Who Should Teach Our Children — Aristotle or Jesus?
About this episode
The episode discusses the contrast between Greek philosophy and biblical discipleship in shaping children's education.
What should shape the education of our children: Greek philosophy or biblical discipleship? In this episode, Scott Brown welcomes Kevin Swanson of Generations for a candid discussion on the foundations, goals, and methods of Christian education. The biblical model — as described in Deuteronomy 6 and the Proverbs — is family-centered, character-focused, life-integrated, and rooted in the fear of the Lord. Whereas the Greek model — central to many classical education programs — is rooted in the pride of man, emphasizing the “greet books” penned by such pagans as Aristotle and Homer. Their conclusion: we must bow the knee to God’s word, not the “wisdom” of pagans, in how we teach our children. To learn more about Generations’ God-centered, Bible-based, life-integrated, Christ-exalting, Gospel-emphasizing, family-discipleship curriculum, click here .
People in this episode
Host: Scott Brown
Guest: Kevin Swanson
Topics covered
- Christian education
- family discipleship
- Greek philosophy
- biblical teachings
- character development
- life integration
Keywords
- Christian education
- family-centered
- character-focused
- biblical model
- Greek model
- discipleship
- Aristotle
- Homer
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Generations
Books & works: Deuteronomy, Proverbs
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