Education: The Politics of Hollywood with Andrew Breitbart by Hoover Institute
Education: The Great Debaters Scene, "Because obviously, you have lost it!"
Professor, "His (slave owner) methods were very simple and were diabolical. Keep the slave physically strong but psychologically weak and dependent on the slave master. Keep the body. Take the mind. I and every other professor on this campus are here to help you -- to find, take back, and keep your righteous mind. Because obviously, you have lost it! That's all you need to know about me Mr. Lowe. Class dismissed."
Education: Charlie Kirk Interviews Kirk Cameron with Wide-Ranging Issue like History, Politics, Religion, Monuments, Protests, Church, Health, Law
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Godspeak Church in Southern California near Ventura, CA hosted Charlie Kirk (also with Turning Point USA) interview of Kirk Cameron July 2020. The interview includes a wide-ranging issues that have been highlighted in the current state of American affairs. The issues involve history, religion, politics, protests, constitution, freedom, tyranny, power, truth, health, science, law, etc. Several resources like names, places, monuments, etc. are mentioned, allowing one to reference and further use or discover depth to the interview.
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There are several people, topics, and resources mentioned throughout the interview which are incredibly helpful to utilize or learn more. Here are some links for those.
William (Bill) Federer - American author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Federer
William (Bill) Federer - Books: American Minute book and others.
Monumental Documentary (DVD and online stream): https://www.teloscenter.org/library/monumental-documentary
National Monument to our Forefathers (i.e. Matrix of Liberty statue): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Monument_to_the_Forefathers#:~:text=The%20National%20Monument%20to%20the,world's%20largest%20solid%20granite%20monument.
Ravi Zacharias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Zacharias
J. Vernon McGee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Vernon_McGee and Thru the Bible
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Education: Paleontologist Kurt Wise Explains Evidence for Noah's Flood Forming the Fossil Record
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Is Genesis History? Description
If you like this lecture from the 2017 IGH Conference, you can get it and over 70 more at: https://isgenesishistory.com/conference/
The fossil record can be difficult to understand. It is, however, an extremely important witness to the results of the global flood and its aftermath in the post-flood period.
During the 2017 IGH Conference, Dr. Kurt Wise explored the impact of the Flood on the earth in a series of three in-depth lectures. This lecture on the “study of fossils,” the second in the series, provides a fascinating look at the nature of the fossil record.
Paleontology is actually Kurt’s specialty, having received his PhD from Harvard while studying under evolutionary paleontologist Steven J. Gould. Needless to say, Kurt understands paleontology extremely well from both perspectives.
If you’ve not seen the documentary yet, here are ways to watch Is Genesis History featuring Kurt Wise and 12 other scientists and scholars: https://isgenesishistory.com/
Specific topics of “Paleontology of the Flood” include:
2:40 – Biostratigraphic Column
10:00 – Nature of Fossilization
19:45 – Footprints/Trackways
25:00 – Disparity vs. Diversity
29:00 – Organismal Change: Stasis and Abrupt Appearance
32:30 – Testing Evolutionary Claims
40:00 – Floating Forest Theory
50:00 – Explanation of Coal Layers
1:07:00 – Overview of Model
Education: Paleontologist Marcus Ross Explains Dinosaurs in the Fossil Record and the Bible's Genesis Flood Events
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Is Genesis History? Description
“As they gaze in wonder at the massive skeletons of dinosaurs and other extinct creatures, Del Tackett and paleontologist Marcus Ross discuss how the fossil record is best explained by the events and timeline recorded in Genesis. Abundant marine fossils on the continents and the appearance of animal trackways before body fossils fit a global Flood scenario. They then examine how intelligent design can be seen in fossil organisms from complex trilobite eyes to Apatosaurus' feet and pterosaur flight. For more information, please visit us at our website, https://isgenesishistory.com/.“
Education: Archeologist Doug Petrovich Explains the Bible's Genesis Tower of Babel Location
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Is Genesis History? Description
“Archeologist Doug Petrovich explains why he thinks he has identified the site of the Tower of Babel based on a variety of evidences from the Ancient Near East. Part of the "Beyond Is Genesis History?" series. See everything available at https://isgenesishistory.com/shop/.
