The following articles are taken from our monthly newsletter Reflections, a WCA publication highlighting the building blocks of a Classical Christian Education and its results.
“You are serving the Lord Christ.” Colossians 3:24 The Classical and Christian pedagogy of teaching is most certainly grounded in the Trivium. Westside Christian Academy employs the brilliant methodologies of songs, chants, and repetition at the grammar stage and...
In the last issue we spoke about the scientific evidence for a beginning to the universe and how this pointed to a necessary beginner. In this issue, I want to discuss another piece of scientific evidence that points, not to a beginner, but a designer. Not only is the...
Classical education depends on a three-part process of training the mind. The early years of school are spent in absorbing facts, systematically laying the foundations for advanced study. In the middle grades, students learn to think through arguments. In the high...
As part of your child’s classical and Christian education, he will learn how to understand the world from a Christian Worldview. You may have chosen Westside Christian Academy for this very reason. So what does that mean to the classical and Christian student?...
Where did we come from? This is one of the most fascinating questions we can ask. When asked, most of us immediately begin to think of human origins (evolution vs. God). We are naturally most interested in knowing about ourselves and where we came from. After all,...
In the first issue we spoke about a hurdle that often must be overcome before skeptical friends can begin taking the truth claims of the Bible seriously. This hurdle involved framing the conversation around the idea of worldview instead of religion. As we discussed,...
“WCA? Oh, your kids go to a Christian school,” a friend observed. “My kids go to a classical Christian school.” “What does that mean; they take Latin or something?” she quipped. “Well, yes, they do, but that’s only one facet of this incredible education! Let me...
Understanding worldview as the first step in Christian apologetics. For the majority of my life I was an ardent atheist. One of the main reasons I now am not, is Christian Apologetics. Apologetics is “the defense of something,” Christian apologetics then, is the...