Jacob Allee

I have spent my whole career investing in the next generation of the church by teaching and mentoring young people to love the Lord with all there heart, soul, strength, and mind. For 10 years I served as a youth minister in the local church before transitioning into teaching in classical Christian education in 2014. As to my own education I hold a B.A. in Religion and Apologetics from Luther Rice University, an M.A. in Biblical Studies from Piedmont International University, and I have finished all of my coursework towards a Ph.D. in Humanities at Faulkner University. I am presently working to complete my dissertation on the topic of "The Relationship of Classical Theism and Abstract Objects."

My passion is to help students see that everything in this life is about Jesus Christ. God is the God of Math, History, Logic, Philosophy, Literature, Language, Science, and every other field. In other words, we do not simply contain God to the corners of our lives we call "church" or "Bible class." Jesus is Lord of all! All that is true, good, and beautiful flows from and back to our great God!

A few personal notes:

1. I have been married to a wonderful woman named Susan since 2003 and together we have four fantastic kids.
2. I am a C. S. Lewis addict and hope to die in a blaze of glory while shouting "For Narnia!"
3. Video Games (particularly the Legend of Zelda) are a guilty pleasure for me when I am not reading Lewis, Aquinas, Plato, etc. The truth is if it's nerdy then I probably love it.

Teaching Philosophy

I am committed to the classical Liberal Arts of the Trivium and Quadrivium, particularly as they were understood by the medieval scholastics. The Trivium (Latin for "three roads") refers to Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric. The Quadrivium (you guessed it, "four roads") refers to Geometry, Arithmetic, Astronomy, and Music. The Trivium focuses upon the individual and honing their skills of acquiring information, thinking rightfully about it, and expressing it well for the sake of truth. The Trivium is all about the formation of the self into something virtuous. The Quadrivium then takes us outside of the self to look at the world which God has made, a world that is largely expressed in number. Number in time, space, and thought. The Trivium helps us see and become who God made us to be, the Quadrivium helps us to wonder at the universe God made and put us into. The 7 Liberal Arts as a whole should lead us to worship the God who made all things and is the source of all truth (and who became man and dwelt among us)! I believe a well-trained student should leave their K-12 experience being able to think in these categories and to investigate truth, goodness, and beauty in all areas of life through a scholastic method such as that typified by Aquinas in his Summa Theologica. A classically educated student should have the tools to learn whatever they want to learn.

Statement of Faith

I affirm historic, orthodox, Christianity. I affirm the Apostles Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, and the Definition of Chalcedon. To get more specific, I adhere to the Westminster Confession of Faith and its Catechisms and have a warm place in my heart for the three forms of unity of the continental reformed tradition. I affirm the five "solas" of the Reformation.

I am a member in good standing of Reformation Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Apache Junction, Arizona.