Author Archives: Plymothian

It seems that Christian school boards are requiring that their teachers have State Certification and do not look with equal regard on Asociation of Christian Schools International (ACSI) certification.  Moody Bible Institute trains teachers in teaching methods, gives them a strong … Continue reading →

“If it works it is true.”Anyone see anything wrong with that?

I have arrived back from a tour of England with a group of 8th graders from Northwest Christian Academy, Lake Zurich.  We visited Oxford, Bath, Plympton, Plymouth and Cornwall.  It’s sad to see my own country slipping away from God, … Continue reading →

My father taught me how to jump over turnstiles to avoid paying, he taught me to be a chauvinist who waits on the settee to receive a meal, and he taught me that I was bloody irresponsible.  My mother taught … Continue reading →

Outside of the US the world enters a football frenzy every four years.   We have a soccer world cup that all of the world is actually invited to (Unlike the World Series).  The unifying effect within each country represented is … Continue reading →

The word ‘worldview’ gets thrown around a lot.  What is it?  It’s a term that refers to the set of core beliefs that control a person’s actions.  The beliefs that control us are sometimes different from the beliefs that we … Continue reading →

 Romeo and Juliet, were they great lovers?  It seems that there was something immature in their love.  It was not the love of Heathcliff and Cathy.  Though Heathcliff and Cathy were more enduring, they were still deficient.I remember reading in … Continue reading →

To legislate or relate; that is the question.At a Christian school we try to work through applying principles, but so often things degenerate into a negative list of rules:  Don’t wear your hair longer than the collar!  Don’t wear a … Continue reading →

So imagine if the whole world shared your problem.  For my wife and me, this would mean that the whole world would be infertile.  The movie The Children of Men shows what the world would be like after 19 years … Continue reading →

What is a witness?  We talk about witnessing in Christian circles a lot of the time, but we have created something of a monster in our attempts at living out the great commission of Matthew 28.Isn’t a witness someone who … Continue reading →