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Living Books for Little Ones

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Just because you have young children (Toddlers and “Pre-schoolers”) doesn’t mean you need to succumb to reading ‘twaddle’** to them. Even young children benefit from Living Books, and there are great Living Books that are shorter and have less complex ‘storylines’ for your younger children.

What is a Living Book? A short, off the cuff (not ultimate) answer is: A book that has literary value (excellence) and engages the reader, regardless the age. For our Christian family, that literary value is not judged by just “well written” style and such, but also God-honoring content – as per Phil. 4:8, that doesn’t go against Biblical values.

Here’s a few (besides the Bible of course) that my little ones have greatly enjoyed – and have been read over and over and over.
1) Books by Margaret Wise Brown – Big Red Barn, Good Night Moon, Runaway Bunny, etc.
2) Mother Goose nursery rhymes (judge which ones) – I’m looking for a copy of the Annotated Mother Goose (oop) that tells the story behind each – most were not written as “cute” children’s stories, but rather political comments.
3) Hush Little Baby (we have a board book, “nature” version with great illustrations)
4) Tale of Three Trees – by Angela Hunt – we have the board book
5) SOME of the CLASSIC Golden Books – Over in the Meadow, The Color Kittens, etc.
6) Some of the classic folk-tales – Henny Penny, Little Red Hen, Chicken Little (are they all chicken stories?) (we don’t do the “magic” type stories)

Just a little more complex:
7) by Beatrix Potter – Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Flopsy Bunnies, etc. This series was my older boys’ absolute fave when they were younger. Now they like – Robin Hood, Ivanhoe, Robinson Crusoe, etc.
8) some Aesop’s Fables
9) by Else Minarik – the Little Bear stories
10) The Little Engine the Could – by Watty Piper
11) Corduroy
12) by Robert McCloskey – Blueberries for Sal, Make Way for Ducklings
13) by Ezra Jack Keats – The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willy
14) by Virginia Burton – Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, the Little House,
15) by Russell Hoban – the Frances stories
16) by Arnold Lobel – the Frog and Toad stories
17) OxCart Man – by Donald Hall
18) Child’s Garden of Verses – by Robert Louis Stevensen
19) by AA Milne – the Winnie the Pooh stories
20) James Herriot’s Treasury for Children

I could go on and on, but here’s 20 of our favorite great books/series that will get you started reading Living Books to your Little Ones.

Let’s add another, just for fun. Not an old classic, but great for little ones: Sandra Boynton’s toddler’s books: Barnyard Dance, Moo Baa, LaLaLa, The Going to Bed Book, Blue Hat Green Hat, But Not the Hippopotamus, etc.

**twaddle = worthless, poorly written, dumbed-down, fluff

 

Using Noah Plan Curriculum Guides

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The Noah Plan Curriculum Guides (NPCG) can be a great blessing to anyone wanting to teach by Biblical Principles. Even if you don’t plan to strictly follow the “Principle Approach” (PA), you will learn much that will be of great value to you.

The Noah Plan History & Geography Curriculum Guide is my favorite. I have spent much more time with it than the others. Also, history is the foundation for all studies (all “subjects” have a “history”) so it is a great place to start.

SOME PRACTICAL IDEAS for using NPCG – History —
I’d recommend reading the book through first. Not even worrying about taking notes – yet. Just read through, getting an idea of the “big picture” – the main gist of PA-style History. This will familiarize you (better) with the terms and components. [ My hesitantly given, not recommended, possibility: I suppose if someone is a really slow reader and has almost no time and is already somewhat familiar with NP and PA they could just very CAREFULLY, spending some time at it, go over the Table of Contents. BUT it will not produce the same effect.]

THEN go back to the beginning of the book, with paper and pen in hand and begin reading again – taking good notes, that make it make sense to you.

Chapter 1 – Skip the grade level curriculum charts for now!

Chapter 2 – Foundations for Teaching History will give you a good philosophy of History. Read it – 2-3 times before moving on, if you need to. Take good notes – or better yet, write a narration for each article, for which you’d probably have to go paragraph by paragraph – many times I just do this narration orally, in whatever I’m reading, to be sure I’ve understood. Then at the end of the chapter (several articles) try to write a summary of a Biblical philosophy of History in your own words, from your notes. This will prove very valuable to you when you go to teach your children the Biblical – Foundations of History. (This would be a great study for your Jr/Sr High student.)

