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How Audio Learning Can Improve Your Child’s Grades

Children are born with the ability to listen. All the knowledge that your child retains in the first years of life is obtained through listening, watching, and experiencing. It is only later in life that children begin to learn by reading on their own. Far too often, with younger children especially, we set aside the God-given ability to learn by ...

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7 Unique Ways To Celebrate Independence Day

Pool parties, barbecues, and fireworks are great Fourth of July traditions. However, there are other ways you can celebrate this important holiday with your family and friends. Why not give one of these unique ideas a try this year? You might just find a new favorite family tradition. Read the Declaration of Independence July 4th is the perfect time to ...

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Abigail Adams’ Apple Pan Dowdy

Apple Pan Dowdy

Do you ever wonder what our Founding Father’s ate?  John Adam’s, our second President of the United States, enjoyed his wife’s Apple Pan Dowdy.  Who knows, it may become of your favorites too! Abigail Adams’ Apple Pan Dowdy PASTRY 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 cup shortening FILLING 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 10 ...

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Sir Francis Drake: America’s Forgotten Founder

The greatest spiritual endeavors and achievements in the past have been those energized by faith and hope. —Ian Murray, The Puritan Hope (1971) Most Christians don’t know the power of their own faith. They think like underdogs and that has real world consequences. —Malcolm Gladwell, at the Catalyst Conference (2013)   Drake’s Faith In the epilogue of his best-selling classic, ...

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What Is Christian Art? (And Does Anything Go?)

What Is Christian Art? (And Does Anything Go?)

Ask a group of people to define “Christian art,” and you’ll likely get an assortment of different answers. It seems the phrase Christian art has as many definitions as there are colors in the universe. So, what is the definition of Christian art? And does – as they say — “anything go”? That’s the subject of this week’s edition of ...

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Christianity and the Arts

The only artist who is perfect in all forms of creativity . . . is of course God—the God who is Personal. —Edith Schaeffer, Hidden Art (1971) Come with me to the Alps and look at the snow-covered mountains. There can be no question. God is interested in beauty. —Francis A. Schaeffer, Art and the Bible (1973) The God of ...

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6 Reasons You Should Be Reading The Classics

Some people love to read, others not so much. Even book lovers and avid readers will debate whether or not one should take time to read “the classics” – those older, great works of literature that have endured the test of time. There are, in fact, many great reasons to read classic literature. And, it’s not just because we said ...

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