History

"Resources about God's covenant people in space and time, including: eras and movements, general church history, and geographical perspectives"

When considering history, most textbooks ignore what is happening within the church even though the lives of individual believers are often important markers of what God is doing on the larger stage of human affairs. It is easy to forget that the ascended Lord of the universe uses His Body, the Church, as His hands and feet to accomplish His purposes on earth. In 5 Minutes in Church History, Stephen Nichols has some 400 podcasts with transcripts. This is a great source of stories to illuminate how God has been working in His world through Christ's Body.

By John Hay, author of the Building on the Rockelementary worldview and Bible survey curriculum produced by Summit Ministries.

"Challenging today from the past" with material from the arts, history and science in Scotland

"Canadian history with new eyes: The birth of Canada You've never heard"

Conheça um pouco mais da História da Educação Escolar Cristã

By Rev. Dr. Ed Hird in Light Magazine, July 2017

David Thompson represents the best of the early Canadian explorers. A strong Christian, he remained faithful to his wife and never sold alcohol to First Nations people. Thompson had seen so many First Nations people harmed by the liquor trade that he had acquired a strong aversion to such profiteering. When once forced to carry alcohol on his donkeys, he tied the ropes so loose that the barrels were smashed on the mountain rocks.

Born April 30, 1770 in Westminster, Middlesex England to Welsh parents, Thompson's father died when he was only two years old. His mother moved the family to London, changing their Welsh name ApThomas to the more easily spoken Thompson. When Thompson moved to Canada, he never again saw either his family or London. In his journal, he wrote of a "long and sad farewell to my noble, my sacred country, an exile for ever."

“…a global movement that equips university students and faculty to give historical, philosophical, and scientific reasons for following Jesus Christ”

Joe Neff, editor of The Principal Connection introduced me to this series recently. It "is particularly designed for Christian students and others associated with college and university campuses.... The contributors...explore how the Bible has been interpreted in the history of the church, as well as how theology has been formulated. They will ask: How does the Christian faith influence our understanding of culture, literature, philosophy, government, beauty, art, or work? How does the Christian intellectual tradition help us understand truth? How does the Christian intellectual tradition shape our approach to education?"

If you're looking for something to stimulate your thinking about a particular area, these books would be a great place to start. There are Kindle, paperback and print-to-order paperback versions to fit various price ranges.

    Ethics and Moral Reasoning: A Student's Guide

    Philosophy: A Student's Guide

    Political Thought: A Student's Guide

    Art and Music: A Student's Guide

    History: A Student's Guide

    The Natural Sciences: A Student's Guide

    Psychology: A Student's Guide

    Literature: A Student's Guide

    The Liberal Arts: A Student's Guide

    Christian Worldview: A Student's Guide

    The Great Tradition of Christian Thinking: A Student's Guide

“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
Oscar Wilde

By Harold Klassen

Wishal Mangalwadi has written three books about the impact the Bible has had on the modern world including his home country of India.

1. The Book that made your world: How the Bible created the soul of Western civilization
2. This Book changed everything: The Bible’s amazing impact on our world
3. The legacy of William Carey: A model for the transformation of a culture

The insights into history, language, literature, science, and technology helped reshape my understanding of these important subjects as I saw in new ways the transforming power of the truth of God's word.

Many history teachers focus almost exclusively on rehearsing the past, forcing students to learn about names, dates, and key events. Lazy engagement with the past is the reason many students do not care much for history; they have never been properly introduced.

“Presenting America’s forgotten history and heroes with an emphasis on our moral, religious, and constitutional heritage”