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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.

  Freddie Badillo replied 1 week, 4 days ago 324 Members · 326 Replies

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  Melissa Neihof

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  04/26/2023 at 10:49

  Absolutely agree. All truth points to God. If you are not in a love relationship with God, you only have part of the picture. You are not able to know and experience absolute Truth and walk in wisdom. So it goes hand in hand. The closer you are to God the more you are able to walk in wisdom. Also, wisdom comes from God. A person may be considered wise. This is a reflection of common grace – that we are made in his image. However, a person separate from God cannot of a whole/complete understand of wisdom and truth. It is only partial.

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  April Zitsch

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  04/22/2023 at 10:37

  I would agree. Having worked at a public school for the majority of my career, I would want to take a closer look at what is this wisdom that God provides and emphasizes for us to pass on and compare it to the worldly definition of wisdom that I saw infiltrate the public school hallways and classrooms.

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  Melinda Mcclelland

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  04/19/2023 at 09:30

  Yes, I agree. Wisdom is the willingness and ability to apply spiritual truths to life’s realities. Proverbs 9:10 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” Wisdom is the ability to understand the divine perspective and apply it to life, comes from God. If you’re going to become wise, you have to know God through his Word and take him seriously.

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  Angela

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  04/18/2023 at 06:04

  Yes, I agree with the statement of the lecturer when she states “that only a believer is able to truly love wisdom as God created us to love.” Perhaps one of the greatest supporting pieces of evidence for this statement comes from one of the Bible verse that she also quotes. In Psalms 111:10 KJV, it states, " The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom". To "fear the Lord" can only take place within someone who acknowledges a belief that God exists and that he is in control of all things. Therefore, it is only believers who gain the capacity to love wisdom the way that God intended. Non-believers may value wisdom, but can not truly understand "true" wisdom nor experience the depths of wisdom that God can impart because they fail to submit and believe that God is the source from where wisdom originates.

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  Krissy Stutts

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  04/17/2023 at 10:00

  I agree with the Lecturer. God’s word says that we should seek the wisdom that is from above.

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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?

  Melissa Reasor replied 3 weeks ago 216 Members · 217 Replies

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  Shimea Hunt

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  08/09/2021 at 13:49

  I want to understand more meaningful ways to incorporate scripture daily.

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  Jessica Lawler

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  08/06/2021 at 11:46

  I am hoping to come away with some new, specific ways to share my faith in the classroom. It is so easy to get sucked into the never ending “to do list”; I would like to open my heart and mind to the opportunities God gives to share His love in the classroom.

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  Maureen Flores

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  07/27/2021 at 13:54

  I hope to learn how to apply my faith into the subject in which I teach. I hope to grow by integrating my Christian faith into all of my teaching. So the two are intertwined together.

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  Sarah Matney

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  07/26/2021 at 13:55

  I want to gain knowledge and understanding of how to implement a Christian Worldview in my classroom. I want this to be second nature to me.

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  Charles Bivens

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  07/23/2021 at 13:45

  I want to continue to develop and craft my own philosophy of education as a Christian teacher.

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

  Sara Williams replied 2 weeks, 4 days ago 214 Members · 222 Replies

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  Shimea Hunt

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  08/09/2021 at 13:59

  Because your philosophy is going to effect every aspect of the way you teach and lead. Including the way that you engage the students and respond to them.

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  Maureen Flores

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  07/27/2021 at 13:52

  We have to have a foundation in the Bible. A philosophy allows us to be deliberate. It helps us to have a plan as a school as to what our philosophy is that will be used in our school.

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  Sarah Matney

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  07/26/2021 at 13:57

  It is imperative that we as educators know clearly where we stand. We must be resolved that all truth comes from God, and that He reigns supreme. I want my students to be able to stand firm on this as well and be able to not be shaken.

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  Charles Bivens

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  07/23/2021 at 13:44

  I believe it is essential to have Christ at the center of our own personal worldview. To see eHim as the sum and substance of all things. As a Christian educator, I want to share this with my students who seek truth applied in their everyday lives. Mathematics make sense, only if the Lord is God. Science makes sense, only if the Lord is God. English makes sense, only if the Lord is God. In Jesus, He is fully revealed as supreme in all things, with education as the delivery system, for all people, everywhere.

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  Bettina Gooding

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  07/21/2021 at 17:56

  Because as stated in the video “philosophy is a person’s belief system about the world” “The purpose of Christian education is to pass down knowledge, value, and truth to the next generation” only a born again believer can teach these truths the way that God intended. As a believer our belief systems about the world is that we all need God, the world needs God. Our parts as educators is to do our part and teach that to our children. Train them while they are young, instill in them about the love of God and how much He loves us. “For God so LOVED THE WORLD, that He gave His ONLY begotten son that WHOSOEVER believes in Him should not perish but have EVERLASTING LIFE” John 3:16 -17 “for He sent His son into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be SAVED.” It is very imperative that Christian educators have a belief system that the world needs God, because if we as Christ centered educators do not believe this, then how can we teach it? We cannot, we must believe it. Our philosophy must be Christ Centered.

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