2025 Workshop Talk | | Latin, Greek & Language
Summary
In Seminaries or University Classics departments, the case for Ancient Greek study is easier to make, but classrooms of 14-18 year olds requires a more nuanced approach. Careful, holistic reflection on the aims of classical education aids us in providing such an apologetic, enabling us to move beyond the more commonly cited (largely pragmatic) reasons offered for the inclusion of Greek within our curricula. Ancient Greek not only helps us better understand English or more readily acquire other languages, but is part and parcel of a truly robust classical education.
Speaker
Dr. Colby Jones teaches Greek, rhetoric, and theology at Grace Classical Christian Academy in Granbury, Texas, where his four children also attend. Dr. Jones earned a BA from Southeastern Bible College (where he met his beautiful wife, Sarah), an MA from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and an MDiv and PhD from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Jones has taught Biblical Studies courses for several years at Texas Baptist College and Southwestern Seminary and has been privileged to teach in a Classical Christian school for four years. He and his wife are also active members of Redeemer Church (White Settlement, TX), where they have been members since 2013. When Dr. Jones isn’t reading books on biblical studies, theology, and (of course) Greek, he enjoys more than anything spending time with his family, cheering on the Alabama Crimson Tide, and engaging in super-nerdy discussions about The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars.
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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