The Rise of the Bible-Teaching, Plato-Loving, Homeschool Elitists

How evangelicals are becoming the new champions of the pagan classics.

In its most recent issue, Christianity Today examines the growth of classical Christian education, featuring professor Louis Markos — a frequent speaker at ACCS conferences, contributor to The Classical Difference, and long-time supporter of classical Christian education.

As our movement grows, we expect more thought-provoking articles to come our way, along with questions and criticisms that arise with a growing and unique movement.

LOUIS MARKOS | AUGUST 19, 2019

In the fall of 2018, I spoke at Mars Hill Academy, a classical homeschooling co-op in Lexington, Kentucky. It began in 1995 and offers classes in Latin, Western civilization, rhetoric, and worldview, as well as English, math, and science. A cynic might have warned me that I would be greeted by insular families trying to protect their children from secular culture, a rigid Bible-only approach to learning, a legalistic mindset, and a withdrawal from civic engagement.

What I found instead were parents, students, and teachers with a shared vision of an educational program steeped in the Great Books and committed to glorifying God, freeing the mind from the marketplace of idols, and shaping virtuous, morally self-regulating citizens. READ MORE