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History & Culture United States History World Wars Why bother with teaching history from a Christian worldview? Recently at a home school conference a concerned dad asked me a very good question “Why bother with teaching history from a Christian worldview? Is it necessary? Isn’t that getting a little overboard?” All good questions. We all have had doubts as to the importance and relevance of teaching history from a Christian worldview. After all, when we were in the public system learning history they taught us about the Romans, and in Sunday School they taught us about the Romans. But they are not the same Romans. Or are they? Lets take a quick look at just a few of the discoveries we can make when we first study an overview of the Old Testament and then bring in “real history”. Xerxes was a cruel Persian king who fiercely killed large masses of people. When we discover that this tyrant was also Queen Esther’s husband, we get a clearer picture of why she was so afraid to approach her husband and tell him of the plot Haman had against her people – the Jews. When we look at the Egyptians and their gods and what they stand for, and then realize that the plagues that our God sent out against Pharaoh and his fellow Egyptians were aimed at the Egyptian Gods. They worshiped frogs, and so there were an abundance of frogs, they worshipped the sun and the day became dark. Each time He sent another plague, it was to show His power over these ineffective gods. When we study the Romans, we see that when Christ came to earth, it was indeed the fullness of time. We learn that the reason the Romans were not happy with Jesus and the Jews was not that they worshipped a god, but they would worship only the one true God. The Romans worshipped many gods including Caesar, but no one god exclusively. So when the Jews said that they worshipped only one, they excluded Caesar. The Romans were tolerant of anyone who believed what they did, but were not tolerant of anyone who’s beliefs were different from theirs. Sound vaguely familiar? History does repeat itself. History is a fascinating study when you remember that it is His Story. And He has left many exciting facts for us to discover both in Biblical history and secular history. And those Romans? They are both the same. It just took me awhile to realize it.