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  The lecturer states she “would contend that only a believer is able to truly love wisdom as God created us to love.” Do you agree or disagree? Explain.

  Cynthia McHugh replied 22 hours, 45 minutes ago 325 Members · 327 Replies

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  Eric Proctor

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  05/28/2024 at 13:25

  I agree with this statement. If you are not a believer than you do not understand what true wisdom is to begin with. You rely on yourself and how wise you think you are and that will eventually fail you. When, as a believer, you understand that wisdom comes from God, you can then begin to able to love others as they are to be loved.

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  Melinda Mulkey

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  05/22/2024 at 20:17

  Yes, I agree with this statement. God is love. He demonstrated his love for us. He sent his son for us. Philosophy is the love of wisdom. When we are in Christ, we are a new creation and we seek wisdom from God because he is our source of wisdom.

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  Shykesha Henriquez

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  05/21/2024 at 15:32

  Yes, I agree. Without faith it is impossible to love or to believe in God who created wisdom. So without having the Spirit of God living in us, we can not truly love wisdom.

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  Shana Smith

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  05/15/2024 at 11:09

  I would agree. To be follow God, we must grow in Him. As we grow closer, we learn, learning brings wisdom. After we gain wisdom, it is our responsibility to share that wisdom with others which is sharing the love of God to those around us.

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  Pamela Wormack

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  05/10/2024 at 23:03

  I concur with the lecturer. As Scripture identifies “the fear of the Lord as the beginning of wisdom”, then it becomes apparent that it is with Him that wisdom first resides. Without a sound belief in the LORD (which stems from being born again), it would appear that an individual cannot sincerely love and adhere to this same wisdom “of the LORD”. To “follow Him” as His disciples would require pursuing and committing to this same wisdom (emanating from Him alone), contrary to what is often very familiar, commonplace and limited to our own selves. It is this form of wisdom which reveals principles, instruction, counsel, and directional changes for life which can only be found within the divine and sovereign nature.

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  What do you hope to gain from this course? In what specific areas do you hope to grow as a Christian educator?

  Cynthia McHugh replied 22 hours, 42 minutes ago 217 Members · 218 Replies

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  Daniel Araujo

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  02/16/2023 at 12:45

  I think this course will be a review of concepts that I enjoy engaging with. I’m looking to see how beneficial this course will be for professional development for our school. I hope to grow as a Christian educator in the field of leadership and also in curriculum development. Lately, I’ve also been interested in David I. Smith’s work about Faith Formation and assessing faith investment.

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  Jennifer Crill

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  02/11/2023 at 19:01

  I hope to strengthen my ability to express a Christian worldview in my classroom and weave God’s design throughout my lessons and activities.

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  Carolyn mccalla

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  02/08/2023 at 13:03

  I look forward to the challenge of articulating a biblically grounded description of the role of education and the educator.

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  Julie

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  01/26/2023 at 15:15

  As I continually grow in intimacy and love with God, I grow as a teacher who can love and serve students as Christ loves and serves the church. I want to increase my ability to create a nurturing environment and creative ways to connect my students with the truth of the Word of God so that they will hold this truth in their hearts and not depart from it.

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  David Dixon

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  01/25/2023 at 06:18

  I want to challenge myself to improve my teaching. I recognize that as I grow, my teaching will grow, and my students will benefit. May God be glorified.

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  Why is it imperative that Christian educators have a Christian philosophy of education?

  Cynthia McHugh replied 22 hours, 40 minutes ago 215 Members · 223 Replies

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  Carolyn mccalla

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  02/08/2023 at 12:52

  Education is a tool to equip generations to enact the philosophical imperatives of society. The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof. (Psalm 24: 1). It is by Him and for Him that it has been made. (Colossians 1: 15 – 17). He has invited us to restore the world to its glorious purposes in Christ Jesus. (2 Corinthians 5: 11 – 21). We can only partake in His plan with His mind. (Romans 12: 1 – 2). We need the mind of Christ to direct set the direction for our work as educators. The purpose of education, in God's economy, is to see people come to full knowledge of, and into complete unity with, the Truth. Jesus Christ is the Truth they must come to know, not just as a fact but by lived experience in right relationship with Him.

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  Carolyn mccalla

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  02/08/2023 at 12:51

  Education is a tool to equip generations to enact the philosophical imperatives of society. The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof. (Psalm 24: 1). It is by Him and for Him that it has been made. (Colossians 1: 15 – 17). He has invited us to restore the world to its glorious purposes in Christ Jesus. (2 Corinthians 5: 11 – 21). We can only partake in His plan with His mind. (Romans 12: 1 – 2). We need the mind of Christ to direct set the direction for our work as educators. The purpose of education, in God’s economy, is to see people come to full knowledge of, and into complete unity with, the Truth. Jesus Christ is the Truth they must come to know, not just as a fact but by lived experience in right relationship with Him.

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  Caris Hage

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  01/27/2023 at 09:32

  We as educations have the opportunity to share the word of God and assist parents in training up their children so that they know the Lord. It’s important that we have a solid foundation of what we believe so that we are able to pass down the truth’s of the Lord to these children and the grow and have a solid foundation and knowledge of who Christ is through education.

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  John Moran

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  01/26/2023 at 15:36

  As educators we are giving our students more that an education in the three R’s. We are giving them a foundation on how to live their whole lives in the way God intended. We can’t give the students that foundation if our own teaching is not grounded in a Christian philosophy.

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  John Moran

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  01/26/2023 at 15:33

  We need to ground our students in the Bible and the values that God, the creator of the universe has set forth for us.

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