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September 2017

September 07, 2017

How to Raise Christian Kids: Two Tips and One Error

Truth is precious and error is easy. If you love your children, you hope they...

August 2017

August 26, 2017

If Nobody Ever Calls You Al, What You Might Do as a Second Rate Teacher

If you cannot be the best, if nobody is ever going to call you Al,...

August 25, 2017

If You Wish to Be Called Al, Then Teach This Way

The best teacher I know is called Al and we honor the best students in the...

August 24, 2017

House Ties: On Dress and Education

We need school ties. That seems odd, since any given piece of clothing is not...

August 23, 2017

If Only You Could Call Me Al: Three Truths for Educators

A wise song says that given certain conditions you can "call me Al." That should be...

August 22, 2017

Classical Education: A Way of Being and Not a Curriculum

Some old things should be forgotten, yet much that has been forgotten should not have...

August 21, 2017

Getting Schooled . . .

When school starts, most Americans do not go. We are done, graduated. Thank God. Or...

August 13, 2017

Ten Tips for a Great School Year: K-College

Some advice is so good it works for everyone. At the kindergarten through college program, where...

August 04, 2017

The 100% Solution: Questions from M

An odd thing about folks is that if you put a number on it, they...

August 01, 2017

Post-David Barton: Christianity and the Constitution

David Barton is wrong. And so are the godless constitutionalists.

August 01, 2017

Post Barton – Christianity and the Constitution- Warren Throckmorton

A Note from John Mark N. Reynolds: Christians in the academy disagree on many things,...

July 2017

July 27, 2017

They Took Our Religion and Gave Us Opioids

The great thing about a cruise is meeting people . . . at one point...

July 25, 2017

A Series of Modest Steps to Save Christian Higher Education

College is expensive and yet a diploma is still necessary for many jobs. Even...

July 01, 2017

Is there an Iron Law for Christian Academic Institutions?

Want to keep your school on track? Thirty years of observation and reading have given...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

“Don’t Do Drugs!” and Other Bromides

Bromiders don't--or cannot--explain their moral reasoning. Bromiders only pick targets that are socially safe for...

June 22, 2017

I have met Tolkien’s Eagles . . . the ACCS

We have loved being in Pittsburgh, but we would have come even if the Conference...

April 2017

April 24, 2017

Gift of the University Wise Men: A Christmas Parody for April

One million and eighty-seven thousand. That was all. And sixty thousand of it was in...

April 06, 2017

Some Serious Concerns with the Gospel of John: A Memo

Lyons Christian College Lyons, New York RE: Life of Jesus 101 (Bible Department) TO: Professor...

April 05, 2017

Four Lessons from the Life of Jesus Regarding Education

Jesus was a great teacher. His teachings left such a great impact on His students...

April 02, 2017

Never, Ever, Every Hire This Man: On George B. McClellan

If you are hiring a leader, avoid one type more than (almost) any other....

March 2017

March 28, 2017

Challenges, not Suffering

Teach bright students, get great questions. Teach bright students and eventually they become peers and...

March 27, 2017

Don’t Ask for a Refund: Not Even Attacked

During the horrible circus fire of 1944, when many children were burned alive, this happened:...

March 24, 2017

Today I Go to the Circus

Right after I write this, I will go the circus and I hope to learn...

March 16, 2017

Three Ways Not To Start a Dialog

If you wish to get into a fight during dialog with a significant other or...

March 11, 2017

Just be Practical: Do Science, Have a Mind

"Faith" can be used to escape from reason and wisdom, but should not be. Even...

March 05, 2017

Hear Every Idea You Can: on Charles Murray

Charles Murray was invited to speak at a college and his speech was shut down...

February 2017

February 11, 2017

Don’t Let the Culture of TV Evangelism Into Christian Ed: Do Online Well

Around 1986, I discovered that my Commodore 64 could link to other computers in a...

February 10, 2017

Let Go of James the Lesser: Education Advice to Jesus

Memo to Administration of Jesus University From: Al C. Biades Ed.D., Consultant for WIN.EDU! T0...

January 2017

January 26, 2017

You cannot get the graduates of Christian Oxford with the Pedagogy of Bob Jones

I am a Christian school graduate. Thank God. Thank God Mom and Dad helped start a...

January 24, 2017

Avoid Self-Deception in News Reading: With an Example!

I am tempted to like stories more that fit what I wish was, is, and...