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“You have often wondered why children when they go off to college lose their faith, become confused in their thinking, and drift from their moral moorings.”
Read MoreR.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was one of the most influential theologians of the past generation.
Read MoreLuther defended the Bible as the highest authority in all matters, and it is because of this that he believed in Christian education.
Read MoreDabney here lays out his most potent argument against state education, which has to do with religion.
Read MoreR.L. Dabney attacks the public school system on the basis that it will bring bad influence on good children.
Read MoreDabney is essentially critiquing the concept of egalitarianism—that all men are equal in function, ability, and circumstances—and that the universal state schools can ensure such equality.
Read MoreDr. Ruffner obviously advocated state education in Virginia and thus criticized Dabney. Dabney then fired back with four letters that can be found in his Discussions. His first letter, titled, “The State Free School System Imposed Upon Virginia by the Underwood Constitution,” was written on April 18, 1876. Dabney comes out swinging in this letter.
Read More"It is self-evident that on this scheme, if it is consistently and persistently carried out in all parts of the country, the United States system of national popular education will be the most efficient and wide instrument for the propagation of Atheism which the world has ever seen."
Read MoreDabney’s best works on education are found in his Discussions (a collection of essays published posthumously by his friend), with his most important work being his essay “Secularized Education.” I would like to outline and summarize this great essay, as it provides a devastating critique of the secular education so common today.
Read MoreMachen was also a great champion of both liberty and Christian education. In 1933, he gave a lecture at the Educational Convention in Chicago titled, “The Necessity of the Christian School.” In this lecture, Machen sounds as if he is addressing our educational problems today—yet he is speaking of America’s schools 80 years ago!
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