Chapter 3 – Enlivening the History Curriculum will help you understand the components of PA history. Read it over until you have a good idea of what makes up a history course PA-style. They are: the Principles, the Leading Ideas (short explanations of both referenced to T&L*, and CHOC* for further understanding), the Chain of Christianity, and teaching History through Individuals – then, using primary sources, geography (as the “stage” for history), and enrichment methods (literature, arts, field trips, etc.). Get a good understanding of each component and why it is used (otherwise you won’t use it). Of course you can always CHOOSE not to use them, for your own purposes! It would be of great benefit to you if you would take each component and write an “informal essay” of it and its importance in the curriculum (for the ones you choose to include).

Chapter 4 – Teaching History will help you understand how to actually plan the lessons. (See how we’ve progressed from philosophy, to methodology, to now application?) This, I think for most people, is probably the hardest part to “catch” – the pulling it all together. This is where we need to be careful to not get caught up into bondage of “the letter of the law”. WHEN the first two parts are well internalized, this part should almost “flow”. The SPIRIT will come forth. This, of course, is where I do not believe a home needs to follow the pattern of a school. The HOME way is the “better” way, the institution has constraints that require it to not have the freedom that we do. Therefore, the school is in bondage to the “letter” much more so than the home. The lessons should flow in the lifestyle of the home. There still is much info in this chapter to help us learn – notebooking, 4 R-ing, distinctives of a PA lesson, the “art of learning”. Good things to internalize, so they can flow naturally, and not be “applied legalistically”.

This part does not make sense if the first 2 parts aren’t well understood and internalized. This frustrates parents, who feel the time-clock ticking away. They just want to teach history, and they can’t even understand how to plan a lesson. But most likely the frustration is there because they haven’t internalized, don’t have a good understanding of the philosophy and components. I’m not saying that every lesson idea will just spontaneously flow onto the paper – there’s more prep for that. I’m saying that HOW to plan a lesson will make sense.

OK —
NOW you can look at the grade level curriculum charts! They will make so much more sense now. Skim through the grade levels. You’ll notice many of the aspects are the same, grade to grade. Note the Principle Emphasized/area of history studied for each and look through the “set up” – scope and sequence. Note the progression through the grades.

Choose a “grade level” to study more closely.** Read through it carefully. Do you see how all the pieces come together? BUT you certainly don’t have to follow these curriculum charts. You now have all the tools to make your own! Well, to get a GREAT start on it anyhow. You can start teaching your children history the “PA way” now. Even if you don’t use these charts, they help you understand what a PA history course looks like.

WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE BOOK —
Chapters 5 and up take you into the Geography aspect. I wouldn’t even go there yet. Get the History internalized first. THEN, go for it – in the same way. It will “come together” much quicker once the history is internalized. The Geography will dovetail into your history, and there is much actual “teaching content” in the guide.

*NOTE: T&L = Teaching And Learning: America’s Christian History
CHOC = Christian History of the the Constitution: Volume 1

** NOTE: K really is a pretty good place to start, if you want to use these charts. It’s a good “foundation”. You can take it a little faster and move on, or integrate a couple of years together. Do you have young ones and older, teen aged ones? How about integrating K and 8?

 

Balanced or Weighted?

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As I’m known to reiterate, the philosophy is the principle thing for Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ – the big picture, the wisdom of it. The methodology is the key to Freedom & Simplicity™, taking the philosophy from theory to application. It is applied to the content through Wisdom’s 7 Pillars.

But I hope none are looking to Wisdom’s 7 Pillars as a “curriculum” of what needs to be learned, at what depth, at what stage to be a “complete” education. The 7 Pillars are only a categorizing of topics of study from within God’s vast possibilities for learning. They are just a framework to help us structure and organize our learning. Recently I have been excited to see how closely most of them line up with the divisions of the Bible. But that’s another topic for another day.

Within, or without, the Pillars you are free to apply the philosophy and methodology to the Pillars as light or as deep as you desire. This is where I firmly believe that family discipleship and legacy fits in. God has given you your children because He desires for you to teach and train them in things He has put in you!

Perhaps you will only teach foundational principles and then skim science. But you will forge the depths of history. Perhaps you will accent music, or art, or Bible doctrine, or government. Perhaps writing is your forte, or speaking. Perhaps studying the precision of creation through mathematical equations.

