Bible Study Lessons
“Why do I have to go to school?” “Why do we have to study this?” “What’s the point?” These types of questions put me on a long-term search to understand the origin of compulsory schooling. The Search Begins My search was fueled by bold critiques of traditional schooling written by John Taylor Gatto (1935-2018), author of Dumbing … Read more
I’m upset. How could I have been reading the Bible for so long and missed something so obvious? I think I know how. I read Protestant commentaries. Some of those commentaries are especially good at listing various interpretations of a passage but never coming to a decisive conclusion. The passage I’m talking about is 1 … Read more
Last week I attended my first Orthodox service. Along with Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, Orthodoxy is one of the three main branches of Christianity. Since Orthodoxy and Catholicism both have longer historical roots than Protestantism here’s a brief contrast of the two. Catholicism and Orthodoxy First, Catholicism is based in Rome where Latin was spoken, … Read more
One of my favorite things about teaching World Religions is the opportunity to compare and contrast each religion with Christianity. When analyzing belief systems I believe it’s important to be as fair as possible. After all, Jesus taught us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. While there are many differences with Taoism and … Read more
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