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Teachers to spend eternity with their students.

29 January, 2014 by Eric Reenders Leave a Comment

Teachers who want to spend eternity with their students… That’s really what it comes down to right?  It’s who we are. It’s who you are or you wouldn’t be here reading this blog, looking for answers, for inspiration.  We are teachers who want to spend eternity with our students. Vocalizing this idea can admittedly make … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Worldview Tagged: Eternity, laminin, teachers

Do we really have to do “Biblical integration”?

28 January, 2014 by Eric Reenders 2 Comments

One of my readers asked a great question that cuts right to the heart.  “Is “biblical integration” really something we MUST do?”  I want to discuss this with you in far more depth than my initial response to her. I think it’s going to take more than one post though so I’ll do this as … [Read more…]

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Chapter Three

15 January, 2014 by Eric Reenders Leave a Comment

Three “This story very very old, more than three thousand years,” LiuPing began. “There was a great inventor, very famous. He invented many great and useful things, things that helped all people. All the people loved him and he grew very wealthy and wise. His name was FuXia but, no one called him by his … [Read more…]

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Are Christian schools using pedagogy that removes God from the classroom?

8 January, 2014 by Eric Reenders 1 Comment

Recently Linda Kardamis posed the following question on her website http://www.teach4theheart.com/ What’s Really Wrong with Our Education System? Despite the fact that I generally dislike “What’s wrong with…?” questions because they don’t generally offer solutions, I was intrigued by the question and her answers to it really got me thinking. I’d highly recommend that you … [Read more…]

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Chapter Two

2 January, 2014 by Eric Reenders Leave a Comment

Two John wasn’t sure what he had expected to find when they reached the cafe at the top of the stairs but the reality of it left him dumbfounded. What he noticed first as he came through the door was the incredible warmth of the place. It wasn’t just the temperature which was nearly perfect. … [Read more…]

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