Basics Scorn


“The chief sin of the modern school in this regard springs from a pervasive attitude in the teaching profession — a peculiar scorn for the basic ideas, underlying assumptions, and fundamental skills of paideia and a consequent desire to teach literature, not literacy; creativity, not discipline; answers, not questions; solutions, not methods.” (Norms and Nobility, p. 143)

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Published by Jeff Voegtlin

Dr. Jeff Voegtlin has been in Christian service for over twenty years. He is an associate pastor at Fairhaven Baptist Church in Chesterton, Indiana, and a Vice President of Fairhaven Baptist College. As conductor of the church and schools' orchestra program, and overseer of the educational program of the college, his teaching has helped to train hundreds of young adults to prepare for full-time ministry. After completing a bachelor's degree from Fairhaven Baptist College, he received a master's degree in Bible from Pensacola Christian College. In 2007, he completed the requirements to finish a doctor's degree in education from Bob Jones University. Dr. Voegtlin is available for seminars in instrumental and choral music practice and philosophy, for education seminars, and to preach and present the college ministry.