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Tag Archives: education
Enjoying School Isn’t a Good Aim
Douglas Wilson wrote a banger on education where he persuasively shows that a student enjoying themselves now is a bad goal: We tend to evaluate educational progress by the wrong criteria. Instead of evaluating the work to be done, and … Continue reading
A View of Christian Education
I gave this speech at an 8th grade graduation of students at the Independent Learning Academy in Orange County. First of all, I want to thank the Independent Learning Academy leadership, parents, and students for the privilege and honor of … Continue reading
The Saturday Post(s)
Use Your Knowledge to Serve Others, Not Judge Them. For someone who is working through his Masters of Divinity, this was a refreshing piece. “Your gift of theological and apologetic aptitude and knowledge is not the only important gift…It’s given … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, apologetics, atheism, depression, education, glory, gospel, knowledge, learning, lust, salvation
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Brave New World vs. 1984 (Love God with Your Mind)
This isn’t a usual post, but I have found it helpful in thinking about the world I live in, so I offer it to you as well. I hope we continue to see that our greatest threats are often within ourselves. In … Continue reading
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Tagged aldous huxley, education, george orwell, pleasure, thinking
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This Can Ensure College Won’t Be Worthless to You
I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say that listening to the warning in this post could make or break your college career. If you want to learn anything at all in college or be sharpened in any significant … Continue reading
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Tagged college, distraction, education, knowledge, learning, stewardship, study, worship
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The Quackery
Recently, I came across something in Charles Hodge’s biography that made me stop and think: At the christening of Andover Seminary in 1808, Timothy Dwight spoke of how Americans, “insisted that their property…be managed by skillful agents, their judicial causes … Continue reading
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Tagged education, ministry, pastoral ministy, pastors, preaching, school
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