As I mentioned in Week in Review: Behold the Man Edition, I have been unable to put down Brian Godawa's Word Pictures: Knowing God Through Story & Imagination (Downer's Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2009).* Below is a quote relevant to Holy Week.** One of the reasons why the Jews of the first century did not recognize the visitation of the Messiah was because even they took the Bible too literally. Indeed, they were expecting a military or political king who would crush Rome (Dan 2:44-45), restore the nation … [Read more...] about Recognizing the Messiah
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A Beautiful Summation of the Gospel
For your reflection in the midst of Holy Week and in the days which follow: God created us to share in this relationship (between the Father and the Son) and gave us a share in the communion of the Trinity at creation. This is the primary thing that we lost through the Fall. God's promise after the Fall, around which one may organize the entire history and teaching of the Old Testament, was ultimately a promise that the Son of God would come to bring human beings back into a share in the communion of the … [Read more...] about A Beautiful Summation of the Gospel
Lost in a Blizzard of Hidden Persuaders?
Find yourself in blizzard conditions as you reflect upon the larger structure of education, but can't quite figure out why or the proper direction for next steps? In Chapter 4: The Information Economy of Education, Paul D. Spears and Steven R. Loomis move from tracing several important knowledge traditions vital to Christian thought and indispensable to a complete education ... [to] an exercise in the ontology of education as a social institution. -- Education for Human Flourishing: A Christian Perspective.* … [Read more...] about Lost in a Blizzard of Hidden Persuaders?
Justified True Belief
After rattling the reader's cage by exploring Have you been properly educated?, Paul D. Spears and Steven R. Loomis argue: Most of the abilities that we associate with knowledge in the educational field turn out to be mostly a capacity to recite. ... As humans we are constantly engaged in mental activities. We constantly access and categorize everything around us. We experience the world around us and we have beliefs about the world, some of which are true and some of which are false. We justify our ideas … [Read more...] about Justified True Belief
Have you been properly educated?
Educational standards are the foundation of the modern educational endeavor. Statements about educational success imply standards. Measuring whether or not students are being properly educated involves testing them in particular subjects with its prescribed set of grade-appropriate standards that they must meet or exceed (Paul D. Spears and Steven R. Loomis. Education for Human Flourishing: A Christian Perspective.* InterVarsity Press, 2009. p.100). The battery of standardized tests which Spears and Loomis go onto … [Read more...] about Have you been properly educated?