History Is A River

“In our individualistic times, we tend to think of previous generations or eras as tthough they were a series of ponds. We used to live around a pond that everyone called ‘the fifties.’ Then later we lived aroaund another pond called ‘the nineties.’ But this is not how the Bible encourages us to think about history at all. History is a river, and we live downstream from our ancestors and upstream from our descendants. This means, in turn, that we have educate particular children, dealing with the particular languages, battles, dates, nations, and people. And our schools must spend a good deal of time talking about Constantine, Charlesmagne, Charles Martel, John Knox, and George Washington” (The Case for Classical Christian Education, p.137).