2021 Plenary Talk | 27:55 | Academics & Curriculum, Culture & Faith, Curriculum Overviews, Philosophy, Theology & Bible, Virtue, Character, Discipline
Summary
The life and legacy of the sixteenth-century reformer Pierre Viret illustrates the two-fold task of discipleship for classical Christian schools. Viret took his cue from Romans 12:2: righteous resistance to the world (“Do not be conformed”) must be accompanied by substantive reformation (“But be transformed by the renewing of your mind”). This “both-and” approach propounded by John Calvin’s closest ally and friend, laid the foundations for a remarkable flowering during the Genevan Reformation. It is a “both-and” approach that can lay similar foundations in our own day.
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 six (and counting).
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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