“Knowledge puffs up but love edifies.” (1Corinthians 8:1) At the heart of classical education is a clash of worldview. Classical education alone produces an intellectual, articulate, logical, but still depraved, man. The Greek (humanist) model of the fulfillment of man is knowledge. The Hebrew (Biblical) model of the fulfillment of man is relationship. As students in a classical Christian school learn, the goal of their learning must never be knowledge for knowledge’s sak

For a Christian school to be excellent, it must have balance in its several components. As an entity formed for the glory of God, it displays His glory inasmuch as it reflects His attributes. Scripture reveals God to be a Person of goodness, beauty, order, process, and relationship (among many other excellencies). So while a Christian school must have as its focus relationship and then knowledge, there must also be balance between three primary components. Component 1: Cultur