The Dispensational Storyline I heard it first credited to C.S. Lewis that “Story always win.” I’ve read in plenty of business books that stories sell. If you are one that enjoys the court room drama like me, then it is not always the one who has all of the facts that win the case, but …
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A History of Pragmatic Education When I began teaching, I almost exclusively taught mathematics. I had students ranging from third grade through twelfth grade. A common question that I was asked particularly by the junior higher was, “When am I ever going to use this?” Now this is a legitimate question for a student to …
As a follow up from my previous post, there is a reality that what you believe is vital to how you live your life. What you do really does depend upon your doctrine. To push this all the way to the corners of your life, it is best to start with some definitions. Doctrine is …
A notion that I have learned from my youth is “Doing depends on Doctrine.” This is something that will never easily leave me. It has been a pillar in my mind as to why one should focus on the minute details of theology. What we believe does work itself out through our actions. Doctrine is …
Today is the day that the United States, and other countries around, collectively spend the day giving thanks for what they have. Traditionally, this time of thanksgiving was the norm around harvest times in cultures that were religious. There is something magically about the growing and gathering of crops that less civilized men knew and …
Since man has started to write down thoughts for how the world works, there has been a division among thought systems on the source of truth. Each side has been clarified over the years and there have been additions and tangents off of each main branch, yet the division has been the same. There has …
In ancient times, there was seldom a question about what was right and wrong. Through the application of natural law and reason, one could come to a close approximate to how each society would work within the civilized world. Those who did not fit the social normative standards were labeled as barbarians and not fit …
Kant was at a unique place in the history of thought. He understood the ancients and the validity that came from their thoughts. He could see the holes in their thinking in that one had to agree with their mythologies in order to fully accept their philosophies. He understood the Scholastics and may even have …
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Why does man have to answer to those who are in power around them? Who writes the rules for who gets to have power and who has to serve? Where does the convention of power and might come from? Is it possible to change the system in order to make it fit those who are …
Each person starts out life in a very similar way: in a whirl of blurring unknown that speeds up as things are understood. While it is similar for each person, it is also vastly different as starting points through time and space all give a person their own unique perspective on life, one that shapes …