“Heaven is for Real”; Fiction About Heaven Labeled Non-Fiction is Not
David Platt talking on why “Heaven is For Real” and other books like it extort our hopes, waste our money, and devalue our scriptures—and thus should be ignored by Christians.
The Eskimo Word for Forgiveness
It has been said that when Moravian missionaries came across an Eskimo Indian tribe years ago, the people seemed to have no single word for “forgiveness“.
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Dr. Bart Ehrman v. Kyle Butt: God and The Problem of Suffering
Dr. Bart Ehrman v. Kyle Butt: Does Suffering Prove the God of the Bible Doesn’t Exist?
A captivating debate. It does begin to spin out of control come time for the question/answer session, especially when they get to the topic of moral prerogatives.
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More People Are Reading of Noah in the Bible After the Film’s Release
More People Are Reading of Noah in the Bible After the Film’s Release
More People Are Reading of Noah in the Bible After the Film’s Release
Say what you want about the faithfulness of the Noah film to the text. The film is getting more people to read the text itself.
A Review of Noah
Education, The War on Dirty Jobs, and the Worst Advice in the World
“Opportunity Is Missed Because It Is Dressed in Overalls and Looks Like Work”—anon.
Peripeteia: A reversal of circumstances
Anagnorisis: A critical discovery
Want to hear the worst advice in the world? Let Mike Rowe present it to you.
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Reggie Watts Teaches Literature
If you ever wanted to take a glimpse into my classroom, I can tell you that it does not entirely look like this.
“The arts are not a way to make a living” -Kurt Vonnegut
“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” -Kurt Vonnegut
English “Thing” of the Day—A simple classroom atmosphere tool
I started at the beginning of my teaching career, based on my belief that students need exposure to the world of language outside of instruction and assessment. I got the idea from Billy Collins, who implemented a “poem-a-day” program in various public schools that involved a reading of a poem a day, without any required instructional connection whatsoever. Mere exposure for the sake of it being something in our language.
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How We Got Our Son To Pee Pee in the Potty
You see, this is sometimes a parenting blog, and as a parent, I am therefore an expert.
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