The Hebrew Scriptures are divided into three major sections: Torah, Prophets, and Writings. Categorized under Writings are the wisdom books, also referred to as Hokma literature because of their extensive use of the various forms of the Hebrew root, hkm, meaning wisdom. Wisdom literature varies within the Judeo-Christian traditions, but among them five books share […]
Teaching & Education
Saturday School: Lesson #6 – Supporting Your Thesis, Part 2 (Logic)
Lesson #6 – Supporting Your Thesis Statement, Part 2 (Logic) Complete the reading assignment Complete the writing exercise Post your assignment in the comments Share the lesson with a friend Reading Review Last week we discussed the fact that a writer must have real and reasoned arguments to support his thesis. The way this is accomplished is by […]
Saturday School: Lesson #5 – Supporting Your Thesis, Part 1 (Definition)
Lesson #5 – Supporting Your Thesis Statement I (Definition) Complete the reading assignment Complete the writing exercise Post your assignment in the comments Share the lesson with a friend Reading One last reminder, in case you’re just joining us: we are focusing on the persuasive essay because good writing must have a compelling message. Later, we will discuss other genres, […]
Saturday School: Lesson #4 – The Thesis Statement
Lesson #4 – The Thesis Statement Complete the reading assignment Complete the writing exercise Post your assignment in the comments Share the lesson with a friend Reading As I explained last week, we will be focusing on the persuasive essay to start. This is because of what we have learned about writing: if it’s good, it will […]
Saturday School: Lesson #3 – Elements of Contingency
Lesson #3 – Elements of Contingency Complete the reading assignment Complete the writing exercise Post your assignment in the comments Share the lesson with a friend Reading Last week we learned good writing doesn’t just tell the facts, it makes an assertion. In other words, all good writing has a compelling message–it argues a point. We […]
Saturday School: Lesson #2 – Elements of Composition
Lesson #2 – Elements of Composition Complete the reading assignment Complete the writing exercise Post your assignment in the comments Share the lesson with a friend Reading Today’s lesson is extremely simple, and should only take you a few minutes. Last week we discussed the difference between sophistry and rhetoric. We learned that rhetoric rightly understood, is […]
Saturday School: Lesson #1 – Redeeming Rhetoric
Lesson #1 – Redeeming Rhetoric Complete the reading assignment Complete the writing exercise Post your assignment in the comments Share the lesson with a friend Reading Rhetoric is frequently confused with sophistry. For example, when a politician uses the emotion of the moment after a national tragedy to promote a new policy, or bends and distorts the truth in […]
Video: Introduction to Old Western Culture with Roman Roads Media
For quality classical Christian curriculum and online classrooms, check out Roman Roads Media.
What You Miss By Not Reading the Literature of Old Western Culture
As a writer and Classical Christian teacher, I’m frequently asked why I think it’s important to study the classics, or what C.S. Lewis called Old Western Culture. Usually the questions go something like: What does it matter what a bunch of dead guys thought? Shouldn’t students be focused on an education that will get them […]
What Can You Do With 15 Minutes?
Time management is overrated. Actually, time management is a misnomer. Time cannot be managed. It is a constant. It’s you and I that need to be managed. We’ve all been given the same amount of time each day; yet, none of us know how many days “of that same amount of time each day” we […]