of God’s saving grace through Christ Jesus.