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The Teacher Who Couldn't ReadPrinter view
Topics: Appearances; Authenticity; Confidence; Deception; Education; Goodness; Hypocrisy; Ignorance; Justification; Knowledge; Reality; Righteousness; Truth
References: Matthew 23:27-28, Romans 3:9-25

Do you ever feel that if anyone found out the truth about you, you'd be finished? Do you go through life basically trying to convince others that you ...


Campus Counselor Shares Professional FrustrationsPrinter view
Topics: Abortion; Abstinence; Adultery; Boys; Carnality; Chastity; Children; Education; Girls; Individualism; Popular culture; Postmodernism; Psychology; Purity; Relativism; Secularism; Self-control; Self-denial; Self-discipline; Sex; Sexual immorality; Sin; Teenagers; Worldliness; Worldview; Youth
References: Matthew 5:11-12, Romans 1:18-22, Romans 1:28, Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 4:1-12, Ephesians 4:17-18, Colossians 3:2, 2 Timothy 3:7, James 4:4, 1 John 2:15-17

In the 2006 book Unprotected, an anonymous campus psychiatrist writes:

Radical politics pervades my profession, and common sense has vanished. Dangerous ...

Boys Doing Better in Social and Academic CirclesPrinter view
Topics: Adolescence; Boys; Character; Childrearing; Children; Education; Responsibility; Teenagers; Youth
References: Proverbs 1:8-19, Proverbs 2:1-22, Proverbs 3:1-35, Proverbs 4:1-27, Proverbs 5:1-23, Proverbs 6:1-35, Proverbs 7:1-27, Proverbs 20:11, Proverbs 22:6, Proverbs 23:13-14, Ephesians 6:1-4, Colossians 3:20-21

Research collected by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics shows boys have improved ...


"Dangerous Minds": Choosing HopePrinter view
Topics: Choices; Correction; Cynicism; Despair; Doubt; Education; Failure; Hope; Hopelessness; Leadership; Mentoring; Potential; Poverty; Rebuke; Responsibility; Servanthood; Teachers; Teaching; Teenagers; Youth
References: Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Joshua 24:15, Psalm 119:30-32

Dangerous Minds is based on a true story about high school teacher LouAnne Johnson (played by Michelle Pfeiffer) making a difference in the lives of troubled ...


Students Shocked by Professor's JudgmentPrinter view
Topics: Anger, divine; Consequences; God, goodness of; God, grace of; God, mercy of; God, omnipotence of; God, patience of; God, power of; God, sovereignty of; God, wrath of; Grace; Judgment, divine; Judgment, final; Justice; Mercy; Punishment; Responsibility; Wrath
References: Isaiah 66:15-16, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 12:36, Romans 2:4-5, 2 Corinthians 6:2, Colossians 3:25, 1 Peter 4:5, Revelation 20:11-15

On the first day teaching his class of 250 college freshmen, R. C. Sproul carefully explained the assignment of three term papers. Each paper was due ...


Mom Helps Disabled Son GraduatePrinter view
Topics: Adversity; Challenges; Commitment; Courage; Dedication; Determination; Disabilities; Faithfulness; Family; Help, human; Mothers; Overcoming; Passion, motivational; Persistence; Reward; Risk; Sacrifice; Self-image; Strength; Teamwork; Victory
References: Psalm 54:4, Psalm 63:7, Jeremiah 17:7-8, Romans 8:37-39, Romans 12:12-13, 1 Corinthians 15:10, Ephesians 3:20-21, 1 John 5:4

When Sumner Spence expressed his desire to attend college, many people scoffed because he suffers from cerebral palsy. Sumner can't read books because ...


Research Finds Anti-Evangelical Bias on CampusesPrinter view
Topics: Attitudes; Bigotry; Challenges; Christians; Church; Community impact; Education; Judging others; Opposition; Perception & Reality; Persecution; Perspectives; Rebellion; Respect; Suffering; Teachers; Testing; Tests; Tolerance; Trials; Worldview
References: Isaiah 29:14, Matthew 5:11, Romans 1:22, 1 Corinthians 1:18-20, 1 Corinthians 2:6, 1 Corinthians 3:19-20, Philippians 1:29

The Institute for Jewish and Community Research surveyed 1,200 professors from a cross-section of colleges, seeking "their attitudes toward various religions." ...


Sparking the Flame of KnowledgePrinter view
Topics: Education; Insight; Inspiration; Knowledge; Learning; Passion, spiritual; Renewing the mind; Students; Study; Teachers; Teaching; Understanding; Wisdom; Zeal
References: Psalm 119:18, Proverbs 4:7, Proverbs 24:5, Isaiah 50:4, Acts 17:11, Romans 12:2, Ephesians 1:17

Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.

—William Butler Yeats, poet and dramatist, 1865–1939


Oldest College GradPrinter view
Topics: Age; Aging; Attitudes; Commitment; Determination; Education; Faithfulness; Goals; Motivation; Perseverance; Persistence; Steadfastness
References: Psalm 71:9, Psalm 90:12, Proverbs 16:31, Proverbs 20:29, Isaiah 40:31, Isaiah 46:4, Romans 12:8, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Galatians 6:9

When Alexandra Ochs, 21, walks across the graduation platform at Fort Hays State University to accept her diploma, the next person in line will be her ...


