Martin Luther once wrote of theological education, saying: And further, if I could bring it to pass among you I should like to ask that you do not neglect the languages but, since it would not be too difficult for you, that you have your preachers and some of your gifted boys learn Latin, Greek, …
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2024 was certainly something! If you have followed my writings here for some time, you may have noticed that my posts for the past several months have been fairly sparse. That has largely been for two reasons. First, broadly, life has weighed heavily (although not altogether negatively) upon our family. Inflation has greatly compounded the …
1. The Liberal Arts Tradition | Kevin Clark & Ravi Jain You will notice a decent number of education related books on this list. That is largely because I am haunted by the question how I can best use the next ten years to equip my seven-year-old for whatever the world looks like in 2035. The …
Yesterday I finished writing today's sermon a bit earlier than usual, so I sat down to write a letter to my daughters, which is a practice that my wife and I have been doing since she was pregnant with our eldest. Looking at the books on my shelves, I just started writing down some thoughts …
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Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a great deal of telling anyway. They stayed in …
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Author Of course, we believe that Galatians was written by the Apostle Paul because that is what the first word of the first verse tells us, but even secular scholars do not typically contest Paul’s authorship of this epistle. Theme Salvation cannot be obtained by works of the law but only through the grace of …
Last year, I had the privilege of being a tutor for my daughter’s Classical Conversations class. Since we are encouraged to write out our whiteboards with God at the center of each subject, I began every class by asking the students where we must always begin our studies. The answer, of course, being God. I …
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Below is a curriculum for parents to add Koine Greek into their child's study routine. While this is designed particularly to be used alongside Cycle 1 of Classical Conversations, it can easily be used by any parent (whether home, private, or public schooling) and requires no previous knowledge of Greek by the parent. But, you …
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I started learning Greek last fall. After beginning to learn Latin (and discovering that I enjoyed it!), I opened a book that had been sitting on my shelf from another pastor's library. The book was John Dobson's Learn New Testament Greek, and I was shocked to find myself understanding and reading Greek. I have since …
I have recently begun reading Milton's Paradise Lost, which I previously attempted to read a bit of last summer at the beginning of my journey through the major epic poems. But I rightly say that it was merely an attempt because I found its style to be far too difficult to enjoy. Now after a …
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