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Faith that Learns (Mark 7:24-31; Luke 16:19-31)

Faith that Learns (Mark 7:24-31; Luke 16:19-31) Syrophoenician woman; Rich man and Lazarus Lakeside Chautauqua...

September 2022

September 19, 2022

Mario Goes to College

As the school year begins, parents and educators are thinking about students shifting gears from...

June 2020

June 15, 2020

The Maturity of Jesus

I love my Sunday school class. Not only did they enthusiastically opt for a study...

May 2020

May 14, 2020

Visual and Musical Commentary on Scripture

I'm exploring creating an open textbook on the Bible and music. One thing that I...

March 2020

March 16, 2020

Learning Online (not) for the First Time

I blogged recently about faculty transitioning courses online on short notice. For some faculty this...

August 2019

August 22, 2019

Grades vs. Learning

One of my favorite things that I learned from teaching a Global and Historical Studies...

August 12, 2019

Dogs with Crumbs of Faith: What Jesus Learned from a Syro-Phoenician Woman

When it comes to the subject of Jesus learning from women, the Syro-Phoenician or Canaanite...

April 2019

April 06, 2019

Gamify Because of the F Word

Inside Higher Ed featured an article on a subject that is near and dear to...

October 2018

October 07, 2018

What Jesus Learned From Women (A New Book Project)

Let's be honest. If I keep having ideas for books that I should write, I'll...

August 2018

August 02, 2018

History, Education, and Gaming

I've been meaning for a while to share some photos of the replica of a...

July 2018

July 01, 2018

Jina lako ni nani?

As a firm believer in the usefulness of gamification to assist learning, I had been...

May 2018

May 24, 2018

Tying Burdens on Students’ Backs and Setting Them Up to Fail

I am quite happy to say that it occurred to me recently that Jesus' criticism...

June 2017

June 14, 2017

#Gamification at #CanvasCon

One of my favorite sessions at CanvasCon was about video games and learning. Many of...

March 2017

March 22, 2017

Jesus’ Personality and His Father’s Business

Last Sunday in my Sunday school class we started off with the question of whether...

March 14, 2017

Learning Ancient Greek as a Spoken Language

I have been meaning ever since I got back from SBL to blog about some...

August 2016

August 17, 2016

Jenga Block Faith

The above cartoon by David Hayward provides a really nice illustration of the issues related...

June 2016

June 27, 2016

We live in an age unlike others, when more people outside of China have at...

June 25, 2016

How To Discover When We’re Mistaken

Commenter Ian offered this statement, which is inspired by something that J. S. Mill wrote:...

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January 13, 2016

I Hope Every Class Makes You Uncomfortable

I've been waiting for the start of classes to return to a post on another...

June 2015

June 11, 2015

Trade Day at #GenCon (Gaming and Education)

Gen Con will be taking place at the end of July, and this year I'll...

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August 18, 2014

(Learning) From a Distance

This is the follow-up to my song parody about online learning, "Message Sent on Moodle,"...

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October 21, 2013

If Education is Against Your Beliefs

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Review of Lexical Tools to the Syriac New Testament (Logos Edition)

I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to review the Logos version of...

November 2012

November 13, 2012

How and What we Learn and Teach

I am taking an online course at Butler, offered to faculty who are gearing up...

September 2012

September 07, 2012

Jesus Learned

I have been talking a lot lately about how Biblical inerrantists are forced to twist...

May 2012

May 23, 2012

The Importance of Language Learning Illustrated

This morning I had a useful illustration of why learning as much as you can...

September 2007

September 26, 2007

Learn a Language

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