August 28th, 2010
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Category: Illiteracy HELP
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August 3rd, 2010
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Category: Illiteracy ARTICLES
I doubt that anyone will disagree with me when I state that our society today in America is biblically illiterate. Specifically, I would define “biblically illiterate” as the following:
* Unfamiliar with the structure of the Bible. Most people could not explain why the Bible is split between Old and New Testaments. They cannot name the books of the Bible. That the books are grouped into certain categories is unknown to them. And, sadly, many people cannot even locate a verse of Scripture.
* Unfamiliar with the content of the Bible. Noah and Moses and Jesus are favorite stories, but are known only in…
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June 27th, 2010
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Category: Children Literacy
I am an atheist, but I am also a realist. And realistically, I live in a very theistic world.
My question is, when and how do I teach my children the stories of the Bible so that they don’t believe them as literal or spiritual truth (many are still good morality tales), but so that they do understand the cultural references that surround them in this society?
We see things all the time in movies, books, plays, songs, etc that are Biblical references and that that are enhanced by the knowledge of the stories they are taken from (say the USS Samson…
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April 21st, 2010
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Category: Illiteracy HELP
Hos.4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to Me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
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March 3rd, 2010
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Category: Books
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*Examines 750 common Biblical references and what they’ve come to represent in today’s culture through art, literature, song and common phrases
*User friendly format–arranged alphabetically (from Aaron’s rod to Zion)
What do we mean when we call a woman a Jezebel? What exactly was a scapegoat? Why was a fast-and-furious driver called Jehu? In a more literate (and Bible-conscious) age, most people knew the source of these and hundreds of other names, phrases, and images. Artists and writers could assume their audiences would understand references to biblical people and events. Today, some of those meanings are lost. This book…
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January 19th, 2010
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Category: Books
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Whether watching political candidates quote Jesus or tracking court cases on how the stories of Adam and Eve should be taught in schools, we are surrounded by the legacy of the Bible in our contemporary world. Every person needs to know the core Bible stories—those biblical stories that have cultural, historical, or literary significance—that lie at the foundation of Western civilization. Professor Timothy Beal argues that without knowing these core stories, we cannot fully participate in the popular, political, and especially spiritual worlds that surround us.
Have you ever been told…
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November 28th, 2009
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America is in the middle of a cultural meltdown. Despite a slew of new psychiatric drugs and treatments as well as politicians and educators who claim to have the answers to stop it, every American family has been affected. Millions are frantically searching for anyone who has answers to their problems. What created this meltdown? This meltdown was created by Biblical illiteracy, which is the direct result of God being “Silenced in the Schoolhouse”. -Dr. Michael L. Williams ~~~Silenced in the Schoolhouse tells the story how: * The Founding Fathers believed the Gospel of Jesus Christ was the foundation…
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