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Passover Freedom and Liberty

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This year, in honor of Resurrection Sunday, I am picking up themes from the Passover. Yes, God passes over us, while He judges wickedness. Yes, we passover from darkness to light. But have we thought enough about passing over from slavery to freedom to liberty?

God sums up the Passover story in Exodus 20:2 as “I took you out of the house of slavery.” Let’s think about that.

Freedom is freedom from. Yes, we have freedom from sin. (Even if some Christians deny it. None of us use that freedom to fullest extent.) But realize, please that liberty is greater. Liberty is freedom instantiated with discipline. So it becomes not just personal spiritual freedom but civil liberty.

Here is a basic gospel point. Here is a basic Civic point. Here is true freedom: liberty. Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. Let us think on this this holiday season, and this year — especially this year as we celebrate the founding of our nation.

The passover is our primarly, singular, most important key to our liberty in Christ that we celebrate once again on Resurrection Sunday.

Our Education System is so Bad, we Need to Start Over!

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Our Education System is so Bad, we Need to Start Over!

Some tweaking won’t do it.   By far.

Going back to what we did when you were that age won’t do it.  That is what led us here.

Going back to the 1950s would be an improvement, but not good enough.

Going back to the 1830s — maybe we would see the diverging paths.  The leaders saw it. It was controversial. The wrong path was chosen, however. What was partially put down in the 1830s (teaching reading badly) was re-instituted more easily later because of the government takeover and standardization that happened in the 1830s. Yes, that was Horace Mann — who also worked hard to get the Bible out of the language of school.

Today, we are completely dismayed at how bad things are — if we are informed at all. Massive functional illiteracy. Pervasive entitlement and avoidance of work. Sexual depredation by policy. Thanks for those who sally at the windmills and try to improve things through legislation. But not enough by half. We need a thorough remake.

Fortunately, we do know how. Hear. Read.

Where are the Pictures of the Pilgrims?

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Where are the pictures of the pilgrims? How — and why! — has that history been erased. Let’s think about that today.
This is a rerun from 2020. Some of us who said things that weren’t always well received in 2020 can now legitimately toot our own horn. It is time for the recognition of discernment and wisdom.

Let’s sort our our curricular problems in education, just as we sort out method. Our children should not be hampered by the refusal to teach them facts. Or by the lack of wisdom in how to teach them.

Today, not just a diatribe but some good ideas for what to do with the children this Thanksgiving weekend.

Let’s also consider some gift giving — whether Christmas, or if in your house it is Hanukah. Books are always great. We have some.
Here is a wonderful article by Marshall Foster on Thanksgiving and the character of the nation and its original founders.

Why STEAM education is Dangerous

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STEM is science, technology, engineering and math. It was heralded as a step forward, after low American scores. More recently art was added. So STEAM is all the rage. Wait. What? While we are celebrating, now for years, something we did very badly, and still do even worse…. what is missing. What is being hidden? Watch out.

This is dangerous. See why. Come to your own conclusions. Join me through a few stories for a fun ride. With an ending realization that History and Civics, done well of course, should be the center of education. That is what is being left out.

Why has History been so very neglected? What has been the result? If there is an intention behind it, what would that be?

How can you correct it?
For more on the history of Homeschooling judicial decisions in Texas, see the Texas Homeschooling Coalition

Also: Hot News: World History Institute, inspired by the work of Marshall Foster to show how the Bible, the Reformation, and good history line up for a better world today, is working on High School curricula. I’m sure it will be great. In the meantime, get *The American Covenant* as reading or curricula, in either newer or older version.

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