I think what I am doing in this blog is a bit out of the ordinary. And I offer it with an attitude of trepidation. But nevertheless, I have included in this blog a link to the first chapter of what I envision as an entire book on Christian Worldview. The tentative title is The […]
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Critical Thinking About Critical Thinking
22 Jun 2016
“Are Students Really Learning to Be Critical Thinkers?” is the title of an article in BetterEd by Annie Holmquist (http://www.better-ed.org/blog/are-students-really-learning-be-critical-thinkers). This question has been on my mind for some time as I have listened to and read educational leaders, teachers, professors and literature extol the virtues of “critical thinking.” But what have they almost always […]
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Bring Back the History of Economic Thought
20 Jun 2016
I came across an interesting article in the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy out of North Carolina. The title is “UNC Chapel Hill’s Economics Program Lacks Historical Perspective,” and it can be read here at http://www.popecenter.org/commentaries/article.html?id=3386 (sorry, I haven’t mastered the art of just a “here” to click on—primitive computer skills). The upshot was […]
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Well, has it come to this or am I reading something from The Onion? I did verify its truth. If you look here (http://theweek.com/speedreads/626361/oberlin-students-want-abolish-midterms-grades-below-c, it seems that at least 1,300 students at Oberlin College are demanding that no grade below a C be given and that mid-term examination be eliminated. Why? So the students will […]
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Three Cheers for the Liberal Arts
13 May 2016
What do we mean by the term “liberal arts”? By a “liberal arts college” or a “commitment to the liberal arts”? The definition is important, but even more important is why we should care that a college has a commitment (at the least) to the liberal arts? Moreover, what is the difference between simply liberal […]
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This is the third and last (some are saying “how long O Lord”) of a series of blogs on Christian worldview. I defined what is meant by worldview, by integration of worldview in academic disciplines, the role of presuppositions as a starting point, the elements of any worldview and the issues of the relationship of […]
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Make America Grade Again
09 May 2016
Make America Grade Again! You see, there are these tests. Piles of tests, an absolute nightmare. These exams, they are choking the life out of professors. I remember when we did not have these tests. You know, I have it on good authority that these tests, from these freshmen, they are terrible. Terrible! If we […]
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In the last post I introduced the concepts of a worldview, of integration and specifically of a Christian worldview. I assumed the Scriptures as the “bedrock” foundation of that worldview, without proof or examination. That is not to say this approach is fideistic, as there are good reasons for this assumption. But that has to […]
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It has been about 35 years since both my conversion to Christianity and reading a life-changing book on Christian worldview, entitled Idols for Destruction by Herbert Schlossberg. It was this book that began my intense interest in integrating my Christian faith with the disciplines with which I interacted. My deep interest has never disappeared and […]
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Another college basketball season has come and gone, as has another football season. I didn’t watch the NCAA National Championship game but did see the last couple of exciting minutes. As always, basketball is fun to watch as is football. But I also read an article in the National Review Online that caught my eye, […]
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