Education

Machen, J.G. – Importance of Christian Scholarship

The Importance of Christian Scholarship
by J. Gresham Machen

In this book by Machen, he examines why Christians should be extremely concerned with excellence in education. The first section is Christian excellence in education’s bearing on evangelism. The second section is its bearing on the defence of the faith, our basic foundational beliefs, and the third section is its bearing on the building up of the church. Continue reading

Alexander, A. – 17 Thoughts on Religious Experience

Seventeen Thoughts on Religious Experience

by Archibald Alexander, 1844

In this work, 17 Thoughts on Religious Experience, Alexander deals with different topics in our religious experience, and makes comments on these topics. Topics among others: piety, Christian education, new birth, temperaments, sympathy, regeneration, backsliding, deathbed, death, and prayer. Continue reading

Betts, G.H. – How to Teach Religion

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HOW TO TEACH RELIGION
Principles and Methods
by GEORGE HERBERT BETTS
Sunday School Lesson, Sunday School Lesson for kids

How to Teach Religion is a book on how to teach religion for Christian educations (Sunday School Lesson, Sunday School Lesson for kids).

THE ABINGDON PRESS
NEW YORK CINCINNATI
1926

In this work, educator Betts (Methodist Episcopal) explains how a person teaches religion. He begins with the person of the teacher, then the great objective, a fourfold foundation (right aims, material, organization, and presentation), religious knowledge, religious attitude, connecting instruction with life and conduct, the subject matter of religious education, organization of the material, the technique, making truth vivid, types of teaching, and methods, etc. His work is directed at helping the teacher to be a better teacher for the glory of God. Continue reading