"Education reform cannot occur apart from a love of particular things -- children, towns, books, subjects, music, and on and on, to the end of one's life and into the next. Why? God has given us salvation through Christ, who took on His incarnate form during the reign of Caesar … [Read more...]

"Consequently, many Christians involved in modern Christian education need to adopt a more comprehensive vision for education. A Christian education is not a process that dabbles around the edges or tires to improve something in need of radical reformation through a simple … [Read more...]

"For example, some readers might be wondering if a worldview can have a number assigned to it. Isn't this a bit like saying a student has ten pounds of poetic ability or five yards of charm?" (The Case for Classical Christian Education, p. 101). … [Read more...]

"Since we are not withdrawing to the wilderness to establish Hermitage Christian School, we must continue to deal with the world around us as we seek to establish biblical education. And because the world around us resembles a particularly persistent and thick fog, some of it … [Read more...]

"It would be nice indeed if worldview problems could be solved by just crossing the street and opening up a new school, one that is all fresh and clean. But the difficulty is that we track stuff in with us. Wherever we go, there we are" (The Case for Classical Christian … [Read more...]

"So the antithesis is a given. But because it is, some will always try to misplace the antithesis. In other words, they affirm it in principle but misapply it in practice. Misplacing it is really the first of two basic ways to try to get away from this antithesis between the seed … [Read more...]

"God is not a larger version of us, only bigger and smarter. The Christian faith does not point to God as a Homeric deity like Zeus -- an overgrown celebrity" (The Case for Classical Christian Education, p. 98). … [Read more...]

"Unless faithful worship of the living God is at the center of our lives and communities, and therefore at the center of our children's education, 'Christian worldview education' will simply be one more hollow, intellectualistic experiment" (The Case for Classical Christian … [Read more...]