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Monthly Archives: August 2005
True Learning
“True learning is revealed in character; it is not a matter of courses or degrees or preparation for a job… [it] is normative: it measures what is against what ought to be. It asks why not, as well as why.” … Continue reading
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The Threat of Scientific Knowledge
“Where knowledge grows without wisdom and without reverence, it threatens both our humanity and our world. Yet modern man suppresses his natural desire to throw himself in the path of science and ask his baffling normative questions (baffling to science, … Continue reading
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Praying Detectives – What I’m Reading
“Parents should use prayer as an investigative tool. Suppose the parents suspect that one of the children has lied about something to them, but they cannot prove it. It’s important that parents not discipline blindly because the Bible teaches that … Continue reading
Detective Work – What I’m Reading
“One commonplace observation about parenting is how many professions are gathered up into that role. Cooking, cleaning, teaching, and so on, are all part of it. My point here is that parenting also includes detective work, courtroom procedures, and sentencing … Continue reading
Listen to the Kids – What I’m Reading
“An important part of bringing up children is the art of listening to them. Of course, when they volunteer things, it’s important to hear, but I mean much more than this. Proverbs tells us that ‘counsel in the heart of … Continue reading
Love and Attention – What I’m Reading
“All parents have experienced the ebb and flow of ordinary life. In bringing up children, nothing is static; nothing stays put. This means that everything might be harmonious and smooth one week and then, a week or two later, mom … Continue reading
THE Book, the yardstick
“…The difference between it and the writings of men is like the difference between the Person of Christ and the person of man… “Look now at the Bible in comparison with human literature. The former is human, but it is … Continue reading
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Linked to the Deed
“The moment a person takes the position that all truth is God’s truth, he is committed to doing something. The Bible knows no such thing as truth that is merely theoretical; in the Bible the truth is linked to the … Continue reading
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Prideful Ignorant Dogmatism
“A great deal of humility is needed to avoid the rash assurance with which some Christians who know next to nothing about the spacious realm of science dogmatize regarding the book of creation.” (The Pattern of God’s Truth, p. 31)
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Praying For Those We Minister WITH
Sometimes we put “so much” effort into praying for our ministries and those to whom we are ministering that we forget to pray for those with whom we are ministering. There are many aspects to this thought that could be … Continue reading
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Mental Muscle
“Nor should the psychologically ambiguous but commonsensical idea of a ‘mental discipline’ confuse anyone. Admittedly, to some, it conjures up the picture of a little muscle behind the ears grown to gigantic proportions having solved a thousand quadratic equations, but … Continue reading
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Basics Scorn
“The chief sin of the modern school in this regard springs from a pervasive attitude in the teaching profession — a peculiar scorn for the basic ideas, underlying assumptions, and fundamental skills of paideia and a consequent desire to teach … Continue reading
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“Escape” Reading
“One cannot help but observe the trend in modern schools to substitute light ‘escape’ reading for the more difficult classics. This practice is defended in the name of getting students to read. …the purpose of learning is discovery, not escape. … Continue reading
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Shallow Oceans
“The wider the ocean of course offerings, the narrower the education of the individual student. When left to himself, the student, who by definition lacks knowledge and mature discernment, often impoverishes his own learning by selecting studies that already interest … Continue reading
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Teaching and Learning – What I’m Reading
“When the Scriptures teach us that parents should teach their children, the flip side of this is that children should learn from their parents. This is obvious to virtually everyone when it comes to teaching little ones how to tie … Continue reading
