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 in the United States 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 or any concerts
that use sacred music for any religious purposes. 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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