Leaders Day & Workshop Speaker
The Classical Christian Story
Did the medievals simply group the Greek educational arts into “the Trivium” and the “Quadrivium” or do the names give us a clue to something more? Was rhetoric simply training in eloquence? or did it serve a higher, more important purpose? Why do our “socratic discussions” today appear to be so non-Socratic? Do we owe Western Civilization to the Greeks? The Romans? Or another group that you may only have heard of in passing? Through a deep dive into classical education’s true origins, David Goodwin reveals an inverted narrative of Western history that was used to mask the power of the true Gospel to change the world. What if we really believed Christ is King? A group of men, led by two or three key figures, decided to build a civilization on this assumption. As it turns out, school was the driving force in their plan.
David Goodwin is a pioneer in the classical Christian movement, and co-authored the #1 New York Times Bestseller, Battle for the American Mind, with Pete Hegseth. He helped found The Ambrose School in Meridian, ID, and was headmaster there for 13 years, growing it from a struggling small school to over 500 students and building its current facility. He has been the president of the Association of Classical Christian Schools since 2015. He is the editor of The Classical Difference magazine and author of “Discover Classical Christian Education.” His upcoming book, a sequel to Battle…, will offer an insider’s view of why K-12 classical Christian education works.
David currently serves on the Board of Academic Advisors for the Classic Learning Test (CLT) and has served as an advisor for the FOX News documentary “The Miseducation of America,” for the National Association of Scholars “American Birthright” standards, and for the Oklahoma Department of Education. He has been a speaker at various events around the country and has written for publications such as The Federalist, The Washington Times, and others.
David lives in Boise, Idaho, with his wife, Stormy. They have three adult children, one of whom teaches at a classical Christian school.