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Schools in early American history were characteristically schools promoting Classical Christian education. Normally, the instructors were ministers who had an educational background in classical languages, literature, and Protestant theology.

The Bible was studied by students in its original Hebrew and Greek. They also read Greek classics in the original language.

Classical Christian education often produces students that are amazing leaders and thinkers. A rigorous and challenging education made this type of education a winning service.

Regretfully, our current educational system places no value on these qualities and shuns them. The current system has adopted an irrational and classless changes, which means the degrees tell us nothing of a person’s ability to think.

In contrast, education of the past, such as Classical Christian education, is equated with book knowledge and hard work.

If you think about it, the ability to use reason, analysis, and perspective comes from reading. In Classical Christian education, this scholarly ability is developed in order to understand and apply the Scriptures.

In colonial times, education wasn’t just about learning Christian doctrines or the Christian faith. It was also about studying and classifying reality using the teaching and principles laid out in the Bible. It was through Christian lenses that colonial people examined education, social theories, and philosophy.

Since the early 1900s, Classical Christian education has existed in America. Not only was the education based on Christian values and principles, but the academic standards were high and the results were phenomenal.

How can we have some of the same results in our era? How can we teach in such a manner when the teachers of today aren’t trained in teaching in the classical method? For starters, we need to start with what we have.

The Bible is something we can teach from directly. We can also teach from classic texts from the centuries. There are many great works of science, history, theology, and literature that have been translated to English.

Though Christian Classical education may seem outdated, it is designed to produce a student who has the mental control and capability to read a profound book and write interesting, analytical essays on what was read. More than anything it is designed to bring a student back to God.

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