Why Christian Music Education? Part 1

Why Christian Music Education? Part 1            

            Is the Christian school a conviction or a preference?  If a Christian education (CE) is a mere preference then it is not a necessity, and Christian music education (CME) is most certainly not a necessity.  Every parent, Christian school teacher and administrator must know why they and the students they teach are involved in a Christian school.

             Although I do not want to be overly simplistic I believe that those who have the means and have a quality Christian school near them, I can see no reason for Christian parents to deny their children a Christian education.  As I have pointed out so many times in my writings, the statement in1Timothy 5:8 “But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel” extends to the education of one’s household.  I furthermore contend that it also pertains to the music education of our own.  Every Christian parent must remember that when Lot chose the well-watered plains of Jordan near Sodom and Gomorrah, he made an excellent choice for his cattle and a poor choice for his children.