In our 17th episode of “Men Who Understood the Times,” we discuss “Should SEL be in the WELS? A discussion of Critical Pedagogy.”
What is SEL? (Hint: It’s Social Emotional Learning.)
What is the lure of SEL?
What is the SEL interplay with Marxism?
Why is SEL detrimental to education?
Where do we see SEL within the WELS and our education system?
Why must we combat this?
Find the podcast by searching for RWJ Daily in your favorite podcast app. Search for Men Who Understood The Times on YouTube. Please subscribe, like, comment, and share these podcasts and YouTube videos. “Do not participate in fruitless deeds of darkness. Instead, expose them” (Ephesians 5:11). If we disagree with this gender identity and sexual orientation language – which we do as Christians – then we don’t want to participate in any way this language. To put the best construction on it, this language is confusing students and teachers. To be honest, this language is demonic. We should not have anything to do with it. We are called upon by Christ’s apostle to be exposing it.
Additional Resources:
Josh’s paper “The Need for Discernment with SEL in the Lutheran Classroom”
Josh’s presentation at the 2025 Apologetics Conference:
