The study of Scripture, for both Augustine and Cassiodorus, was the most important aspect of an education. The study of Scripture was a way to rightly order loves, it was the only means of obtaining the happy life, and it was the primary foundation for attaining knowledge regarding the world.

In what sense may it be said that we can obtain perfect virtue in this life? It may be said that we can obtain perfect virtue in this life because we can obtain Christ himself, by God’s grace and mercy, who is himself perfect virtue and whose perfect virtue is counted as our own through faith.

As classical Christian educators, we have a responsibility to teach our students to sing, and to sing beautifully.

There are some principles that are helpful in thinking about building maintenance as an activity we undertake that honors our Lord. Every one of those situations should do building maintenance to the glory of God, the one who gave each of us to steward that space we are in. Our desire to relate all things to the Lordship of Christ does not end when we stop teaching or grading. It extends to all things, even changing water fountain filters.

Parents, you truly are at war for the hearts, minds and souls of your children and choosing a classical christian school is part of how you must wage that war. But a classical christian school is not a cushy, safe place to hide from the world. Rather, it is a training camp where students are prepared for battle.

As a school leader, you are called to be all things for all of the people in and around your school – and you cannot be that.  So, build a team in which you are focused on your school’s mission and on glorifying God in the calling He has given you – and then ask for help when you need it, which you will.

At all times and in all ways, Lewis breathed out a robust case for the Christian faith. He gave apologetics for the truth of Christ and he made no apology for doing so. All these years later he remains a unique thinker whom many skeptics are willing to listen to when they won’t listen to anyone else.

Through the Scriptures, we come to know our sin and our need for God’s grace, and that God has made a way of salvation and redemption in Jesus Christ.  This shapes our entire attitude of learning and knowing, and it gives us a cosmic vision for the origin of all things, the place of mankind, and God’s ultimate end for His creation.

Having a foundation to draw from is critical for a leader at any level and to draw from the wellspring of life in our Savior not only refreshes the soul but provides the spiritual nourishment in good times and bad that all leaders face.

Recently I had a student ask me a very good question, one which faces Classical Christian science teachers: how do I take seriously the knowledge of stars and atoms arising from scientific investigation while at the same time retain the kind of deep enchanted understanding of the cosmos evident in C.S. Lewis and medieval thought? This is a key question for the Classical Christian movement and students within the Classical Christian stream are asking it. On my reading, modern science is both ripe for such a re-enchantment and already has a degree of enchantment which is obfuscated in the STEM context.