We want a Christian way of life to be restored within our Christian communities. This “pearl of great price” in education is greatly valued for those who understand its potential, but largely unrecognized by those who do not.
Classical Christian schools are not so much about teaching facts and skills as we are about forming the soul. We’re not so much about subject matter as we are about virtue. We’re not so concerned with making a living as we are living for a greater purpose. In all this, Classical Christian educators lean on the words of Christ in speaking of vocation in Matt. 6: “Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
Classical Christian education nurtures our youth to transfer a genuine Christian way of life for the next generation of believers—a life marked by a deeper understanding of Christ, His universe, His people, and His Way. It’s time to rethink education. Classical Christian education breaks away to re-establish Christianity as a leading voice in our culture. As you’ll see, the difference can be measured many ways.
As you explore more about classical Christian education, we hope you will join us, support your local school, or start a school.
This unique form of ancient education offers so much more than career readiness. Christian leaders and intellectuals, like G.K. Chesterton, have echoed this point for centuries:
“Education is not a subject, and does not deal in subjects. It is instead a transfer of a way of life.”
The birthdays of 20th Century fantasy writers C.S. Lewis and Madeleine L'Engle offer an occasion for considering the power of storytelling. Both Christians, these writers used Biblical themes and motifs to encourage readers to not only know goodness, but to love it....
When you taste well prepared sushi, a McDonalds fish filet just isn’t so great. That’s what our guest today Grant Horner says when he talks about moving from being bored to having the fire of curiosity awakened in us…Listen in... Grant Horner's academic specialty at...
Winter 2018 “Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.” C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, two of the 20th century’s brightest intellects, built a lifelong friendship on the idea that collaboration is key to success. According to Lewis and...
There seems to be an epidemic today of young people who don’t know who they are. They grasp for affirmation and value through their performance or a social media like. Our guest today says that classical Christian schools are uniquely positioned to light a fire of...
C.S. Lewis left an indelible mark on culture. On this anniversary of Lewis’s death in 1963, we enlist the help of Lewis expert, Diana Glyer, to explore the evidence that Tolkien and Lewis’s influence on each other led to some of the finest literature ever published....
Winter 2018 “WISDOM BEGINS IN WONDER.” —Socrates My real obsession with literature didn’t begin until I made a second go at college. After a subpar performance in high school, followed by a disastrous first year of college (I was academically dismissed with a 0.00 GPA...
Some of our schools are beginning to experiment with “Bridge”…
By Joseph Pierce Read more at The Imaginative Conservative: It is always good to be reminded of the progress Classical Christian Education has made, even in the past decade. "We live in a pathetically dumbed-down culture. Levels of literacy and numeracy...
For 100 days in 1994 more than one million Rwandans were killed in a genocide by their own neighbors. How could such a horrific killing come about? Patrick Twagirayesu survived in a refugee camp and returned to bury the dead in his home country as he preached the...
Winter 2018 WANT TO LEARN MORE? Read the Case Study below, or click the button above to hear the BaseCamp Live podcast, "100 Dead in 100 Days - Education as a Killing Machine." Read the story: Africa Bright Future - A Case Study (PDF) by Holly Owens Visit:...
Winter 2018 | Spring 2019 "At 9 o’clock, when the discussions came to an end, my heart would ache from the beauties I’d glimpsed and the searing truths I’d begun to perceive with the help of others who’d also moved from the solitary to the shared...
Case Study by Holly Owens
