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Jim Sire on “Finding common ground with someone radically different”

November 1, 2012 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

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The Worldview Question-and-Answer series with Jim Sire continues with the question: How can we find common ground when someone has a radically different world view from our own? -- Micheal Hickerson, ESN Blog Contributor James W. Sire's response: As a Christian we start with a distinct advantage. We know that all human beings are made in the image of God and that we all live in God's orderly and meaningful creation. In other words, there is a truth to know, and we were designed to know the truth. The fall has … [Read more...] about Jim Sire on “Finding common ground with someone radically different”

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Question and Answer Tagged With: apologetics, Christian Apologetics, common ground, epistemology, Friendship, image of God, James Sire, James Sire on ESN, ontology, worldview

Lost in a Blizzard of Hidden Persuaders?

February 10, 2010 by Tom Grosh IV 1 Comment

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?

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Quotes, The University Tagged With: books, Education for Human Flourishing, end of education, ontology

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