To know God and to make Him known
Jan 07, 2015

Homeschool Now USA

I have good news: you can homeschool, you should start now, and there are people all over the USA that are willing to help you get started. If you have good news, do you keep it to yourself or do you share it with friends, family, and other loved...

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Jan 06, 2015

Finding Delight

The Peacemaker Monthly Part Two – Get the Log Out of Your Eye Finding Delight by Cara McLauchlan “Our hearts are the wellsprings of our thoughts, desires, words, and actions. Therefore, it is also the source of our conflicts.” – The Peacemaker, page 102 The New Year always brings mixed...

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Jan 05, 2015

Quadrivium for Trivium’s Sake

When I first started to enjoy reading I was two years removed from my college graduation. My love for reading began initially because I loved music. I began reading about music history, music philosophy, music and worship, and yes, even boring music theory. This pushed me further into studies...

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Dec 31, 2014

Come Wonder with Me

“Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.” —Saint Augustine “The most...

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Dec 30, 2014

Another Turn around the Sun

As the planet rides toward perihelion (the day of nearest approach to the sun, approximately January 3), I am thinking about cycles. Our lives have countless cycles. They come in different frequencies—some are singular arcs (such as from childhood to the second childhood of old age), some last a...

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Dec 29, 2014

Music Together!

Theologian Abraham Kuyper said, “There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, ‘Mine!’” Not only does everything belong to God, but He has also given us responsibilities of stewardship over all His...

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Dec 24, 2014

Home for the Holidays

They say the holidays bring people together. I don’t know who “they” are, but I suppose the statement is mostly true. My own son will be coming home from his freshman year of college, precisely because it is the holidays. And yes, I will use that word, not because...

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Dec 23, 2014

Is Christmas Reasonable?

God or no God? It all basically boils down to this question. Many worldviews exist and many philosophies pervade our culture, but they can all be reduced to this single question. Aristotle, the “Father of Logic,” a product of a pantheistic culture and a skeptic of Greek gods, reasoned...

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Dec 22, 2014

The Use of Scripture in Public Discourse

Public and Private Discourse Public discourse is any branch of reason intended for use by the population at large. By contrast, private discourse is reasoning used among members of an organization be it a family, a church, a group of friends, or a club. The patterns of thought and...

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Dec 18, 2014

The Season of Waiting

Revisiting Some Archived Articles that Have Not Been Lost, but May Have Been Forgotten and Are Worth a Fresh Read Original Post Date: December 11, 2012 In Luke 1:30–33 (NIV), the angel speaks to Mary: “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive...

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