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- Martin Luther

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It is vital to the post-modern student like never before that he knows the chief principle for all variety: if it is not to be found in the revealed character of God, then it is not binding or lawful. To not illuminate for the student this truth is to at best help him to plant his feet firmly upon a cloud, because apart from the unity of all things for which the character of God provides we can only teach arbitrary law. We can only pick and choose what we think is important for the student to know, putting those dear children at our mercy. 

By not referencing God as Lord of all things, the educator demonstrates to the student that there is no Solvent for all things save the sense one can make of it on the basis of one’s own intellect. I am telling you: lesson plans aside, this is where the real battle lies.

Do you know the beautiful thing about this truth? The beautiful thing is that if you as an individual put your whole weight upon this truth, you as a finite being begin to make yourself indispensable. How is it that a finite object can become indispensable after all that I have said? You become what the Scripture calls “salt” in an earthy way. You become the consultant, the psychologist, the expert, the authority, the leader because there is a reasonable correlation of the “sacred” to the “secular” realm in your physiology and psychology as well as in your spirit. Therefore, character would maintain that you are becoming competent, and competence would indicate that character is intact.

Such an education hands off the baton of permanence. To only fill a child’s mind with all of the possible theorems for the right triangle does him no good if you do not show him the subjection of those theorems as creatures of God to God Himself! God has put eternity in the hearts of all men so that our students fundamentally crave more than hamburgers and I-pods.

Base cravings are responses to transcendent cravings. That is what you must be feeding yourself, your family, your realm of influence, and your students if you are to have any sense of satisfaction at the end of the day, at the end of the week, at the end of the quarter, at the end of the semester, and the end of the year, so that you can sleep and enjoy your sleep each night until you sleep for a long time through the death of your body.

Educators are a dime a dozen. It is easy to get a degree in education if you do not qualify to finish your mechanical engineering degree or your pre-med degree or your mathematics degree. In addition, there is no certainty that the profession of educator will ever be lauded in the near future as it once was centuries ago. There is only the hope, the possibility of the individual educator who by his extraordinary character and rare competence distinguishes himself by his great works which prove to be a benefit for the few in mankind to which God brings into His sphere of influence.

Robbie Grayson is the founder of Stone Table, a school of moral philosophy. We are honored that he is joining the Wittenberg Hall line-up very soon!

Posted by Robbie Grayson III - 7/17/2009 | Print this post 

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