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Realizing human potential has always been a focal point within the field of education. To further discover ways of achieving this objective, this paper deals with the anthropological understanding of Martin Luther, Alfred Whitehead, and Parker Palmer and the applications of their thoughts on education. Luther emphasized language education as a way of realizing human potential and restoring the relationship between God and humans. Whitehead claimed that conceptual power should be developed through epistemological processes, while Palmer presented a compromise between Luther and Whitehead, emphasizing love. Paulo Freire helped them to achieve the balance between theory and practice through the process of critical reflection and liberation. The holistic understanding of education contributes to a Christian interpretation of creation and the identity of the Christian educator. The goal of Christian education can be examined by producing epistemological development, as well as building loving relationships, because meaning is made through dialectical processes in education and the awareness of the meaning of life liberates people, as Paulo Freire indicated.