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Gratitude
Saved people are thankful people. “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.” Eph 2:8. We know, through the scriptures and through experience, that we are guilty and dead in our sins. God has come to us, saved us, adopted us, and given us life with and in him, and none of it is our doing—it’s all gift. Logos families are grateful people. A number of years ago a group of high school students started thanking their teachers after class: each class, every day. It wasn’t a big deal, but as they left each of their seven class periods, they would make eye contact with the teacher and simply express their gratitude for what had been given to them. This practice grew and continued, and now we encourage new students to follow the lead of those who went before them. Our first response to the gospel is gratitude.
Sacrifice
One of the central commands given by the one that saved us is to imitate Him. “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” Matt 16:24. Saved people imitate the one who saved them. Our parents sacrifice to have their children at Logos School. Logos teachers sacrifice themselves for their students. Logos students sacrifice themselves each day as they work hard and invest themselves in their studies. When an adult enters the classroom, our students stand; this is a small sacrifice of honor, time, energy, and deference. When the bell rings in the classroom, the girls are dismissed first and the guys exit second. This is a small way that our gentlemen are learning to put others before themselves. Our second response to the gospel is to take up our cross and follow him—sacrifice.
Excellence
Our Savior does what He does with excellence. As we imitate Him in sacrifice, we also imitate Him in excellence. “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men” Col. 3:23. Everything we do is an offering to Him. What we are seeking to live out at Logos School is grace-powered excellence. Therefore we strive for excellence in teaching. We are grateful for teachers who are masters of their material, who know their students well, and who are excellent at introducing one to the other. We also strive for excellence in our students. Regardless of whether they are putting on a classroom play, taking a spelling test or competing on the lacrosse field, our goal is to fulfill the requirement in Colossians of doing the activity with all our hearts, and doing it as unto the Lord. Our final response to the gospel is excellence.