2023 Plenary Talk | 47:18 | Virtue, Character, Discipline
Summary
Best known as the author of “Joy to the World,” “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” “Jesus Shall Reign,” and a host of other beloved hymns, Isaac Watts (1664-1748) was a life-long Puritan schoolmaster and tutor. In the last decade of his life, he began drafting his vision for classical Christian education. The result was an invaluable, erudite, but all too rare book about developing lifelong habits of reading, thinking, studying, and maturing. In this session we’ll explore the lessons he has to tumultuous days and our own high callings.
Speaker
George Grant has started a lot of things and somehow or another he has even managed to finish a few of them. Currently, he is the pastor of Parish Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Tennessee, where he also serves as the director of the King’s Meadow Study Center and teaches at the Franklin Classical School. He has planted four churches, established a fistful of schools and co-ops along with two colleges, accumulated a bottom drawer full of academic degrees, and is the author of enough out-of-print books to keep half the garage sales in the South fully stocked. But, by his own testimony, his greatest accomplishment is his ongoing role as husband of one, father of three, and grandfather of nine (and counting).
Additional Materials
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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