Mike Winther talks about the biblical principles of education in this lecture given in June of 2012 in Colorado. This lecture is all about teaching biblical principles over practicality. Everything we do in life and every decision we make can be based on either principle or practicality.
We've been trained to think pragmatically as opposed to a principled fashion. When educating for the Glory of God, we need to think of principled concepts. In the Bible, we can think of things it tells us to do, and things it tells us not to do in order to make decisions and base teaching off of biblical principles.
You'll Learn:
- [02:00] Educate for the Glory of God.
- [04:00] We've been trained to think pragmatically as opposed to in a principled fashion.
- [04:23] Let's look at things the Bible tells us to do and things the Bible tells us not to do.
- [05:01] Deuteronomy 6. Biblical principles should be impressed upon our children. This is the starting point for education.
- [07:42] Things we shouldn't do. Don't make an idol. Anything that supersedes our worship of God.
- [10:07] Homeschoolers need to be careful that education and SAT scores aren't worshiped. We need to worship God.
- [12:39] We need to be careful that we treat people the same way we want to be treated when it comes to educational beliefs. We also need to look at how we fund the educational systems.
- [18:26] Education for Christians needs to be Christian not necessarily homeschooling. The burden to teach should fall primarily upon the parents.
- [19:26] Homeschool families need to take advantage of available resources but not hand off all of the responsibilities of education.
- [20:45] What do we teach? We need to teach obedience and civil behavior. We should catechize in the foundation of our faith. We need to teach students their callings.
- [27:45] Our general calling is what we do in life to support Christ. Our personal calling is what we do to support ourselves.
- [30:11] Matthew 28. Disciple the Nations.
- [35:32] Teach the broad necessities of government and the big things that impact society.
- [36:03] Our teaching methods should be Christ-Centered.
- [37:20] Why education should be private. Is public education free market or socialism? Education should be Christ-Centered and private.
- [39:11] Education should be repetitive. Important material needs to be repeated.
- [41:11] Have a good family library and easy access to books.
- [43:04] The classical model of education. Three stages of learning including the grammar stage, the logic stage, and the rhetoric stage.
- [46:26] Is education a right? We have the right to pursue something. Having a right to something doesn't mean someone has to provide it for you.
- [52:43] Children need to be educated with a complete worldview.
- [53:55] College decisions for the homeschool community. Be cautious with college decisions.
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