Several years ago, a friend of mine and I were discussing our rather-similar early childhoods (in the 1960s, but in different states), and we somehow ended up talking about praise, or the lack thereof, both at school and at home. One conclusion we had both come to independently of each other is that our teachersContinue reading “Changing Praise Practices in Education”
Category Archives: Christian Apologetics
Is God More Tolerant than He Used to Be?
There seems to be an increasingly popular notion that God as revealed in the Old Testament and God as revealed in the New Testament are very different; not that they are different Gods, but that the way He acts is different during those two periods of history. In the Old Testament, God is seen asContinue reading “Is God More Tolerant than He Used to Be?”
Why Do We Do What We Do?
I was born in 1960, so I grew up at a time when obeying your parents and teachers was expected, and they were to be respected. My father was a pastor, and one thing he preached about more than once was the ten commandments, one at a time–OK, maybe not #7, the adultery one. IContinue reading “Why Do We Do What We Do?”
Harmless Pranks, or Dangerous and Damaging Behavior?
One afternoon a couple months ago, someone rang my doorbell and pounded on my door. When I went outside, there was a boy on a bike, and he “apologized” for his “dweeb” friend. I told him that I didn’t hold it against them. A few hours later, however, I heard (and even felt) what soundedContinue reading “Harmless Pranks, or Dangerous and Damaging Behavior?”
AI and the Changing Face of Plagiarism
As a retired professor of ESL, I have been watching developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) over the past few years with interest, particularly ChatGPT, which is a chatbot and virtual assistant. OpenAI, which spawned ChatGPT, was founded in December 2015; ChatGPT was launched in November 2022. The pace of change in our contemporary world isContinue reading “AI and the Changing Face of Plagiarism”
To the Remnant 