WHY A CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION? Is entrance into the perfect college or preparation for the ideal profession the reason we educate classically? Educators from the past would have thought us short sighted. John Henry Newman, Oxford Educator, Anglican Clergyman and finally Cardinal in the Catholic Church offered clarity on the final product of such an [...]
I just finished reading Hidden Worldviews, by Steve Wilkens and Mark L. Sanford, and found it an accessible treatment of the every day worldviews that unknowingly shape our lives. While many worldview books seem written for those that write worldview books, this one is written for all of us and is worth reading. The back [...]
All education is inherently religious because it begins with a presupposed view of the nature of what is real, of human life and of the world or cosmos. Whether held consciously or unconsciously all humans have a fundamental outlook called a worldview that influences thought and action and therefore teaching, learning and ethics or character. [...]
Replete with reliable ethics and the time-tested tools of learning a Christian liberal arts education will provide the best defense against unemployment for the next generation of Americans. Twenty first century workers will require the intellectual agility to change careers five times and the ethical strength to define their relativistic work environments. They will need [...]
Creation Regained: The Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview, Al Wolters (Eerdmans) $12.00 This new edition not only has a crisp new typeface and cover, but a great final chapter, linking Al's seminal teaching on worldview to the recent writings of Lesslie Newbigin and N.T. Wright. That young folk don't know these names is a [...]
Recently an opportunity to discuss a Christian Worldview on a television show prompted me to gather my resources, books and thoughts about the topic. More than just a way to view life, a Biblical or Christian worldview provides us with a lens from which to engage all of life. It is meant to activate and [...]
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The world has lost its story and therefore its understanding of what life is about; at classical Christian schools whole learning communities reclaim it. The story of life was once shared by half the world as a gift from God the Father, Maker of heaven and earth. Everyone knew its original beauty was lost when [...]
Repeatedly I hear Robi Marshall stress that children can learn much more than most people think they can learn when given a motivating school and home environment and high expectations. No wonder our schools provide a vigorous learning environment, classical pedagogy and a liberal arts curriculum in the classroom and at home. Learning at classical [...]
Succumbing to the lure of non-transformational educational forms based on glitzy extracurricular programs compares with choosing spicy wings instead of filet mignon if both appear on the same menu. About the same year we opened our last classical Christian school teaching grammar, great books, logic, persuasion and mathematics one of our first parents called another [...]
