Teaching is not teaching without a sure grasp of what it means to learn. Or, at least, that’s what I’m… Read more Obed Onwuegbu: Teaching Did Not Start In Schools
Category: Book reviews
The Difference Between Being Righteous & Having The Appearance of Righteousness: Tribute to a Ragamuffin, Brennan Manning, 1934-2013
Brennan Manning’s passing prompted this tribute-contemplation. I invite you to sit, and wonder with me, at the significance of what happens when, despite human opinion,… Read more The Difference Between Being Righteous & Having The Appearance of Righteousness: Tribute to a Ragamuffin, Brennan Manning, 1934-2013
Tolstoy’s Faith: I am Supported Above the Abyss
Stumbling through some images yesterday, I came across an ‘old’ e-formatted copy of Leo Tolstoy’s 1879 work – ‘A Confession’. I… Read more Tolstoy’s Faith: I am Supported Above the Abyss
Confessions: Barmen, Barth & Busch
For some time now I have been seriously captivated by the Barmen Declaration and the Confessing Church. I recently had… Read more Confessions: Barmen, Barth & Busch
Moral Therapeutic Deism: Christless Christian America
Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church outlines what its author, Michael Horton, believes to be a fundamental shift… Read more Moral Therapeutic Deism: Christless Christian America
Review: Crusade In Europe, Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower’s ‘Crusade in Europe’, is one of the best primary texts I’ve read. This isn’t a book frozen in time. Neither is… Read more Review: Crusade In Europe, Dwight Eisenhower
Our Current Read & Discuss Lists (The 2016 Fashionable Winter Edition)
I haven’t posted a reading list in a while. So, here’s what we’ve been up to in that department. For homeschool: 1.… Read more Our Current Read & Discuss Lists (The 2016 Fashionable Winter Edition)
Teaching History With Hitler’s Traitors
This past week I finished reading Susan Ottaway’s 2003 book, ‘Hitler’s Traitors.’ I had borrowed this with the purpose of… Read more Teaching History With Hitler’s Traitors
The Denial of Christ Is More About Prejudiced Conclusions, Than Facts
I’ve just completed Indian-born Canadian, Ravi Zacharias’ 2002, book, ‘Jesus Among Other Gods’. It wasn’t what I was expecting. Initially,… Read more The Denial of Christ Is More About Prejudiced Conclusions, Than Facts
Review: Prayer, Karl Barth
Karl Barth’s, 1949 treatise on The Lord’s Prayer is like a series of exegetical notes placed together in readable format. The text takes… Read more Review: Prayer, Karl Barth