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Have Courage to Choose the Truth
The Hebrews made a choice on who they knew to be true and reliable—and they had the courage to stay with their choice despite the noise and threats around them, because they knew the reality hadn’t changed simply because others chose not to believe it.
One of the most courageous acts we can ever do in our lives, especially as Christians, is to choose what’s already true—God’s word—rather than the breeze of opinion. Your voice and life can be powerful wherever your current sphere of influence.
Besides, why would we want to live any other way? We were never meant to simply sit in a dull box of sad passivity, wading around aimlessly and never really grabbing hold of reality, the true life that’s available to us. Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck said that “an unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times.”
Be encouraged, have courage to choose the truth, regardless of who or what may try to intimidate you along the way, and know this: “Be strong and courageous, do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
—Joshua 1:9
Most college students think America invented slavery, professor finds
What’s more, he began to observe a shift in his students’ quiz responses in the early 2000s. Before that time, Pesta described his students as “often historically ignorant, but not politicized.” Since the early 2000s, Pesta has found that “many students come to college preprogrammed in certain ways.”
“They cannot tell you many historical facts or relate anything meaningful about historical biographies, but they are, however, stridently vocal about the corrupt nature of the Republic, about the wickedness of the founding fathers, and about the evils of free markets,” Pesta said. “Most alarmingly, they know nothing about the fraught history of Marxist ideology and communist governments over the last century, but often reductively define socialism as ‘fairness.’”
Pesta also noted that, early on, his students’ “blissful ignorance was accompanied by a basic humility about what they did not know.” But over time he said he increasingly saw “a sense of moral superiority in not knowing anything about our ‘racist and sexist’ history and our ‘biased’ institutions.”
What’s more, he began to observe a shift in his students’ quiz responses in the early 2000s. Before that time, Pesta described his students as “often historically ignorant, but not politicized.” Since the early 2000s, Pesta has found that “many students come to college preprogrammed in certain ways.”
“They cannot tell you many historical facts or relate anything meaningful about historical biographies, but they are, however, stridently vocal about the corrupt nature of the Republic, about the wickedness of the founding fathers, and about the evils of free markets,” Pesta said. “Most alarmingly, they know nothing about the fraught history of Marxist ideology and communist governments over the last century, but often reductively define socialism as ‘fairness.’”
Pesta also noted that, early on, his students’ “blissful ignorance was accompanied by a basic humility about what they did not know.” But over time he said he increasingly saw “a sense of moral superiority in not knowing anything about our ‘racist and sexist’ history and our ‘biased’ institutions.”
Common Core, Still in Place...
He told The Epoch Times that one of the goals of Common Core’s creators was to indoctrinate American children into progressive ideology. “Common Core—now re-branded state by state to fool people into thinking it has been removed—is a key part of a broader movement to transform American education,” explained Dr. Pesta, who hosts the popular education-focused Doctor Duke Show.
Americans Need to Read Better Books
According to the NPD Bookscan, a glance at the 10 best-selling books of the decade is depressing, if not troubling, such are the books’ simplicity, thematic elements, and flat characters. If the old adage, “you are what you read,” is true, based on these numbers, American adults are a sex-starved people who are drawn to psychological thrillers and only here and there hope to be inspired—all while reading books aimed at young people.
Parent's Guide to Christopher Robin
“Doing nothing, often leads to the very best something.”
This statement seems so contrary to what we believe in this day and age, yet it’s a powerful statement in Christopher Robin.
When I grew up I didn’t spend much time in structured activities. Oh, there was a year I played softball, or the months I took ballet, but as a kid my time was spent in and around our home, playing. Using my imagination. Doing nothing.
Doing nothing. It’s what I believe (and the experts often weight in about) fosters creative ideas, imagination, problem solving skills, and more. It’s one reason my own daughter’s schedule has never been packed with formal activities. I find that she has learned so much through play. And still does.
Though the movie seems to have Pooh needing Christopher Robin’s help initially, I think most of us will clearly see that it is Christopher Robin who ultimately needs Pooh’s help to realize (and put into practice) just what is important in life. Something that I think will resonate with so many of us parents.
Christopher Robin is a great reminder to us as parents. Time is fleeting – something that has hit home recently as another birthday has gone by.
How my mom played a board game with me--and changed my life
Here’s what my mother communicated to me by playing Candy Land, setting up a makeshift Slip n’ Slide, walking with me through the woods and having conversations with me: You are valuable. The little things you care about aren’t little things at all, because you’re important to me. What matters to you matters to me.
How to Pursue Toy Minimalism (and the Magic that Happens When You Do)
Personally, I want to teach my girls to surround themselves with items that are useful and loved.
I want them to learn the beauty of a clean and clear space free from clutter.
I want them to learn to be thoughtful about what they buy, accept from others, and allow to be in their homes.
The only way to teach our children these lessons is through our own actions.
This is something to work toward daily for them.
My girls have changed my view on life, home, and my role as a wife and mother. They’ve taught me what I need to teach them.
KNOWLES: The Real Reasons IQs Are Dropping
A 2018 study that came out of Norway showed that IQ is not just dropping across all of society uniformly or on average, it's dropping specifically within individual families. Over the course of generations within the same family, IQ is dropping. That takes out the possibility that it's just stupid people having more kids, and it takes out the possibility that you can blame immigrants from poor countries for the average intelligence going down.
