As bestselling author and former pastor Randy Alcorn pointed out several years ago But without the biblical doctrine of creation, there is not only no objective biblical authority, there is no doctrine of human sin and ultimate redemption. If there was no Adam, we did not sin in Adam, and did not need the last […]
high school
A Homeschooling Essential—How Should We Then Live?
There are many good books and a few great ones but only a handful that should be read by all Christian homeschooling parents and teens. How Should We Then Live? by Francis Schaeffer is one of them. Beginning with the Romans, Schaeffer traces the history of Western thought right up to the present. Yes, even […]
Review: Under a Summer Sky by Melody Carlson
At the end of the school year, art teacher Nicole Anderson receives an unexpected summer job offer: She is invited to manage an art gallery and house sit for a wealthy family friend in Savannah. It all seems ideal until she meets her co-worker Amira, sometimes called Vampira. Childhood friends Alex and Ryan surprise her, […]
Curriculum Plans for a Relaxed Homeschool High School (ages 15, 17)
Due to health issues our home high school has gone from very intense and academic for our older three to more relaxed while still rather academic for the younger two. We no longer set long term accomplishment goals as, ‘this is how much we will do this term,’ but we set process goals like, ‘this […]