A Defense for Christian Music Education part 10
Another
justification for the Christian school is that our children and young people
deserve to study music in an atmosphere that is not fraught* with
the philosophy of this present world. As
I have told my undergraduate music education classes so many times, when it
comes to musicing, we are educating our students to function in the world (kosmos) but to function outside of this
present world’s system (aion). St. John 17:15 explains, “I pray not that
thou shouldest take them out of the world (kosmos
2889), but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.” The Greek word translated as evil here is poneros (4190) which connotes keeping
from the influence of that which is hurtful to someone spiritually.
When
it comes to the music education of our own, we have the responsibility of
providing music education and music performance opportunities in an environment
that will protect them from harmful influences during their formative
years. The music that students listen to
and perform should build their faith in God instead of filling their minds with
the evil of this present world system.
Since music with or without words communicates meaning, Christian
parents cannot trust un-regenerated music educators to make musical choices for
our children.
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