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(1067) In His Image Art & Joyful Sound Music 6-8 2004-5

(966) Wonderfully Made Health / Physical Education 1-3 2004-5

(1039) Heritage American History 1 2004-5

(961) French I 2004-5

(1036) Living Word Bible 5 2004-5

(1022) Living Word Bible 12 2004-5 SOLID GROUND THEOLOGY

(1053) Heritage Social Studies 3 2004-5

(418) Victory Math K 2004-5

(1065) Jubilee English 1 2004-5

(1058) Jubilee English 11 2004-5

(1012) Victory Math Consumer Math 2004-5

(996) Introduction to Journalism 2004-5

(1014) Discovering God's Creation Biology 2004-5

(1047) Discovering God's Creation Science 4 2004-2005




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Sunday August 01, 2010

Greetings! Welcome to another fun and enriching day of learning.

RELIGIOUS TEENS
 
The Philadelphia Inquirer ran a story on September 21 about how much better religious teenagers do than their less devout peers. Called the National Study of Youth and Religion, the report studied the behavior of 12th graders from several denominations and cultural backgrounds. It questioned those youths about things like drugs and alcohol, violence, theft, and other moral issues. The study also asked them about their relationships with parents, as well as their school and community activities.
 
The results showed that teenagers who'd had the benefit of long-term religious training were “significantly less likely” to get into trouble. They were also a lot more likely to volunteer their time and had healthier relationships with their parents. While 8% of religious teenagers had ever been in trouble with the law, 15.6% of nonreligious young people had been. In addition, nonreligious teenagers were more than twice as likely to smoke or to get drunk. According to the study, teenagers with sporadic religious contacts or training tended to be no better off than those with little or none.
 
May you find reports like this encouraging as you pursue education at The New Hope Homeschool.
 
(“Devout teens stray less, research finds,” by Phaedra Trethan, The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 21, 2002)

Saturday July 31, 2010

CHRISTIAN RESPONSIBILITY
 
A friend who lives in Washington, D.C. and is a journalist there recently attended a C.S. Lewis conference at the Smithsonian Institute. Wheaton College professors taught the programs, and my friend was delighted by the Christian tenor of the event. She shared some interesting information about this beloved author that I would like to pass along to you here.
 
Although Lewis was one of the 20th century's most influential Christians, he was hated at Oxford University, where he taught. He had taken a huge risk in proclaiming his faith as publicly as he did at a time when British educational leaders were largely agnostic or atheistic. He was passed over for a chair in English, so he went to Cambridge to teach instead. During his own days as an atheistic youth, Lewis had developed sharp debating skills that enabled him as a believing adult to take on cynical, often hostile, academics.
 
Although Lewis disliked being a public figure, he accepted that weight of responsibility to reach the non-believing intellectuals of his era. He also gave all of his earnings from Christian book sales to the poor and corresponded with countless people who wrote to him.
 
I've always found it fascinating that Lewis passed away quietly on the very same day that President Kennedy was assassinated, November 22, 1963. Since that time, not one of his books has been out of print. (As an author myself, I can attest to what an amazing fact that is!)
 
"Reality, in fact, is always something you couldn't have guessed. That's one of the reasons I believe Christianity. It's a religion you couldn't have guessed." --The Case for Christianity

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"I am always thinking of the Lord; and because He is so near, I never need to stumble or to fall. Heart, body, and soul are filled with joy."  Psalm 16:8-9, TLB.

 

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