Peeking into the Homophobes in Training at the Dayspring Christian Academy

I was looking on Amazon for a Latin Bible, maybe Jerome's Vulgate, when this popped up: Latin Bible Reader, with some Bible passages in Latin and vocabulary lists and really amateur illustrations, written by Dr. Randy Hilton of the Dayspring Christian Academy. 

The back cover elucidates: It is a K-12 school "established in 1987 as a beachhead against against the secular and socialistic tidal wave sweeping across America."

In 1987? The middle the Reagan years, the heyday of Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority?

I had to learn more about this school.

Dayspring Christian Academy was founded by Dr. Michael Myers, who still serves as headmaster.   It is in Montville, about 4 miles west of Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Amish country), across the street from the Mountville Church of the Brethren, down the street from the Mountville Mennonite Church, the St. Paul United Methodist Church, and the Vision of Hope Metropolitan Community Church.

A gay church a stone's throw from campus. Don't tell Dr. Myers!



Academics: They do offer Greek and Latin, plus rhetoric and logic,all of the classical arts.  With the Bible everywhere.

This is Dr. Hilton, by the way.  He teaches Latin and Doctrines.  When asked "What have you seen in your students that touched your heart the most, he responds "When they completely turn their hearts over to the Lord."

Wait -- he does soulwinning right there in Latin class?  I hope he declines it properly.

In English class, you study "British and American classics from Beowulf to Ben Hur." This is the first time I ever heard that the 1880 novel by Lewis Stone was a classic. Or good. Or that literature ended in 1880.  No Lord of the Flies for these Stepford students.

The Biology syllabus begins:  "Since the creation of Adam, man has been involved in the naming, dominion, and care of God’s plants and animals. The creatures of the earth were designed as a benefit to man and are therefore
worthy of observation and study. Because of man’s fall, students will also study life and its processes in order to survive the resultant diseases, infestations and harmful organisms...."

And on and on like that.

The Chemistry syllabus: "The foundation of science will be explored through a study of Genesis chapters 1 through 3."

I assume they get to atoms and molecules sometime?

What about World History?  " The impact of a society’s understanding of God on the view of the individual, government, education, work, and commerce is traced."

Surely not Algebra? Yep:  "Students also determine how the study of algebra reveals God through the biblical principles of constancy,  Christian character, problem-solving, representation, and the Dominion Mandate." 

What does any of that have to do with quadratic equations?

Every class is somehow connected to the Bible.  Even Olivet Nazarene College was never this fundamentalist.

Ok, student activities:

Clubs include Worship Team, Robotics, Ultimate Frisbee, and "Science Cinema" (you watch movies about science and criticize them for talking about evolution).

And something called Serve For Education Blessing Day, which allows students to play bowling, mini-golf, billiards, and video games.










Sports: They only offer soccer, volleyball, basketball, golf, and cross-country. The blond seems to have a physique.














The only shirtless photo I could find was of the gym teacher, which is not surprising, given the small school and the fundamentalist orientation.  But it's always fun to peek into the ranks of homophobes in training.

Imagine what Dr. Hilton would say!