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Messages by Desiring God

Serious Joy, Cultural Conflict, and Christian Humility: Thoughts on Christian Education

Messages by Desiring God

Desiring God

Sermons, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, 163859, Desiring God, John Piper, Preaching, Christianity, Messages, Religion & Spirituality

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

True Christian education fills our hearts and minds with a joy so serious and strong that our society loses its power to control where we stand and what we say.

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0:00.0

The following resources from desiring God.org.

0:06.0

Let's pray one more time.

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Father, we've mentioned much about serious joy, and so I pray that you would grant the gift of this

0:18.2

miracle, that you would create free people who can swim like dolphins instead of jellyfish.

0:31.8

And I pray that we would be humble as we take our unflinching stand for truth in Jesus

0:40.2

name.

0:41.2

Amen. My title that I came up with day before yesterday was is serious joy, cultural conflict, and Christian humility, thoughts on Christian

0:59.8

education.

1:01.2

That's a long title.

1:04.9

Let's begin, I'll outline where we're going so you can follow.

1:09.2

Let's begin with a definition of education.

1:12.2

Then let's, and I'm not talking about schooling here.

1:17.0

Education.

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Education, what makes it Christian.

1:25.0

Why does that definition lead to a focus on serious joy. How does serious joy then relate to the conflict with

1:39.2

the culture and what does that got to do with Christian humility. There's the outline of where

1:46.3

we're going. So let's start with what is education. Just say it again. Education and schooling are not synonymous. Most education happens outside

1:57.0

school. I'm glad there are schools. I represent one. I love Bethlehem College and Seminary.

2:05.0

I'm asking about what what's education in general? Parents do it, pastors do it, teachers do it, older people do it to younger people.

2:17.4

What is it?

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So here's my definition of education. And I'm, this is not Christian education.

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And I'm, this is not Christian education yet.

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