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Footings for Children is a curriculum for those who teach children in after-school clubs, Sunday schools, camps, and even home devotionals. It is designed to be adapted and applied in any cultural context, including settings where teaching aids and tools are limited.
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Category Archives: Education
Dualism: The Hidden Effect of Secular Education on Christian Children
Dualism, not atheism, may be the bigger threat to Christian students in the public school classroom. Many people seem to think that, while instruction based in any organized religion is unacceptable indoctrination, the precepts of materialist atheism (the worldview of … Continue reading
The HARVARD WALL that Exposes the Modernist Rewrite of History
Harvard and Yale, among other venues, clearly display the early American belief that truth derives from God. In a recent post entitled The Atheists Who Honored the Bible, Darrow wrote about the founding of Western education in a biblical understanding. … Continue reading
EUPRAXIA: Education for Skills is Not Enough
The goal of the Puritan vision for education was the practice of right living. Noah Webster (1758-1843), the father of American scholarship and education, was in the line of the Puritans and their radical Pilgrim cousins. He was a descendent … Continue reading
ENCYCLPEDIA: Whole Education for a Whole Life
Education in the West has suffered from the influence of atheism. The rise of atheism brought the death of absolute truth and morality in the West. Without an infinite and transcendent reference point, individuals became the center of the universe. … Continue reading
VERITAS – The Puritan Pursuit of Truth
The Puritans, preserving the line of faithful and orthodox Christians, have always had a passion for Truth. This pattern was established in the story of the Bereans who asked if what the Apostle Paul was saying was true (Acts 17:11). … Continue reading
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TECHNOLOGIA: The Most Powerful Concept of Education You Never Heard Of!
The quest for better education in the West would be greatly enhanced by a curriculum from the Puritans. I recently became aware of a missing ingredient in the contemporary discussion of the health and development of nations. I speak of the … Continue reading
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Aid that Increases Poverty? A Case Study in Unintended Consequences
by Scott Wisley Ask Scott Wisley Why poverty? and he’ll tell you Because of lies. Papuans were totally self-sufficient for thousands of years so it is a difficult task to convince them that they are hopeless and helpless. But in the … Continue reading
Freedom Comes From Religious Education, But Not Just Any Religion
Mike Metzger’s recent essay, The Fourth R caught my attention. (As we wrote here, Mike is the Senior Fellow and President of the Clapham Institute. His weekly DoggieHead Tilt blog is a regular part of my reading.) Mike says the … Continue reading
“Never let your children’s schooling stand in the way of their education!”
I’ll never forget the day I heard Francis Schaeffer say that. I was shocked. I had always considered the words synonymous. When I thought of education I pictured the schools I had attended: Overland Avenue Elementary, Palms Junior High, and Hamilton … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Francis Schaeffer, John Milton, lifelong learning
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The Visible Results of the Gospel
About ten years ago I began to feel restless about the work of the missionary organization I was part of. To be sure, there was lots to be happy about. We had dedicated missionaries very effective at building relationships in … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Discipleship, Education, Evangelism, Great Commission, Mission, Poverty, Wholism, Worldview
Tagged Gospel, Great Commission, Wholism
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