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Twilight Zone Worldview Lessons

Using THESE videos, you can prepare your students for the big ideas they will face in life. These lesson plans address the Christian worldview versus the status-quo worldview.

Tips for Teaching Kids to Write Their Own Stories

As an author myself, I find the task of planning, writing, and editing a story challenging. How much more so for kids when they are told to write a story. "What am I supposed to do, Teacher?" they ask. Then they give you what they wrote. Sometimes the stories work,...

Locked Away or In the World?– St Basil on the Monastic Life

In TRUNK OF SCROLLS we learn of the holy family of St. Emmelia and St. Basil the elder. One of their sons, St Basil of Cappadocia, is considered one of the Cappadocian fathers. He had a close relationship with Gregory of Nazianzus, and in one letter wrote about his...

The Language of the Universe

The WORD became flesh is so much more than an IDEA. It is a PERSON, a joining of the laws of nature, the laws of God, humanity and divinity. A virgin conceived: the merging of supernatural and natural. The word became flesh: God's thoughts and desires and power got...

John Gerstner and the Reasoning Mind

When I get to heaven, one of the big things on my list is to find John Gerstner. What a jewel. I just want to meet him. I was introduced to him last year through a Ligonier video series he did in the 90's called Handout Apologetics. The kids and I just finished...

Cyril Lucaris, Patriarch of Constantinople

The question of difference between the Greek Orthodox and Protestant traditions is one often asked. In researching online, I came across a letter Cyril Lucaris wrote to a Dutch reformer J. Uyttenbogaert.  The full text is available online, but I've screen shot the...