Carter Ehnis – New Aberdeen College https://newaberdeencollege.com Forming mature disciples of Christ in the traditions of classical learning and the Reformed faith Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:28:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://newaberdeencollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-New-Aberdeen-College-Favicon-512x512-1-32x32.png Carter Ehnis – New Aberdeen College https://newaberdeencollege.com 32 32 Latin, or Greek? Does It Matter? https://newaberdeencollege.com/latin/ https://newaberdeencollege.com/latin/#respond Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:34:07 +0000 https://newaberdeencollege.com/?p=1416 I have recently re-encountered the argument that classical Christian educators should focus their years of language classes on Greek rather than Latin. This view primarily arises because parents and educators want their students to read the New Testament in its original language. Proponents of this view suppose that, if we are to spend all this time on learning a “dead language…

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]]> https://newaberdeencollege.com/latin/feed/ 0 On Teaching and Learning Classical Languages https://newaberdeencollege.com/on-teaching-and-learning-classical-languages-a-reformation-of-reason-and-method-2/ https://newaberdeencollege.com/on-teaching-and-learning-classical-languages-a-reformation-of-reason-and-method-2/#respond Thu, 02 Nov 2023 19:50:20 +0000 https://newaberdeencollege.com/?p=774 Mr. Carter Ehnis, M.A. Last year, I began rereading the works of C.S. Lewis. As I worked through Surprised by Joy, I came upon the oft-quoted passage where Lewis tells of his first encounter with Homeric Greek: This encounter is dear to many classical language teachers because it depicts both the reason and method for learning ancient languages. While classical language teachers…

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