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These are the short articles from the weekly Mount Hope Lutheran School Newsletter. Topics include poems, paintings, great literary works, and the philosophy of classical education. You can browse through past articles here on the website, and you can subscribe to receive new ones in your inbox using the form on this page.

Learning Language

By far, the most important reason language should be taught is that Scripture itself was written and continues to be preached with it.

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Mr. Nathanael Hahn April 24, 2023

“The Dawning” by George Herbert

Herbert lets the title of the poem lead in two different directions—to point both to the time of the Resurrection and to the mourner’s dawning realization of the significance of Christ’s rising.

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Miss Hannah Engwall April 11, 2023

What Is a Law?

God may be a God of order governing the universe, but without the justification we receive through Christ, our scientific endeavor is still a grasping after the wind.

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Mr. Nathanael Hahn March 20, 2023

Heinrich Schütz

May the true God, in these afflicted times of late, let His holy, pure, true Word live abundantly in the churches, the schools, and with each father in his home…

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Miss Hannah Engwall March 13, 2023

What and How

The Word of God tells us the truth: about God, about ourselves, about time and eternity, about sin and redemption—about everything.

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Pastor Andrew Richard March 6, 2023

Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

The Passion is not intended for the academic spectator or the casual tourist—it is intended for the Christian. It movingly directs his heart to meditate on and wonder at what Jesus has done for him.

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Miss Anna Hahn February 27, 2023

Why Use Euclid?

Elements seems to be solely concerned with teaching the “what” and not the “how.” It shows the logic behind things like triangles and circles, lets you get to know them well, and helps you understand the logic in them.

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Mr. Nathanael Hahn February 21, 2023

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