The goal of this video is to help parents and pastors be more focused and intentional in their discipleship of the next generation. I’ll talk to you about the tried-and-true classical method of education and offer some very specific ideas and practical tools to equip families and churches.
[Update: Because of technical difficulties, the first eight minutes are audio only.]
Classical education:
- What Is Classical Education? by Susan Wise Bauer
- A New Kind of Apologist - Chapter by Brett Kunkle
Tool #1: Partners
- Spouse
- Local church
- Christian organizations
- Summit Ministries
- Impact 360
- reTHINK Student Apologetics Conferences
- Donate to Brett’s youth ministry work
Tool #2: The Bible
- On Morning Time — Audio by Cindy Rollins
- The Big Picure Story Bible by David Helm
- The Biggest Story by Kevin DeYoung
- The Children’s Illustrated Bible by Selina Hastings
- The Golden Children’s Bible
- The Picture Bible by Iva Hoth and and Andre Le Blanc
- The Brick Bible by Brendan Powell Smith
Tool #3: Books
- What Is Classical Education? by Susan Wise Bauer
- Little Lights — Biographies
- Christian Biographies for Young Readers
- “What Is God Like?” — Series by William Lane Craig
- Read-Aloud Bible Stories by Ella Lindvall and H. Kent Puckett
- The Ology: Ancient Truths, Ever True by Marty Machowski
- The Church History ABCs: Augustine and 25 Other Heroes of the Faith by Stephen Nichols and Ned Bustard
- How Do We Know God Is Really There? by Melissa Cain Travis
- Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews by Jeff Myers & David Noebel
Tool #4: Memorization
- First Catechism (also available online)
- Apostles’ Creed
- Nicene Creed
- Ten Commandments
- The Lord’s Prayer
- Psalm 23
- The Beatitudes
- The Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37–39)
- The Great Commission (Matthew 28:19–20)
Tool #5: Technology
- Torchlighters DVDs
- Illustra Media DVDs
- The Master Designer
- Lamplighter Theater (Audio and books)