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Re: Memorization – a Mother’s methods

Darryl Burling — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:57:20 -0000

Challenging to all of us!

Re: Apps I love – Alfred

Apologia New Zealand — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:41:30 -0000

Totally agree. Totally great app.

Re: Memorization – a Mother’s methods

Wayne & Leonie — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:12:43 -0000

Thanks for sharing this Darryl - very challenging! Leonie.

Re: Lewis on the role of husbands

Glenda — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:35:13 -0000

Thank you Darryl, good job. I am posting it on my site also and adding your site to my list. I only have one other man's site on my list but both of you have such good things for all of us. Thank you. Glenda www.glendahotton.com

Re: Lewis on the atheist’s straw man

Darryl Burling — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:30:21 -0000

I actually said something about Christians. Lewis wrote about Atheists.

Besides that, misinformation is not the same as lying, so perhaps you could enlighten us as to what he is wrong about?

Re: Lewis on the atheist’s straw man

A Z — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:47:03 -0000

More ridiculous strawman claims by someone with straw for brains.

If you didn't lie about what atheists think, say or do, you wouldn't have anything to post. The "ninth commandment" is YOUR rule to obey, so why don't you?

Re: Screwtape and the flesh

Darryl Burling — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:17:45 -0000

Hi Mike,

I'd be happy to have a look, but it is likely that I won't get to it until the summer when things settle down for me a bit.

You should see a "email" tab on the top right of the page - use that to email me. It is visible on the homepage, but I have also added it to the page view (thanks for pointing that out).

I almost mentioned the "horror of the same old thing". There are so many things that could be extracted from Lewis's writings that sometimes it is hard to know when to stop. :)

Thanks!
Darryl

Re: Screwtape and the flesh

Michael Snow — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:29:45 -0000

Another sin factor that Screwtape noted as leading away from the Light: "'Substitute
for the faith itself some Fashion with a Christian colouring. Work on their horror of the Same Old Thing. The horror of the Same Old Thing is one of the most valuable passions we have produced in the human heart—an endless source of heresies.2"--from the introduction to Love, Prayer, and Forgiveness: When Basics Become Heresies.

If you would care to review it, I would be glad to send the pdf. [I did not notice a contact link.] One of the themes around which it focuses is voiced by Puddleglum in The Silver Chair. ‘You see,Aslan didn’t tell Pole what would happen. He only told her what to do.’” 36

http://www.amazon.com/Love-Pra...

Re: Tips for memorizing scripture

Jeff — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:09:59 -0000

I agree with you on much of what you have posted. Memorization has blessed my wife and I abundantly. However, through being forced to memorize in NASB after already memorizing many verses in the ESV, I find the NASB to be more difficult to memorize and rougher in its flow. Usually this seems to stem from word order and connecting words. I do wonder if it relates to my consistent reading in the ESV, but my wife agrees and is reading in the NASB. Both are great translations.

Re: Issues with Theistic evolution

Michael Snow — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:07:01 -0000

Oh, for the good old days when "theistic evolution" was simply considered an oxymoron. Thank you for this helpful post and link. Certainly, the scientific materialism of Darwinists is incompatible with theistic notions of evolution. I don't buy those notions but devout men like Francis Crick do give one pause.

Re: Tips for memorizing scripture

Peter — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:35:45 -0000

Thank you very much for your comprehensive article! For Android there is also "Remember Me". It has a lot of really great tools–flashcards, scramble, obfuscation, puzzles, audio, etc.

Re: Tips for memorizing scripture

bob wire — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:13:56 -0000

i would agree that memorizing a block is much more rewarding context and all thank you for the good posting

Re: Journalling Tips

Darryl Burling — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:45:06 -0000

I started Journalling after shifting to the Mac, so I haven't tried any, but The Journal (http://u.rryl.me/ap) might be useful. There is also My Journal which looks nice (http://u.rryl.me/aq) Another option is LiveScribe (which is paper that can be uploaded to the computer) (http://u.rryl.me/livescribe). Hope that helps.

Re: Journalling Tips

Johnnyfiecka — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:18:00 -0000

Really helpful thoughts! Thanks.

No Mac...any equivalent of Day One available for PC?

Re: Journalling Tips

jhorneck3723 — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:21:34 -0000

Came here from Charlie's.com specifically to mentionn Day One. I love it.

Re: New Bible

Hash — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:30:26 -0000

now you come to your sences...

Re: Over half of NZers believe in psychics

Nate — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:07:48 -0000

... and all these people have the right to vote. Oh joy.

Re: Education options for Christians – Intro

Bru Nat — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:55:02 -0000

I agree. It's looking good. Will be very interested in the follow up. Will be of great interest to Christian parents who are genuine about our kid's development in Godly character.
Minn's Pa

Re: Education options for Christians – Intro

Darryl Burling — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:45:26 -0000

Yep, its working OK for us now. It is a big leap, but I think it is working well for us now.

Re: Education options for Christians – Intro

Darryl Burling — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:44:49 -0000

Fixed - thanks!

Re: Education options for Christians – Intro

SledgeHammerNZ — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:42:51 -0000

Over the next few weeks I’m going to **public** the paper bit
???

Re: Education options for Christians – Intro

SledgeHammerNZ — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:36:32 -0000

Dude, I am looking forward to seeing where this is heading.

I know you guys were a bit queazy about home schooling, as we were at the beginning.

I hope it's working for you now.

Re: Consolidation

Darryl Burling — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:47:47 -0000

Yes. My posts turn up in my twitter stream and in Facebook. Its pretty easy to do. The danger is in having it repeat :)

Re: Consolidation

Danny Poulson — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:56:39 -0000

Can you syndicate your RSS to twitter?

Re: Marriage, Divorce and remarriage in the Bible

Darryl Burling — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:32:06 -0000

Yes to the first question. The second sounds like the sort of question an atheist (or agnostic) would ask. In the beginning God intended marriage to be monogamous. Do you regard the Bible as authoritative?