Presenter: Jim Truax
This message is the second part of two sessions on Christian education from the 2017 symposium.
In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul instructs believers to bring up their children “in the training [paideia] and admonition [nouthesis] of the Lord” (Eph. 6:4). Both these Greek words assumed broader connotations for Paul’s audience than would be readily apparent for us today. Paideia can succinctly be translated as “culture,”—encompassing every area of life.
Nouthesis refers to teaching and training by word and instruction, and is most effective when brought forth in the context of Christian paideia. This message follows “Don’t Leave Your Children in Egypt,” and explains the necessity of Christian education being rooted in a culture alternative to the world’s paideia.