Where is God calling you? Search the scriptures. Notice how God calls families into His purposes. Perhaps He’s wanting to start something in you that He desires to bring to fruition through your children. Don’t be afraid to focus on your strong points, to pass onto your children what God has worked in you.

World changers have never been the people with the average, “required” status quo education. They have always (I probably shouldn’t use such ‘extreme’ terms) been those a little different, who excelled in their calling, but many times were considered “inadequate” (at least in their early years) because they didn’t have a “well rounded” edcuation, and were “sub-standard” in many areas.

I believe that we all need to see God’s principles and purposes for all the Pillars, but thorough delving deeply into each may not be God’s unique calling for our individual families. We need to walk in the freedom and individuality He has for our unique family to focus on the area(s) He desires for us. We need to focus on His focus for our family.

As R.C. Sproul Jr. puts it, there are only 3 things absolutely necessary. They are the core curriculum, required for all families. He calls them the Three G’s. They are: Who is God? What has God done? What does God require of me? Beyond that is up to God’s grace in your own family. We need not all study the same things, but we must all study something. We all need knowledge and skills in some area to fulfill God’s purpose for our lives.

Go to God and ask Him, what is His call and emphasis for your family. It’s probably a natural for you though. He put it in you! He has given you freedom to walk in who He has made you. Don’t question nor regret what He has made you. Don’t question or regret what you are or are not able to give your children. Study to show yourself approved. Give your children Jesus and His Word – the Three G’s. Lead them in the wisdom of thinking Biblically about all of Life and Learning. Then focus on what He has put in you, so your children can follow you as you follow Christ.

That’s all that He asks of us. How could anyone else ask anything more? If they do, it only puts bondage on us that is not of God. Live in God’s design, which may be heavily weighted, not balanced as the world sees it. But your “weighted” education will be one full of grace that gives you “good success”, fruitfulness and fulfillment as your family walks in His design for their lives.

 

Second-hand Thanks

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I am joyfully indebted to Rosealee Slater, Verna Hall, and the wonderful people at the Foundation for American Christian Education (F.A.C.E.). They have, through the Principle Approach, raised a standard of Christian Education that is unsurpassed by any others. Their philosophy of learning by Biblically seeking out the foundational principles of all you study produces students with a more solid Biblical Worldview than any other approach to Christian Education is currently doing.

In fact, their students are so good, the resources I use and love even more than F.A.C.E’s are those by their students. They are resources that we’ve owned and continually gone back to for many, many years. I won’t review each resource here, but I will list some of those all-time favorites that we have found most useful. Many of these we didn’t even know were “Principle Approach” books until we got into reading them. Marshall Foster’s The American Covenant was one of our first, and is now quite well worn, laying a foundation for where we’re at and where we’ve come from. I always meant to get the Study Course to go with it, but haven’t yet. K. Alan Snyder’s If the Foundations Are Destroyed is our newest pick and a must for Biblical governmental understanding. America’s Providential History by Stephen McDowell and Mark Beliles has been for a very long time among our very top picks – overall and in the category of HisStory. Liberating the Nations, also by McDowell is a more recent enjoyment on how a Biblical Worldview transforms everything about a culture. I consider all of these “required reading”.

As for actual PA curriculum type resources, the “other” big red book has remained my most used and most helpful resource – A Guide to American Christian Education by James Rose (full review coming soon). Judah Bible Curriculum by Bill Burtness was on my list for nearly 15 years before I bought it. I’d never seen it, and wasn’t sure I wanted to take the chance, but now that I have it I wish I would’ve gotten it years ago.

I’ll write more individually about these books another day. Some I’ve already written about – in past blogs or on our webpages. But check them out today. They are all worthy additions to your home library.

And THANKS F.A.C.E. for teaching your students well. They have gone on to do exactly what you have taught them, and what Christ desires of us all, to disciple others as they have been discipled. They are modeling the Biblical principle of Discipleship – “you follow me as I follow”, and for that I am ever grateful to you.

 

Thinking Biblically about Education

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The first “assignment” I give to parents coming to me for home education councel is to develop a Biblical philosophy of education. I know some of you think you don’t need a philosophy, you’ll just buy whatever books look good, and wing it. I also know that unless you are a “set in cement” type of person who says “we are going to make this work, no matter what”, you will be switching and buying other things that look better along the way – over and over. Now this isn’t about NOT buying new resources. It’s about getting the right fit. And learning to think “God’s way” – “rightly dividing the word of God” and applying to to every area of life. Anyhow, I’m digressing a bit.

