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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.

  Angela Keathley replied 4 days, 11 hours ago 305 Members · 307 Replies

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  Carolyn Sinclair McCalla

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  02/08/2023 at 13:00

  It is true, the statement that “only a believer is able to truly love wisdom as God created us to love.” True wisdom begins with the fear (reverence) of the LORD. (Proverbs 9:10). We learn it at His feet. We learn it by and from His Holy Spirit. We learn it when we humble ourselves to agree with the only enduring reality-God. We cannot despise God and enter wisdom. There is no other source but God for these things. These things are good things and they come, as all good things do, by way of the Father, through the Son and the Holy Spirit. (James 1:17).

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  Julie

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  01/26/2023 at 15:31

  Although God created us all in His image, as believers, we have the Holy Spirit who gives us understanding. 1 Cor. 2:14-16 says, ‘The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.’
  Having the mind of Christ allows us to see things from a heavenly perspective and appreciate all of God’s wisdom and creation because we know the creator.

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  Jenna Hegwood

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  01/09/2023 at 01:31

  I believe that all humans can truly love wisdom. I believe this because no matter what, we are all created in God’s image, and therefore we all do desire wisdom and love to some degree. However, only believers will really understand some of the mysteries of the world and our God because we have the Holy Spirit who helps us in this.

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  Cheryl Stollenwerck

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  12/30/2022 at 18:52

  Yes, I agree with her because we are made in God’s image. She quoted Psalm 111: “…the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”

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  Sarah Walter

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  12/29/2022 at 12:25

  I must agree as many places in Scripture do as well. Isaiah 11:2 states, “and the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD” (KJV) meaning that wisdom, true wisdom, only comes through the Spirit from our LORD. Then, in Jeremiah 8:9 we read, “The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?” (KJV). This states blatantly that when we subtract God from our understanding, or wisdom, we are bound to become dismayed, depressed, taken into the chains of hopelessness and oppression from our own wisdom and thoughts. Also note the waring in Colossians 2:23 that says, “These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh” (ESV). Without God as our resource for wisdom, the knowledge and wisdom we gain will not bring satisfaction, we will always thirst for more and feel as though we are lacking. Although we are to continuously thirst for God’s wisdom, it will bring satisfaction unlike man’s or the world’s wisdom.

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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?

  Angela Keathley replied 4 days, 11 hours ago 200 Members · 201 Replies

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  Krystal Shaarda

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  07/01/2021 at 11:05

  I hope to improve the ways I transmit knowledge, values, and truth to the little ones God has intrusted me with.

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  Kristin Walker

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  06/29/2021 at 17:12

  I hope to gain insights as to how I can shift my focus from a secular science teacher who cannot speak of my faith to an educator who disciples and raises up my students to be confident in Christ, while they learn science.

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  Laura Tamplin

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  06/22/2021 at 16:53

  I hope to gain a clearer understanding of a Biblical philosophy of education. I also hope to learn how to implement that philosophy through my teaching.

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  Bill Trapp

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  06/21/2021 at 22:33

  My main purpose is to update my ACSI certification. Secondly, I hope to truly reflect on what I do differently when teaching in a Christian-school classroom versus a public school classroom. I hope that the time I spend in reflection helps me focus my lesson plans.

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  Lori Spurgeon

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  06/21/2021 at 08:56

  I guess the driving factor behind this course is to renew my teaching license with ACSI. But it is so fun to be guided in reading, discussing and rethinking these issues again. I hope to gain a renewed commitment to give my best to God and my students.

  I have already begun a growth journey recently, which has shown me areas that I want to gain depth. One of those is to be a leader in my school. Not for the sake of gaining but for the sake of giving and encouraging.

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

  Angela Keathley replied 4 days, 11 hours ago 199 Members · 207 Replies

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  Andrew Hall

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  07/02/2021 at 12:09

  I believe that having a CPoE is important because otherwise our teaching style, methods, and reasons for teaching would not be any different than those who do not have a CPoE. Scripture tells us that God has called us to Himself to be representatives in this world for Him in every area of our lives. So as teachers it is imperative to have a philosophy of education that is biblically grounded so that we can be a light for Christ in the classroom because it is not safe to assume that every student at a Christian school is in fact a follower of Christ.

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  Krystal Shaarda

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  07/01/2021 at 11:13

  Our beliefs about the nature of the world, children, and our purpose directly influences what we say and do. Naturally as educators presenting knowledge and modeling character traits in various circumstances, children look to us for direction and as people to emulate. if our words and actions do not point them onto the right path, we are pointing them onto the wrong path. There is much at stake.

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  Kristin Walker

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  06/29/2021 at 17:08

  It is imperative that Christian educators have a Christian philosophy of education because education is much more than the teaching of content, it is preparing students for life. Having a Christian philosophy of education allows us as Christian educators to impart on our students Biblical truths and the love of Christ. To be a successful educator and to teach children as a whole child, a Christian worldview is crucial. It gives us educators a foundation to build the emotional and spiritual strengths of our students. As Christians in our current world, it is important that we are able to understand our identity in Christ and to see ourselves and the world as God intends. Without this foundation we are lost and struggling to understand the chaos around us. If we as teachers do not have a foundation of a Christian philosophy of education, we will struggle to pass this on to our students and raise them up in this ever-changing world.

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  Marcia Lowry

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  06/25/2021 at 16:47

  It’s imperative that Christian educators have a Christian philosophy of education because it is literally the foundation of why we chose to represent Christ through the ministry of education.
  It separates worldview ideologies and integrates Christian Beliefs within the areas of education. In Matthew 5, we are taught that we are the “Light of the world”, not to be hidden but yet placed where our LIGHT shines before all people. Through all areas of teaching we shine by allowing His truths to be interwoven within every lesson; to allow His glory to be shown. In doing so, the next generation will hear of His goodness, His grace, His love, His mercy… and find that no other compares to Him. It provides them with the understanding that He is found in everything, as John 1:3 states, “through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made” and Colossians 1:16, “For in Him all things were created; things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible…all things have been created through Him and for Him”.

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  Marcia Lowry

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  06/25/2021 at 16:43

  It’s imperative that Christian educators have a Christian philosophy of education because it is literally the foundation of why we chose to represent Christ through the ministry of education.
  It separates worldview ideologies and integrates Christian Beliefs within the areas of education. In Matthew 5, we are taught that we are the “Light of the world”, not to be hidden but yet placed where our LIGHT shines before all people. Through all areas of teaching we shine by allowing His truths to be interwoven within every lessons; to allow His glory to be shown. In doing so, the next generation will hear of His goodness, His grace, His love, His mercy… and find that no other compares to Him.

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