Education, thus, is the process whereby the child becomes in time what he eternally is. The educator always knows what are the aims. The method of instruction is authoritarian. The teacher is always in charge. The curriculum consists of that which is valuable and contemporaneous with any period.
Every generation needs to know the same message.
Education is not only for the present but it is for the future. The teacher knows what the student needs to know because while the illustrations of Christian education may change, the curriculum does not. The basic Gospel message is the most important thing to teach in Christian education. This is the basic question that this contrast of concepts considers. The natural viewpoint Nature is the norm.