if there is one thing that we ought to reexamine in light of the decline of the christian faith and the ongoing generational apostasy it is this matter of education it is time to get back to the drawing board and ask the basic questions concerning the philosophy of education and child training now more than ever we need to examine the wisdom of previous generations particularly the teaching of those genuine christian pastors and leaders who lived before the demise of the christian west if we would keep the faith for future generations it would be prudent to root ourselves more solidly in the godly wisdom of previous centuriesfeaturing original source quotations from church fathers such as clement polycarp justin martyr ignatius barnabas lanctantius didache eusebius jerome chrysostom augustine bede martin luther john calvin richard baxter increase mather john wesley aa hodge charles hodge j gresham machen and others