My point is that whether you want to develop a philosophy of ed or not, you already have one, and unless you were brought up in a strong Christian home with a strong Christian education, or have already studied this out, it is not a Biblical view of education. Everyone has presuppositions about education (and life). A Biblical view of education just doesn’t come automatically when you come to Christ. You bring your old mindset with you, that must be renewed to think Biblically – about education and all of life.

Throughout these articles and my teaching I give you ideas on how to develop that Biblical view, but for those of you that desire to go a little deeper into the Principle Approach (PA), or even those that are following Lifestyle Education through Disicpleship a little “looser” than PA – but would like a more thorough, systematic study on this, I recommend the Self-Directed Seminar (SDS) by the Foundation for American Christian Education (FACE). It is a 9 Lesson study, teaching the methods of the Principle Approach as you research a Biblical philosophy of education.

In July and August we will be looking at the lessons of the SDS, 1 each week on Mondays, on the Bible Principles elist at Yahoo. I welcome you to join us there. Get the SDS. Join the Bible Principles list. Begin studying and send your comments, questions, and insights to the list, beginning with Lesson 1 on July 4.

 

Sola Scriptura

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May 7, 2005

Earlier this week I started an article that would include my Top 10 home library picks. Our webpages have (or are in the process of having) many recommendations for resources for the Christian family. Yet, in the making of books there is no end. All is vanity. Books are one of the best pursuits man can make on earth – far more beneficial than most of the other things this world has to offer, and yet it is still vanity.

Only one thing is needful. Yet the American Church has strayed so far from it. In becoming people of many books, we are no longer a people of THE Book. We may read devotionals ABOUT the Bible, or story books of Bible stories – or even watch them, or somewhat a remake of them, on video. We may follow along with a few verses (paraphrased beyond recognition) on an overhead screen on Sunday and maybe, Wednesday. But by and large, American Christians are pretty Biblically illiterate.

Though I will probably eventually write the Top 10 list, and we do continue to utilize other resources along side the Bible for educating our children, today I want to just encourage you to get into the Word. Just the Word. No books about the Bible or Biblical ideas. Not even “Bible study” books. But just the Bible alone. Not men’s parphrases or “dynamic equivelents”. Just the literal Word of God (translated into English, if you don’t read Hebrew/ Greek. 🙂

Just read it. Read it as you would any other book, chapter by chapter, beginning to end. Read it slow enough to catch what it is saying – even if you think you’ve “heard that all before”. Think about what you are reading. This is important stuff! God wrote this just to send a message of love to YOU! Think about it as a whole message. If you don’t understand something or have a question, write it down. There’s a good chance it will be clarified/ answered later in the Book. Let Scripture interpret Scripture. Along with that – and even better, ask the Author what He meant. If you have entered into covenant relationship with God, He is your Father and He just loves to hear from you and talk to you and has even given you of Himself to be your Teacher, the Holy Spirit lives in you to reveal God and His Word to you.

Get to know God for yourself, through His Word and prayer alone. Not about, and through, someone else’s relationship with Him. Your life will be transformed by Sola Scriptura.

 

Simple or Easy?

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Life is hopefully returning to “normal for our house” after our whirlwind last two months, and I can return to having time to think about and edit my thoughts. One thing I’ve given some thought to – in light of my recent Freedom & Simplicity™ seminar – is the difference between Simple and Easy. As Christians, many of us have faced that difference through the Gospel. Jesus told us that we come to Him simply, as children. He also said it is not easy, in fact He said its easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to be saved. So there is a difference between easy and simple.

A lesson to be learned is that although some things aren’t easy, and in fact can be quite a challenge, that doesn’t mean they aren’t worth pursuing. It also means that challenging things don’t have to be complicated. This means anyone can do them, if they will just apply discipline, diligence, and other virtues. Skill and intelligence have their place, but the virtue of hard work – discipline, and faith that relies on God’s help are what really makes the difference in life.

OK, now to my educational application. Many come to a Biblical Principles type of education, especially a structured one like the Principle Approach, feeling intimidated but drawn – sometimes over and over again. I have run into so many people who say, “I’ve looked into that – several times. I’m scared to try it, but I keep coming back to checking it out. I believe that drawing is from God, as this approach draws people into His Word – to learn of Him and His Ways, and to renew their minds to think Biblically. That is quite a challenge that requires discipline. It won’t be gained by just going with the flow. It will require pressing on toward a high standard. But that is not a reason to stay away. It is our high calling in Christ, which He equips us for.

