What is Christian education, anyway? - Scott Ambrose

This episode of the Christian Education Podcast features a discussion with Scott Ambrose.

Scott is the principal of Calvin Christian School and draws upon his 25 years of educational experience during our conversation.

Below are some of the critical ideas, biblical texts, and resources mentioned in our discussion:

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 ESV

“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. [5] You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. [6] And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. [7] You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. [8] You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. [9] You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Luke 2:52 ESV

And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favour with God and man.

Luke 6:40 ESV

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

• G. K. Chesterton – “Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.”
• James K. A. Smith, You Are What You Love
• Abraham Kuyper - “There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!”
• An article I wrote recently outlining the idea that every school is in the grip of deep religio-philosophical convictions: https://caldronpool.com/every-school-is-a-religious-school/
• A brief description of Hattie’s Visible Learning including learning intentions an success criteria.

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