Tag: Teenagers
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What’s a Student to Do?
COVID-19…social distancing…quarantine… These are all words that we seldom, if ever, heard before a couple of weeks ago. Now we see and hear them several times a day. The fact is, we have never seen anything like this before. The spread of the Coronavirus is the type of event that will be in future editions […]
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Book Review: So the Next Generation Will Know (McDowell & Wallace)
As a Christian parent, are you concerned that your children have doubts about the faith you are passing on to them? As a youth pastor or minister, are you troubled by the apathy so many of the kids in your youth group show toward spiritual things? As a Christian educator, are you worried that you […]
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Teaching Big Ideas to Young Minds: How?
Last time, I discussed the reasons why we Christian parents, pastors, and teachers should make it a goal to teach young people the big ideas about God, his Word, themselves, and the world around them. But, here’s the thing… That can be a daunting task, especially when the distracted kindergartner or the apathetic teenager is […]
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Teaching Big Ideas to Young Minds: Why?
Just the other day, I walked in on my students doing something amazing—they were discussing calculus. They were slinging terms left and right, talking quadratics and derivatives, differentiated and otherwise. I mean, I guess it was calculus. As if this dyslexic history major could tell either way. It is the joy of teaching in a […]
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Say It with Me: Plausibility Structures
This is the second installment of a series, introducing terms and ideas that may be unfamiliar to most but are increasingly necessary for the thinking Christian to understand. The term will probably not work its way into your casual conversation any time soon. However, it may play a part next time someone talks to you […]
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The Questions They’re Asking and the Answers They’re Getting
…and What We Should Do about It Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I have never been much of Star Wars fan (please don’t unsubscribe), so when my student hit me this quote in the middle of a conversation about morality, my reaction was little more than an eye-roll. Fortunately, I was able to convince […]
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5 Ways to Disciple Your Kids this Summer
Being a Christian parent and parenting Christianly are two different things. The Bible is replete with stories of notably faithful people who have notoriously unfaithful children. So, what does it mean to parent Christianly? That is, what is the Biblical pattern in parenting? More books have been written to answer that question than any mom […]
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6 Things I Hope My Graduating Students Know
As a high school teacher, I have seen thirteen classes of seniors graduate. It is a great joy in my life to see them grow and move on to bigger and better things. I have kept in touch with many and have become close friends with several. I thank God for the memories I have […]
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Why: A Short History
Asking why is a habit that is near and dear to all our hearts. It’s one of those things that is simply a part of being human. At every age level, we ask why. My six-year-old son, like every six-year-old, asks why about everything just out of sheer curiosity. It never gets old…to him. I’ve […]
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