We cannot trust
public education to produce Christ-centered musicians who have a Christocentric
music philosophy. Christians never
should have trusted the world to formulate music philosophy for Christian young
people. It has always been the responsibility
of Christians to train their own. Although many Christian parents have ignored
it, the world has never been a friend of grace.
Could you imagine the ancient Hebrews calling in the Philistines to
train their Levite sons? The 20th
century church did just that--they called in the worldly musicians who
outwardly profaned the name of Christ to train church musicians. The result was generation after generation of
Christian musicians filled with Philistine philosophy.
One thing for sure,
public education will not directly teach the next generation of church
musicians wrong things about God because they are not allowed to teach God in
their music knowledge. Although federal
law has mandated that public education can no longer retain God in our
educational knowledge, the fact that they will not directly teach false
concepts of God does not indicate that no “God-education” will take place in
public schools and universities. By
eliminating God as the Creator and Lord of music education, public education
relays strong false messages about the nature and value of music to our young people. Public education can no longer recognize God
in the development of a philosophical basis for music education. As a matter of fact, teaching God as the
basis of all philosophical thought is forbidden. The only safe path in public education is to
omit the authority of God in any philosophical discussion of music. In public education, no sacred music concerts
are legal and the sacred classics may only be taught or performed as music
literature. It is often mandated that
there be no Christmas or Easter concerts.
The only time that it is totally legal to mention God in the music
classroom is when the music instructor stubs his toe on the desk leg.
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