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Where’s the humility?
Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) The more I study the New Testament, the more I recognize how much Jesus values humility. Whether he is directly addressing it (like in Luke 14:11 and James 4:6-7), or making more of an indirect reference (like with the rich young ruler), humility is clearly something Jesus desires in his followers. Over the… Read more
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Asking the Right Questions
Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) Teacher: “And that’s how you convert a fraction to a percent. Does anyone have any questions?” Student: “I don’t understand.” Teacher: “What specifically don’t you understand?” Student: “I just don’t get it.” Teacher: “Well, let’s start at the beginning, do you understand how to turn the fraction into a decimal number?” Student: “Yes,… Read more
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Conquering The Mountain
Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) During the first week of Christmas break, we traveled to Tennessee with my parents and spent a few days at a cabin in the Smoky Mountains. On the last day of our trip my oldest daughter, myself, and my parents decided to do a short hike at the base of… Read more
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Dialectic Catechism
Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) Dialectic Catechism – English 7 2 Peter 1:5-7 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. What are the three stages of the… Read more
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Rhetoric Catechism
Summit Christian Academy Summit Christian Academy What are the stages of the trivium? The three stages of the Trivium are grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric. What is Rhetoric? Rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case all of the available means of persuasion. How should rhetoric be used? I should think, write, and speak… Read more
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