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Some wonder about the seemingly odd matchup between classical education<\/a> and Christianity. \u00a0Classical Christian education integrates history, philosophy, and theology, art and other subjects into a truth system based in the real world. \u00a0Christians, more than any other group, can appreciate the real connection we have to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, Persia, and yes, the Greeks and Romans. \u00a0Our scriptures engage real-world events and ideas that\u00a0built the West.<\/p>\n

In the summer edition of Biblical Archeology, one of a countless number of these ties to the classical world can be seen– from Acts 19. \u00a0While you must subscribe to read the BA article, here is a good synopsis by Eric Metaxas.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.breakpoint.org\/bpcommentaries\/entry\/13\/29607<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some wonder about the seemingly odd matchup between classical education and Christianity. \u00a0Classical Christian education integrates history, philosophy, and theology, art and other subjects into a truth system based in the real world. \u00a0Christians, more than any other group, can appreciate the real connection we have to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, Persia, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,35,6,67],"tags":[256],"yoast_head":"\nChristianity is classical - The Classical Difference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/classicaldifference.com\/christianity-is-classical\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christianity is classical - 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