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The episode discusses whether Greek philosophy or biblical discipleship should shape 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
• biblical discipleship
• Greek philosophy
• family-centered education
• character-focused learning
• life-integrated curriculum

Keywords

• Christian education
• biblical discipleship
• Greek philosophy
• family-centered
• character-focused
• life-integrated
• Gospel-emphasizing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Generations

Books & works: Deuteronomy, Proverbs

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