Codex Harleianus 5790 (448 on list of NT manuscripts of Gregory-Aland, Folio 4, The Beginning of the Gospel of Matthew 1478, Written by Joannes Rhosos of Crete, Public Domain Let’s just get this out of the way right up front. Why in the world would the typical family study Koine Greek? I mean, it’s not like we’re going to be using… View Post
It’s Not Greek to Me: 10 Lessons in Greek by Todd Friel
I want to thank Master Books for providing me with a copy of It’s Not Greek to Me in return for my honest review. Trying to learn Greek along with your kids with a basic curriculum straight out of the box is a little like trying to drive from Portland to Yellowstone while just receiving verbal directions in 25-mile stints. It’s… View Post
Bitesize Theology by Peter Jeffery
I want to thank EP Books for providing a copy of Bitesize Theology in return for my honest review. This fall our family will be transitioning our boys from elementary school work into middle school studies. I’ll be posting later this week about our plans for the coming year as far as curriculum and media go. One of the subjects… View Post
Five Things That Occur When I Complain About My Children
Our children are born sinners — every last one of them. David wrote: “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.” (Psalm 51:5 ESV) and Jeremiah tells us: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9 ESV) Sin has a way of wrecking things. Sin makes even the… View Post
Wielding the Sword by Linda Finlayson
I want to thank Christian Focus Publications for providing a copy of Wielding the Sword in return for my honest review. Wielding the Sword: Preachers and Teachers of God’s Word (Christian Focus 4 Kids, 2014) is book #2 in Linda Finlayson’s Defenders of the Faith Series for ages 7-12. You can also read my review of the first book in… View Post
Zachary Macaulay by Faith Cook
I’d like to thank EP Books for giving me a copy of Zachary Macaulay by Faith Cook in return for my honest review. There are few social issues that leave a bloody stain across the pages of history the way slavery and racial violence do. The Bible is so very clear that human beings are created and valued by God… View Post
Parenting. Fight the Good Fight.
“Just…” The pastor-turned-counselor took a deep breath. After all, what could he say? The situation was pretty bleak. “Keep fighting the good fight.” I wanted to hit him. Because I was fighting. With everything I had, I was fighting… to enforce appropriate consequences, to be patient, kind and loving… to call my teens back from the precipice that leads to everything rotten, decrepit… View Post