In the Latin version of the Large Catechism, parents are exhorted “to have [their children] instructed and trained in a liberal education.” Such a classical education combined with Christian theology defined Lutheran higher education for centuries. And now it is coming back!

We are in an age of barbarism. It falls to us to defend and extend our Western Christian civilization, and Luther Classical College does just that. It is devoted to the fear of God and the life of the mind for the good of the church. Now is the time to build afresh so that our grandchildren may be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Give me a plumber who reads Virgil, a carpenter who plays the pipe organ, and a pastor who recognizes a strong trochaic foot. Give me a world full of thinking men and women educated in the liberal arts who confess Christ in their vocations, debate the sanctity of life in the public square, and discuss Tocqueville over supper. Give me a neighborhood full of graduates from Luther Classical College, and I will look forward to tomorrow.

Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. How wonderful to have an educational institution that aims to build students up in Christ, rather than scrape and claw at their faith and trust in the Lord. How wonderful to have a college that builds on the foundation of what is beautiful and true and good, rather than the ugly and aimless subjectivism of our age. How wonderful to be a part of establishing Luther Classical College.

As a Christian father, I educate my children so that they may grow in grace and knowledge and service to others. When they leave my charge, I am excited that Luther Classical College will be waiting. I can think of no better foundation for the next generation than a liberal arts education grounded in Lutheran doctrine, taught by Lutheran pastors and professors, and surrounded by Lutheran mentors and friends.

We must be like householders who search the cultural storerooms, bringing out treasures old and new. Our roots must run deep. By supporting Lutheran classical education, we invest in the sure hope of  treasures eternal. While the world drifts into a kind of cultural amnesia, we must equip our young people to be soldiers of the cross, true scribes of the kingdom.