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Horton: The Christian Faith – Introduction C. Doxology & D. Discipleship
Previously in Horton’s Introduction to The Christian Faith, we looked at Drama and Doctrine. Horton finishes his introduction with Doxology and Discipleship. Doxology: Saying “Amen” “When the doctrine is understood in the context of its dramatic narrative, we find ourselves … Continue reading
Don’t Waste Your Sports by C. J. Mahaney
My family enjoys sports. Growing up we would go to Oriole games and listen to the games on the radio. My mom still loves it when I turn on the ballgames. My brother played Little League. My little sister played … Continue reading
Photography – Take a Picture of a Picture from the Past
More and more people are taking pictures today it seems. Maybe it is because so many cellphones now have cameras, or that digital cameras are easier to use and less expensive. Of course, there isn’t that hassle or expense of … Continue reading
Font’s Role in Visual Rhetoric
In rhetoric class, near the end of the year we discuss visual rhetoric. Students have spent most of the year studying ancient rhetoric, refining writing and speaking skills, and debating using a Lincoln-Douglas (values) style debate. They learned and practiced … Continue reading
The Sabbath
We best oppose error by promoting a solid knowledge of the word of truth; and the greatest kindness we can do to children, is to make them early to know the Bible. Matthew Henry 9 How can a young man … Continue reading
The Cello Song
While teaching in Columbia, South Carolina our school was involved with The University of South Carolina String Project. It is a wonderful program where string music undergraduates provide string instrument instruction to children. This unique program helps the college students … Continue reading
Teenage Books – Too Dark?
Recently in The Wall Street Journal, Meghan Cox Gurdon who writes regularly about books for them had an article entitled Darkness Too Visible about the current state of books for young adults. The tag line was Contemporary fiction for teens … Continue reading
War News: Blue & Gray in Black & White
I have been interested in the Civil War since elementary school when I read a book about two brothers on different sides of the conflict. I grew up in Maryland, a border state, and had a relative who served in … Continue reading
Horton: The Christian Faith – Introduction B. Doctrine
In The Christian Faith, Michael Horton continues his Introduction: The Dogma is the Drama: A Theology for Pilgrims with Doctrine, the Grammar of Faith. “The great doctrines of the Christian faith arise out of this dramatic plot” (p. 20) that he addressed … Continue reading
Storytelling and Remembering
Front Porch Republic had a short article this week about Community, Storytelling and Remembering by Doug Sangster. It made me remember the stories I was told as a child. The funny ones like the time my mother’s father, who was … Continue reading
