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Louis Markos, Professor in English & Scholar in Residence at Houston Christian University, holds the Robert H. Ray Chair in Humanities. His 26 books include Myth Made Fact: Reading Greek and Roman Mythology through Christian Eyes, Plato to Christ, Achilles to Christ, Literature: A Student’s Guide, CSL: An Apologist for Education, and 3 Canon Press Worldview Guides to the Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid. In 2025, IVP Academic will be publishing his Passing the Torch: An Apology for Classical Christian Education and From Aristotle to Christ. His son and daughter teach at classical schools.
This lecture surveys seven things that set classical Christian education apart from progressive education: Liberal Arts vs. Vocational, Canonical vs. Ideological, Books vs. Textbooks, History vs. Social Studies, Humanities vs. Social Sciences, Goodness/Truth/Beauty vs. Relativism, and Virtues vs. Values.
Children are not blank slates, but noble-but-fallen creatures endowed with reason, purpose, and meaning. This lecture surveys ten aspects of the nature of man that have direct bearing on how children should best be educated.
Louis Markos, Professor in English & Scholar in Residence at Houston Christian University, holds the Robert H. Ray Chair in Humanities. His 26 books include Myth Made Fact: Reading Greek and Roman Mythology through Christian Eyes, Plato to Christ, Achilles to Christ, Literature: A Student’s Guide, CSL: An Apologist for Education, and 3 Canon Press Worldview Guides to the Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid. In 2025, IVP Academic will be publishing his Passing the Torch: An Apology for Classical Christian Education and From Aristotle to Christ. His son and daughter teach at classical schools.