Although some programs can be complicated to implement, an education based on Discipling our children in Biblical Principles doesn’t need to be. It can be quite simple. Simple methods, simple structure, yet challenging us to press in, to come up higher. Requiring of us, Disicpline and Trust. Things we must apply ourselves. On the other hand, complicated methods and complex structures that require intellect and skill always holds a cop out for us home educators. If we aren’t skilled or intelligent, we just plain can’t do it. Not our fault. If we aren’t disciplined and trusting in God, it is our fault. These are things we need to all be working at and growing in.

We firmly believe that God intends education to be Simple – not complicated. We also believe, like all things of Excellence, it may be challenging – not easy. But for those willing to apply Disicpline and Faith, it will bring great rewards – for all.

 

Graduations

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Do you have a few graduations coming up? Are you like us and you think, “We don’t know anyone this year who’s graduating,” but then the mailbox fills up with 3 or 4, or more invitations. I’m urged that, “This set of plates and cups would be a perfect gift, and what a great price,” or some other such thing. I’m tempted but…

I always come back to what I see as a perfect graduation gift – a gift for godly learning. Our top pick is the gift our oldest daughter received at a graduation dinner for the Youth Leaders, given by our church’s Regional Director (or something like that 🙂 It was America’s Providential History. It is the perfect gift for a home educated student with a Biblical Worldview to start their own library. But it is also the perfect gift for the government school student, who has no idea where God fits into History.
Along the way, I’ve thought of a few others that would be great library starters. Understanding the Mysteries of Creation by Dennis Petersen might be more enjoyed by the more scientific minded. And, is a good introduction for those who received their education in government schools, who have not done much study on Creation vs. Evolution.

For the student who received a good Biblical Worldview education through good learning methods, how about their own 1828 Dictionary. I know that is what our third daughter cherishes above all other books. Perhaps their own Teaching and Learning America’s Christian History and Christian History of the Constitution for a studious student.

For any Christian student, you couldn’t go wrong with their own Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, and perhaps instruction on How to Study the Bible by Chuck Missler (on tape, for on-the-go less-inclined-to-read recipients).
If the Foundations Are Destroyed is a good introduction to a Biblical view of Government. What the Bible is All About, Walk through the Bible by Chuck Missler and Learn the Bible in 24 Hours are good foundational Bible overviews. (The last 2 on tape/CD.)

Although I think books are ALWAYS the best gift 😉 there certainly isn’t a more appropriate time than that of celebrating their learning to give books to ALL your recipients.

 

Principled Math

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Discipleship is one of the key components of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™, which we explain as “you follow me as I follow Christ.” The Principle Approach describes it as being a “living textbook”. This concept scares the confidence out of many parents. “I don’t know/remember any of that stuff. I don’t have time to learn it. Why can’t I just hand them a self-teaching textbook/workbook?” This is especially true in two main areas, math and language. Many parents are in complete fear that they are going to totally mess their children up by not including everything, or teaching something wrong. This attitude passes on several un-Biblical thoughts toward education, implanting in our children the same humanistic philosophies of education that were implanted into us.

Which leads us to another key component of L.E.D., Renewing Your Mind. You must be transformed in your philosophies (beliefs) about education before you can pass them on to your children. You must be a Learner to be a Teacher; and being a Learner (Disciple) is something we are called to for all of our lives. We are to model Learning to our children. We are not to just learn “spiritual things” as adults, but to continue to learn in all areas of our lives, as God’s Kingdom grows within us. For His Kingdom is His Lordship over EVERY area of our lives.

So, getting to our topic, perhaps you’re saying, “What’s Christian about math? 2 + 2 = 4 for the Christian and pagan alike. It’s just facts; there’s no philosophy to it.” Ah, not so my friend. Math is what God uses to hold our orderly Universe together. In fact, math is what gives our Universe order. Math is the language of Creation. Though atheistic or humanist educators may want you to believe otherwise, there is a deep philosophy of math that only springs from the Almighty Creator God. Math shows forth the attributes of God, and is eternal and infinite, as He is. I’ll let you begin your search is Romans 1:19-20, as I just want to lay down a foundation for you to begin thinking about how you should be teaching math.

