So many parents have said it was when their children went to high school or college that they drifted away from Christianity. Many rejected Christianity entirely. If there was never an emphasis on constructing the right foundation at home, it is little wonder the Christian structure collapsed. Regrettably, from my experience I have found that many Christian schools and colleges also teach evolution so one should not assume that his children are necessarily safe because they are sent to a Christian school. The school may claim that it teaches creation, but on a detailed investigation it is often found that they teach that God used evolution in creation.

This same problem of a structure without a foundation is also reflected in another way. Many Christians may be against abortion, sexual deviancy, and other moral problems in society, yet they cannot give proper justification for their opposition. Most Christians have an idea of what is wrong and what is right, but they do not understand why. This lack of reasons for our position is seen by others as just "opinions." And why should our opinion be any more valid than that of someone else?

All these issues relate to an understanding of what the Bible is all about. It is not just a guidebook for life. It is the very basis upon which all of our thinking must be built. Unless we understand that book, we will not have proper understanding of God and His relationship to man, and thus what a Christian world view is all about. That is why Jesus said in John 5:47 that we must believe the writings of Moses.

For instance, to understand why living as a homosexual is wrong, one has to understand that the basis for marriage comes from Genesis. It is here we read that God ordained marriage and declared it to be one man for one woman for life. God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Bruce! One primary importance for marriage as stated in Malachi 2:15, is that God created two to be "one" so that they could produce "a godly seed" (i.e., godly offspring). When one understands that there are specific roles which God ordained for men and women, one has reasons for standing against any legislation that weakens or destroys the family. Thus, a homosexual lifestyle is anti-God, and so it is wrong, not because it is our opinion, but because God, the absolute authority, says so. (Note particularly Lev. 18:22; Rom. 1:24, 26–27; and Gen. 2:23–24.)

We must reinforce in our own thinking, and in that of our Christian churches, that the Bible is the Word of God and that God has absolute authority over our lives. We must listen to what He says in relation to the principles to live by in every area of life, regardless of what anyones opinion is. This human-based, opinion-oriented argument permeates the Church in many ways. Consider the issue of abortion.