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A Father Looks at Proverbs 31: Part 1 “The Excellent Wife”
An excellent wife, who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. Pr 31:10 The writer of this Hebrew poem begins his verse with a rhetorical question: who is able to find an excellent wife? Before hastily providing an answer to the question, its important we determine what is meant by “excellent.” The King…
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Book Review: Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning
Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctively Christian Education by Douglas Wilson This is not a book about homeschooling. In fact, Mr. Wilson would likely tell you, if given the choice between a strong, classical Christian school and homeschooling, to choose the school. Instead, this book is about education. Every parent desires…
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A Father Looks at Proverbs 31: Introductory
As a father, my greatest desire is that our three children, all girls, will grow to love Christ more than their own lives. I pray continually for this very thing. However, I understand that this will not happen accidentally. A father cannot expect that his children, boys or girls, will somehow become godly individuals without…
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Book Review: The Word of God in English
Fifty years ago, Eugene Nida developed a theory of Bible translation which came to be called dynamic equivalence theory; replacing the contemporary “word-for-word” translation technique with “thought-for-thought” methodology. This theory makes basic assumptions about the Bible and Bible readers. In his book, The Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence in Bible Translation, Dr.…