After you renew your mind, by studying out (4 R-ing, if you will) the Biblical Foundations of Math, the Vocabulary and Principles of Math, and the PIPEline of HisStory in Math, you will have a much deeper understanding AND appreciation for math. Once you begin to see God’s hand in math, you will see wonder, not boredom in it. And you will want to share that wonder with your children. Wow, Discipleship! Far different from the attidude of, “Learn this, you’ll need it someday. Well, no, I don’t remember how to do it, I never use it.” Or perhaps you remember how to do it, but don’t have a clue how to teach it, because you only learned it by rote, on a knowledge level, without understanding or wisdom. Parent, learn it! You aren’t in the grave yet. God still expects you to be learning. There are 2 VERY good reasons for YOU to (re)learn math this way, the same reasons you are going to teach your children math this way: 1)You will come to know God better, 2) you will be better equipped to make Him known to others.

I know most of you are thinking, “But math is hard; I don’t have time;” ad nauseum (whoops, sorry). You’d be surprised at how little time you could learn the foundations to get started in this. Or maybe you’re one of the rare few that is saying, “I know and understand math. I didn’t have this way of instruction and it’s got me where I need to go in the world.” Remember, we are not educating for this world alone. We are educating for Wisdom, not just knowledge.

Let’s take a look at how we can, in Freedom & Simplicity, transform our math Learning and Teaching. A Guide to American Christian Education is probably my foundational resource for developing a Foundational Biblical Worldview of Math. A section is devoted to Arithmetic. In these 20 pages you will probably learn more about math and teaching math than all your years in school taught you; for you will be learning from whole to parts; wisdom, understanding and knowledge. You will see the interconnectedness, the Big Picture; which doesn’t look near as scarey as looking at all those unending disconnected pieces we were taught by. This along with your own Biblical study will take you through many years of teaching beginning math.

Although we also like Ruth Haycock’s Encyclopedia of Bible Truths, and The Noah Plan Mathematics Curriculum Guide, I did not find near as much Foundational and easy to use and understand information in either of those as in the A.C.E. Guide. They are both good for further study, but not necessary at first. Another facinating book, again for later as you have time, not absolutely necessary for beginning, is James Nickel’s Mathematics: Is God Silent?

In teaching you will lay the same Foundation for your children that you learned; teaching them the Biblical Foundations, Source, and Purpose for Math first. Just present what you have learned, on their level. The foundation of HisStory of Math can be presented easily, as the basics of its origin in Asia, development in Europe, and liberty in America; gradually adding more details year by year. You will lay down Foundational Vocabulary & Principles, and again, add to them as you progress. Your beginning child will have the seed that contains the whole, on their own level. And have a Biblical Understanding of Math beyond what you probably had when you began this study.
At Jesus’ feet,
Lisa
P.S. More on Principled Math, like how to actually teach it and what resources to use are in our Lifestyle Education through Discipleship: Freedom & Simplicity in Math book. (In process of being written – in pdf format for electronic purchase.)

 

Why we weep

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Christian parents, the suffering and death of Terri Schaivo has given us much to contemplate. Though it is sad that the concensus of our nation no longer values life, it is far worse that the people of God do not. The majority of “Evangelical Christians” evidently have no Biblical premises for their views of life, as evidenced by the supposed over half of evangelical Christians that felt Terri should be starved to death (according to a poll by “Time”). They have bought into the anti-Biblical, humanistic view that her life wasn’t worth living, and that starvation was an acceptable way to murder her, and that civil courts had the jurisdiction to enforce this murder.

It is only further evidence of what the Barna Research Group discovered, as “Beyond Belief” published in 2002, that a very low percentage of American’s that consider themselves “Evangelical Christians” actually believe what the Bible teaches, moral absolutes, and fewer still are insuring that their children are taught them.

Christian parents, we must take seriously our Biblical duty to instruct our children in the Word and the ways of God, as THE One True Way, THE Absolute Truth, the foundation for all their life, in every area. We must not let their instruction and doctrines of life come from the anti-God, and at odds with His Word, views of reletevistic humanists. God has commanded that we, parents instruct our children and our children’s children; we are commanded to instruct them all throughout every day, of all the mighty works and Words of God. Such a national tragedy as this, nor Roe v. Wade, would have ever happened if the Christian majority of this nation had lived and voted what their Bible, the Word of their God, teaches.