Logic for Children

  • Logic for Children,  Rhetoric and Philosophy of Theology and Epistemology with an Emphasis on Worldview and Apologetics

    Darwin on Trial by Phillip E. Johnson

    Darwin on Trial by Phillip E. Johnson Oh my STARS! But I just LOVE this book! I first learned about Professor Johnson back in law school. (He was a University of California Berkeley Law Professor until he suffered a series of strokes back in 2001.) I heard him speak at a Christian Legal Society Conference (he became a Christian later in life, I think in his forties, after he had been a tenured law professor for many years), and I was immediately impressed not only by his brilliance, but also by his humility and wry humor. I started reading his books at that conference and I’ve loved every one I’ve…

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    If you only read one book in 2018 (besides the Bible), read this one!

    A few months ago, I mentioned to a friend how wonderfully, biblically, rich, Christ-exalting, and helpful one of my currently-being-read-books was. (I’m one of those people who usually has a PILE O’ BOOKS surrounding me, on every level, all the time.) I told her that this might actually be one of my favorite books of all time (!!) and I was super excited to describe it to her. But then I told her the name of the book. Uh-oh. She was not impressed: Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church: A Guide for Ministry This dear, amazing woman. A hero of the faith in my book. One of the finest churchmen, bible teachers,…

  • Logic for Children,  Momma Tara~Parenting,  Redeeming Church Conflicts

    My Arguments Bounced Off of Her Like Tigger on Red Bull

    A few years ago, I had the joy of serving a group of pre-teens and teens in a Geography class. Not being a geography expert (understatement of the year and a fact that I made quite clear to the parents and students when they asked me to serve), I was happy to walk with the students through their Geography textbook as they memorized vocabulary words and definitions and took their tests and quizzes. But, as I told them, I was never going to remember the name of every ocean / river / lake or the capital of every country / province / state, etc. because: A) I don’t have the time to memorize all of…

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    Specific Resources for Teaching Children Logic

    In response to a question on Facebook (Hi, EH! 🙂 !), I was trying to think through exactly what resources I have used for teaching logic to children. For my 5th and 6th graders this year, I was basically winging it (creating handouts and outlines based on where our discussions took us each week and based on old logic textbooks that a college professor gave me in the late 1980’s—does that make me sound ancient or what?!). But we were also helped by: This (wonderful! free!) “Thou Shalt Not Commit Logical Fallacies” poster. (The creator of which contacted me this spring because he is doing a TED Talk on teaching…

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    An introductory course on logic could really serve the cause of the gospel among younger generations …

    If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you know that I love to discuss, well, pretty much anything with young people. I love to get to know them, listen to them, ask questions of them (and then listen to their responses). I also enjoy challenging them (once relationship is established)—especially re: why they believe what they believe. I hope that the young people in my life would all say that I love them and I am genuinely interested in them in persons (because I do and I am). I also hope that they would say that I dearly hold to certain beliefs—I would even die for them. And because I…