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Comment on Earth Day by Chris

Chris — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:04:30 +0000

Doing some research on the conjunction of Good Friday and Earth Day this year I came across your blog.

First of all, as a Christian I do not believe God is going to destroy the earth. He is going to make all things new. He is going to redeem creation. If God has to destroy this earth and start over, then Satan won.

Secondly, researching the “environmentalist” movement as a whole has opened my eyes. Environmentalism, even for the “normal environmentalists,” is not simply about taking care of the planet. It is about elevating the creation above man and making it equal with God. The crowning jewel of God’s creation is man. It was for man he shed his blood. Environmentalism sees man as a problem.

Environmentalists snooker Christians into their movement with their sleight of hand interpretations of scripture. They take the stewardship mandate in Genesis and drain it of all authority to “take dominion over the fish of the sea, and the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” We were meant to exploit the planet for good.

Because environmentalists do not have the same belief that God created man in his image, and have worshiped the creation rather than the creator, their movement is in opposition to God. Partnering with them would leave us unequally yoked.

Comment on How the iPad (and other tech tools) saved me in class today by Sheryl Ryder

Sheryl Ryder — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:52:42 +0000

Amazing!!!
I love this story for so many reasons. Teaching and learning can be enhanced with good technology skills — good technology skills! I just have to share the link to this story.

Comment on A Rat’s Tale (and Tail) by Tohonnie

Tohonnie — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 04:02:32 +0000

Howdy, Are you going to be making a follow-up post? The hubby and myself have passed some time exploring over your web site and surprisingly enough you discussed a little something we were talking about only the other month with our daughter. We very often notice ourselves arguing on the littlest of points, isn’t it ridiculous?

Comment on How the iPad (and other tech tools) saved me in class today by Amos

Amos — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:10:18 +0000

very nice . . . wish I had some of those gadgets to save my backside from time to time . . . ;)

Comment on A Rat’s Tale (and Tail) by pest control national service

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Comment on The Unlikely Disciple by Susanne

Susanne — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:00:28 +0000

Corinne,

thanks for getting back to me. I will put the title on my reading list. This is one of the many topics I am interested in.

Comment on The Unlikely Disciple by cgthomas

cgthomas — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:03:15 +0000

Yes! I would recommend the book for anyone looking to get a better picture of each perspective.

The author does comment on the education from a student’s perspective. It was interesting to read for me having gone through a Christian undergrad experience that, at least in my department, pushed us heavily in academics. I did not have as many “you will learn this and accept it because I said so” moments as the author did, but I know it happens.

Comment on The Unlikely Disciple by Susanne

Susanne — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:48:40 +0000

Corinne,
thank you for this excellent review. You recommend that “all believers involved in Christian higher education read through it at least once”. Would you also recommend this book to non-believers or people who are not Christians.

Does the author also comment on the education per se?

Comment on Paying students for good grades by Rosalinda Shook

Rosalinda Shook — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:21:58 +0000

Excellent article! Incentives (in any form)for good behavior are always good.

Our high school English teacher gave us a challenge: “The Best Play will win a free bowl of noodles at Norma’s Inn”. There were four groups in the class. My group (8 girls, 5 boys) worked hard on our presentation (Jose Rizal’s Execution). WE WON! We moved on to winning awards in the High t aside School Drama competition. Cheers to our English class teacher who set aside money for 13 bowls of noodle soup to motivate his students to excel in organizing and presenting a 20-minute play. By the way, here are some offshoots of those incentives:
one became a successful Insurance Broker for 5 companies in New York and married someone working on Wall Street; one is now a successful scientist with the International Rice Research Institute, one is now a Project Director for Urban Housing; one is very successful actuarian married to another actuarian in Michigan; one manages a chain of Drug Stores and married an accountant/lawyer owning several businesses; one is a very successful college professor in accounting who marred the Director of the Philippine Coconut Authority in one of the provinces in the Philippines; one became a missionary social worker who helped needy children (Filipinos, Thai, Burmese, Indian, Vietnamese, Laotian, Moldovan, Romanian, Hungarian) specially children with cancer and orphans.

God has been building my character through the incentives people invested in my life. As God allows me, I would like to be a catalyst in encouraging children to excel with whatever incentives God allows me to give.

Comment on Is It Really Yours? by Mike

Mike — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:22:51 +0000

Fantastic post, would read again! A+++++++++! :)

But really, good thoughts, Corinne…