Congratulations to Stephanie H., who won the Bible Road Trip giveaway!
Bible Road Trip is a three year Bible survey curriculum for preschool to high school with notebooking journals for grades 1-9. You can download the weekly curriculum and notebooking pages free as a subscriber, or you can purchase full-year PDF downloads with family/household licenses. Continue reading
“So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.” James 2:17
We live in a world of narcissism. Western children are showered with the best clothing, toys, parties and entertainment money can buy. We take our children on vacation, we make sure their comforters match their sheets and we ensure there are plenty of pretty packages under the tree on Christmas morning. Today, the word ‘parenting’ is often nearly synonymous with ‘order-taker’. We wait on our children as if they were royalty.
To what end? What are we teaching our children? Most importantly, is it Biblical? Shouldn’t we teach children to serve others? Continue reading
“Better to ask,” came the sleepy reply, “how you plan to solve this dilemma at 1am.”
Unfortunately for the sleepy side of my brain, there was no more sleep that night. Continue reading
We reject the idea of choosing a spouse for our child. We wouldn’t dream of picking a career path for our kids. We don’t like the idea of indoctrinating our kids with our beliefs about any number of life issues. Even we Christians who believe in discipleship sometimes avoid huge topics in our homes. Think: politics, logic, economics, sex, modesty, sin…
We certainly don’t want to force our children to eat tomatoes. Continue reading
In observance of this awesome time of year, I have one last Back to Homeschool Curriculum Giveaway for you! Whether you homeschool or not, this giveaway has something great for you. There’s art, character building, geography, keyboarding, and more! With over $500 in curriculum, $100 in bonus prizes and $200 in freebies and discounts, you definitely don’t want to miss out.
Someone will win this curriculum prize pack featuring all the resources below, plus 2 bonus prizes including $50 in paypal cash and a Kindle Fire HD Kids Edition! Don’t forget to grab your freebies and discounts. Continue reading
Dear Federal Trade Commission, I purchased this book with my own pennies. The end.
I really enjoy Tim Challies’ blog, and we have a number of his older theological posters in our hallway. Tim Challies is a pastor, speaker, and author, among other things. I was excited to learn of Visual Theology: Seeing and Understanding the Truth About God (Zondervan, 2016). The book is illustrated by Josh Byers, a pastor, artist, and speaker. Like many of the books I review for older students, Visual Theology is intended for lay adults–which makes it well-suited for middle and high school students.
I’ve been reading through Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology with my boys since they were in 5th and 6th grade. We’ve been notebooking as we go, and they’ve learned a lot (me too–I learn so much through teaching!). Learning systematic theology is a long process for us and I expect it to last the rest of our homeschooling time. I like to read through books on various topics for a few minutes each morning with the kids, and every once in a while we read a theology overview of some kind just so we don’t lose the big picture. Visual Theology seems perfect for our morning reading time, so I read the book with that purpose in mind. Continue reading
