Shaping and Sharing

Just over a year ago, I wrote a post titled, Worldview Wars. In that post, I discussed how Tamillia Valenzuela, a self-described “neurodivergent Queer” and member of the Washington Elementary School board in Arizona made national news by opposing the board’s cooperation with a Christian University. Valenzuela opposed cooperating with the university because of the school’s “Biblically-informed values.” Ms. Valenzuela knows her worldview and, through her opposition, defends it. Few Americans can define worldview much less provide support for it.

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The Conscience of the State

Conservative radio host, public speaker, and author Eric Metaxas has written a new book titled, Letter to the American Church. This bestselling book calls upon the American church not be silent like the German Church was during the rise of the Nazis. He exhorts the American church to speak out against abortion, gay marriage, critical race theory, and the Marxist ideology that he believes is behind it all.

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Classical Education

Battle for the American Mind, Uprooting a Century of Miseducation, is the latest book on American education by Pete Hegseth, co-host of Fox and Friends Weekend on Fox News. For this release, Pete has teamed up with classical educator David Goodwin.

As a teacher, I had a growing awareness of problems in American education even before such concerns spread like wildfire during the pandemic lockdowns.

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Do We Care Enough?

I didn’t want to see the Sound of Freedom. It’s a troubling film about a topic that decent people don’t usually discuss. But good people need to know that slavery is alive in the modern world and this multi-billion dollar crime network is growing. Each year hundreds of thousands of children are bought, sold, and used. This industry makes billions of dollars in profit for the criminals that traffic underage boys and girls.

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Render unto Caesar?

If you’ve read a few of my past reviews and you’re now reading this one, you probably believe America is in trouble. The nation has forgotten its founding Judeo-Christian values. Do What You Believe: or you won’t be free to believe it much longer is a 141-page guide that speaks directly to Christians worried about the country.

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Renewal at Easter

I’ve been pondering this meme.

My oldest son forwarded this one to me and it has got me thinking. Most social media memes aren’t worth the time it takes to create them but, occasionally there is one that stands out.

Many think that Christmas, not Easter, is the most important holy day of the Christian year and many of them don’t know the story of Barabbas.

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We the People

Christian films have a long and deserved reputation for bad acting and preachy plots. This has gradually changed so that there are now better Christian films with good acting. However, the ultimate purpose of Christian cinema remains the same, to bring a better understanding of the faith to both Christian and non-Christian viewers. God’s Not Dead: We the People is a good example of the continued improvement of Christian film production.

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Another Notch Better

The last few decades have seen great strides in the quality of Christian cinema. God’s Not Dead is another notch of improvement and an example of what can be done with an earnest film that has a strong faith message. The main character, Josh, is shown standing up for his faith despite the consequences. Professor Radisson is villainized but, I know of several professors like him in our public colleges and universities.

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