Goals of "Generation Next"Printer view
Topics: Ambition; Behavior; Character; Children; Contentment; Education; Finances; Goals; Greed; Lifestyle; Luxury; Materialism; Money, love of; Possessions; Poverty, spiritual; Principles; Prosperity; Purpose; Riches; Spiritual growth; Stewardship; Teenagers; World; Worldliness; Youth
References: Deuteronomy 15:7, Proverbs 19:17, Malachi 3:6-12, Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 19:21, Acts 5:1-11, 2 Corinthians 8:1-9:15

What is "essential" in the mind of the typical college freshman? An extensive survey conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute found that 85.8 ...


University of Florida's Sports Budget in PerspectivePrinter view
Topics: Budget; Education; Entertainment; Finances; Money; Perspective; Priorities; Riches; Sports; Stewardship; Stinginess; Values
References: Proverbs 17:16, Matthew 6:19-20, Matthew 13:45-46, 1 Corinthians 4:2, 2 Corinthians 8:1-9:15

$69 million: The University of Florida's athletic department budget for the 2006-07 academic year. The Gators won their second straight men's basketball ...


Number of Homeschoolers IncreasingPrinter view
Topics: Children; Culture, sub; Education; Students
References: Deuteronomy 4:9-10, Proverbs 22:6

The number of homeschooled students in 1999: 850,000

The number of homeschooled students in 2003: at least 1.1 million


American Children Choose Media Over BooksPrinter view
Topics: Children; Education; Entertainment; Influences; Media; Teenagers; Television
References: Deuteronomy 11:19, Proverbs 22:6, Ephesians 5:15-17, Philippians 4:8

A Kaiser Family Foundation survey reported that U.S. children spend much more time with technology than with books.

The average amounts of time 8- to 18-year-olds ...


Gifted Athlete Has Poor PenmanshipPrinter view
Topics: Ability; Education; Human limitations; Sports; Values
References: Galatians 6:11, 1 Timothy 4:8

A certain sports writer was interviewing a college coach about a hot prospect. The writer said, "He's great on the court, but how's his scholastic work?" ...


Lewis Smedes Finds God in English 101Printer view
Topics: Calling; Career; Creation; Creativity; Education; God, creator; Joy; Kingdom of God; Knowing God; Pleasing God; Redemption; Skill; Vocation; Work
References: Genesis 1:1-31, Exodus 31:3-6, Exodus 35:26-35, Psalm 33:3, Psalm 45:1, Psalm 78:72, Psalm 100:1-5, Ephesians 1:11, Colossians 3:23-25

In his autobiography, Dr. Lewis Smedes writes of his early years in the faith. A turning point came as a freshman at Calvin College. He writes:

The first ...

Professor Takes Students' Tests for ThemPrinter view
Topics: Dependence on God; Education; Experiencing God; God, grace of; Grace; Grace of God; Grace, salvation by; Law and grace; Salvation; Teachers; Works
References: Matthew 20:1-16, Acts 20:32, Romans 3:1-28, Romans 4:1-25, Romans 10:1-4, Romans 11:6, Galatians 2:15-21, Galatians 3:18-22, Galatians 5:4-6, Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:3-7

In the spring of 2002, I left work early so I could have some uninterrupted study time before my final exam in the Youth Ministry class at Hannibal-LaGrange ...


School: The No-God Zone?Printer view
Topics: Education; Evangelism; Government; Outreach; Teenagers; Witnessing; Youth
References: Matthew 28:18-20

Fifteen-year-old Gilberto Dixon, a 10th grader at Beach Channel High School in Queens, New York, commenting on a city school board decision to forbid ...


New Course in SexualityPrinter view
Topics: Abstinence; Boldness; Childrearing; Children; Disease, sexually transmitted; Education; Morality; Parenting; Sex; Sexual immorality
References: 1 Corinthians 6:18, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-6

I held a notice from my 13-year-old daughter's school announcing a meeting to preview the new course in sexuality. Parents could examine the curriculum ...


Power of Positive WordsPrinter view
Topics: Affirmation; Children; Education; Encouragement; Expectations; Parenting
References: Ephesians 6:4

He was always in trouble at school, so when the parents of the junior high boy received one more call to come in and meet with his teacher and the principal, ...


Saying What SellsPrinter view
Topics: Deceit; Education; Ethics; Falsehood; Integrity; Truthfulness
References: Psalm 116:11, Jeremiah 9:5, Jeremiah 17:9, Colossians 3:9

In the classroom setting of one Peanuts comic strip, on the first day of the new school year, the students were told to write an essay about returning ...


Child's Boots Leave Teacher FrustratedPrinter view
Topics: Attitudes; Children; Christlikeness; Enduring; Humility; Longsuffering; Patience; Perseverance; Persistence; Self-control; Self-discipline; Suffering; Temper; Testing; Tests; Tolerance; Trials
References: Psalm 27:14, Ecclesiastes 7:8, Galatians 6:9, Colossians 3:13, James 1:1-8

Did you hear the Texas tall tale about the teacher who was helping one of her kindergarten students put on his cowboy boots? He asked for help, and she ...


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