St. Brendan's Podcast

When Paul uses the Greek word paideia in Ephesians 6:4, what did he mean? What is the paideia of the Lord? And how comprehensive was its scope?Well, it certainly wasn't minimalistic or truncated.God isn't only Lord of our hearts, or of STEM, or of the kitchen. He is King of kings and Lord of lords. In Christ are hidden ALL the treasures of knowledge and wisdom.Christian education, then, must pursue a full Christian scope.Join Headmaster Kevin Love and Pastor Eric Conn for Season 1, Episode 4 ...

We're often deceived into thinking that if we just teach our kids the "right" answers, we will have done our job. Check. Complete. But instruction on the particulars is simply not enough. Otherwise, what happens once your kids move out and confront a question for which they hadn't studied? Can you really say they are well prepared for a robust Christian life?This is why any education worthy of the adjective "Christian" must impart a distinctly Christian lens through which our children will se...

How must we Christians educate our children amidst an idolatrous culture? Christianly, of course, but what does this really mean? Has that adjective become a useless platitude? It doesn't have to be.Our latest episode for the St. Brendan's Podcast is the first installment as we try to answer the question, "What is a Christian education?" Principle #1 registers loud and clear: Christian education must pour a Christian foundation. Your children will either worship the creature or they will wors...

Could the very state-run school system designed to educate our children be subverting the core values that Christian families hold dear? Kevin Love, headmaster at St. Brendan's Classical Christian Academy in Ogden, UT, helps navigate the treacherous waters of public school indoctrination, where the undertow of secular humanism and relativism threatens to pull our youth away from Christian beliefs. Kevin and co-host Eric Conn talk about Ephesians 6 and Deuteronomy 6, asking a pivotal question:...