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Former Muslim Presents the Gospel Truth to a Confused Culture – with Abdu Murray
The 2019 Repairing the Ruins Conference welcomed guest speaker Abdu Murray, senior vice president of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. For most of his life, Abdu was a proud Muslim who studied the Qur’an and Islam. After a nine year investigation, Abdu...

WEST vs. EAST LIVE FROM LONDON WITH TOM VELASCO
London embodies the ancient and the modern in its skyline from St. Paul’s Cathedral to the new jagged Shard skyscraper. It is equally diverse in its people and beliefs, but London was for centuries leading Western thought. How are our loves for God and the world best...

Prepared for A Real Job?…A Data Analyst Weighs In On Liberal Arts Degrees ~ Rob Sentz
For juniors and seniors at classical Christian schools, one of their most pressing questions is, “Where am I going to college?” And not far behind, “Should I continue in the liberal arts or focus on a different path?” Rob Sentz, Chief Innovation Officer at Emsi, a...

Bored with Everything? Awaken the Fire of Curiosity – Grant Horner
When you taste well prepared sushi, a McDonalds fish filet just isn’t so great. That’s what our guest today Grant Horner says when he talks about moving from being bored to having the fire of curiosity awakened in us…Listen in... Grant Horner's academic specialty at...

Image Bearers: Becoming who you were made to be – Peter Baur
There seems to be an epidemic today of young people who don’t know who they are. They grasp for affirmation and value through their performance or a social media like. Our guest today says that classical Christian schools are uniquely positioned to light a fire of...

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What does it mean to be an ACCS Accredited school?
An answer from a newly accredited member During the past two years, Veritas Christian Academy has undertaken the task of changing accrediting associations. “Why did we make this change from a broad accreditation to a specific group?” The short answer is that as a...

“Aeneid the Musical”
Epic Poem Turned Musical: Aeneid the Musical Five seniors turn their thesis into something different "We are hoping to write a musical! And then cast it, produce it, and direct it!" These words came from two young men who had recently delivered their junior thesis and...
A Nation of Biblical Illiterates
A timely wake-up call for Christian parents and pastors The Cultural Research Center of Arizona Christian University has released its American Worldview Inventory 2022. The results are disconcerting, to put it mildly. Two-thirds of parents of pre-teens in America...
200 New Classical Christian Schools Open in Just 2 Years
For the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS), 30 years of hard work is starting to pay off. Dr. Timothy Dernlan, vice president of member services and advancement at ACCS, told The Lion that 100 new ACCS schools opened in the past year. ...

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Recovering Classical Christian Education
Associates for Biblical Research Mr. John Mark Niehls, headmaster of ACCS member Coventry Christian Schools in Pottstown, PA, explains the "Gospel-centered and time tested alternative: Classical Christian Education." To say that western society is destroying itself...

A New Documentary: The Miseducation of America
By David Goodwin, President, ACCSIn this article: The Story of Education | A Two-year Project | Inside the Documentary | Out-takes and Fun Facts | Paideia Battle for the American Mind, by Pete Hegseth and David Goodwin.The #1 New York Times Bestseller Learn...

ACCS Interviews Keith Getty on New Album “Confessio: Irish-American Roots”
Confessio: Irish-American Roots, is a diary of Keith and Kristyn Getty’s past year in Ireland. “Confessio” is from the confession of St. Patrick, which was written while he was a missionary in Ireland, and was turned into a Christian hymn. Listen to Keith’s...

A VIDEO TOUR OF A 1791 NEWSPAPER
At classical Christian schools we believe he best way to read history is to go to the source documents. Enjoy this light, humorous reading of a 1791 Newspaper originally posted in the Journal of the American Revolution. One of the most effective ways to immerse...