books and materials for Christian schools and homeschools
Some Surprises about Study HabitsRecently I dug up an old New York Times article that I wanted to re-read. I’m doing a little research on techniques that might help my new group of GED students that I’ll be tutoring in the weeks ahead (I’m a literacy/GED volunteer teacher). I decided this article was definitely worth posting on–especially with homeschoolers in mind. Continue reading
Give Books to ChildrenFor the past year I’ve been working as a volunteer for adult literacy in my community. It’s been incredibly interesting and rewarding. I had to do some in-service training recently and was interested in some of the statistics that passed my way. For instance, if you are a child in the lower income level in the U.S., the average number of hours Continue reading
According to a recent online article from Christianity Today by Matthias Pankau and Uwe Siemon-Netto, “The Other Iranian Revolution,” there is a recent and vibrant Christian awakening–a wonderful movement of the Spirit–going on today among Iranian immigrants who are living in Germany. The article places “the genesis of the Persian awakening…in Saxony, the birthplace of the Reformation, where Christians have become an endangered species.” (Only 13% of east Germans say they believe in God.) And as if that wasn’t ironic enough, the very Bible Luther translated for the German people has played a part in this awakening as well:
Tyndale House, Cambridge
I discovered Dr. David Instone-Brewer last year and now I try to keep up with any new sermons he puts out while still going through his old ones. He’s a British scholar and Senior Research Fellow in Rabbinics and the New Testament at Tyndale House in Cambridge. And he is fun! He’s got a good sense of humor and puts the ideas down where anyone can reach them. I recently read his sermon on the various Bible versions available to Jesus and which ones Jesus used. Various Bible versions? you may say. I knew of only 2, the Greek Old Testament and the Hebrew, but turns out there was a third version that was often used, the Aramaic. Continue reading
There were very few grammar rules for English until English developed into a language which was deemed acceptable for literature or other educated works (“How dare thee not write thy treatise in Latin?!”). Shakespeare and the King James Bible settled the issue pretty much. But as soon as English became “acceptable,” the grammar police got interested in it. Continue reading