Dr. Petrovich earned a PhD from the University of Toronto, with a major in Syro-Palestinian archaeology, a first minor in ancient Egyptian language, and a second minor in ancient Near Eastern religions. He formerly was the academic dean and a professor at Novosibirsk Biblical-Theological Seminary (Siberia, Russia), as well as at Shepherds Theological Seminary (Cary, North Carolina), having taught over 30 different courses. Dr. Petrovich’s research interests include biblical history and exegesis, Egyptology, and ancient Near Eastern history (including archaeology, epigraphy, chronology, and iconography). He teaches Ancient Egypt at Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, Canada).“
Education: Hebraist Steve Boyd Explains The Bible's Genesis Chapters 1-11 Storyline
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Is Genesis History? Description
“Starting with Genesis 1:1, Hebraist Steve Boyd takes us through the key events and timeline represented in the first eleven chapters of Genesis. He also explains the content of these passages in light of the original Hebrew text. If you'd like to learn more, please visit us at https://isgenesishistory.com for more information!“
Education: David Webb 2015's Oxford Union Speech on "The United States is Not Institutionally Racist"
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Oxford Union Description
The Motion: This House Believes the United States is Institutionally Racist.
David Webb is a Conservative commentator, co-founder of Tea Party 365 and host of the David Webb Show. He is also a columnist for Breitbart and contributor to Fox News.
ABOUT THE OXFORD UNION SOCIETY: The Union is the world's most prestigious debating society, with an unparalleled reputation for bringing international guests and speakers to Oxford. It has been established for 189 years, aiming to promote debate and discussion not just in Oxford University, but across the globe.
Education: Thomas Sowell on Discrimination and Disparities
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Sowell’s Book and Description
Discrimination and Disparities
“An empirical examination of how economic and other disparities arise
Economic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are victims of genetics. Others believe that those who are less fortunate are victims of the more fortunate.
Discrimination and Disparities gathers a wide array of empirical evidence from to challenge the idea that different economic outcomes can be explained by any one factor, be it discrimination, exploitation or genetics.
It is readable enough for people with no prior knowledge of economics. Yet the empirical evidence with which it backs up its analysis spans the globe and challenges beliefs across the ideological spectrum.
The point of Discrimination and Disparities is not to recommend some particular policy "fix" at the end, but to clarify why so many policy fixes have turned out to be counterproductive, and to expose some seemingly invincible fallacies--behind many counterproductive policies.”
Hoover Institutes Video Description
“Recorded March 14, 2018
Rich or poor, most people agree that wealth disparities exist. Thomas Sowell discusses the origins and impacts of those wealth disparities in his new book, Discrimination and Disparities in this episode of Uncommon Knowledge.
Sowell explains his issues with the relatively new legal standard of “disparate impact” and how it disregards the American legal principle of “burden of proof.” Sowell and Robinson discuss how economic outcomes vary greatly across individuals and groups and that concepts like “disparate impact” fail to take into account these variations.
They chat about the impact of nuclear families on the IQs of individuals, as studies have not only shown that children raised by two parents tend to have higher levels of intelligence but also that first-born and single children have even higher intelligence levels than those of younger siblings, indicating that the time and attention given by parents to their children greatly impacts the child’s future more than factors like race, environment, or genetics. Sowell talks about his book in which he wrote extensively about National Merit Scholarship finalists who more often than not were the first-born or only child in a family.
Sowell and Robinson go on to discuss historical instances of discrimination and how those instances affected economic and social issues within families, including discrimination created by housing laws in the Bay Area. They discuss unemployment rates, violence, the welfare state in regards to African American communities, and more.”
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Education: Thomas Sowell on the Myths of Economic Inequality
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Sowell’s Book and Description
A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
“Thomas Sowell's classic analysis of the opposing visions behind today's ethical and ideological disputes
Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. This revised edition of a classic analyzes the centuries-long debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power. It distinguishes between those with the "constrained" vision, which sees human nature as enduring and self-centered, and the "unconstrained" vision, in which human nature is malleable and perfectible. A Conflict of Visions offers a compelling case that these opposing visions are behind the ethical and ideological disputes of yesterday and today.”
Hoover Institutes Video Description
“Recorded on November 15, 2018
Thomas Sowell discusses economic inequality, racial inequality, and the myths that have continued to falsely describe the system of poverty among different racial and economic classes. He explains the economic theories behind these pervasive myths and proposes fact-based solutions for seemingly intractable situations.
Sowell discusses his early life as a high school dropout and his first full-time job as a Western Union messenger delivering telegrams. He admits to flirting with Marxism in his early twenties as he first tried to grapple with the housing inequality he saw across the neighborhoods of New York City. Marxism, he says, was the only explanation he could find at the time. He went on to serve in the Marine Corps before continuing his education in economics at Harvard and earning a master’s at Columbia and a PhD at the University of Chicago.
Sowell’s first job after his receiving his PhD in economics was working for the Department of Labor, and he says it was there that he realized Marxism was not the answer. He argues that the government has its own institutional interests in inequality that cannot be explained through Marxism. He began to be discouraged by Marxism and the government in general and began searching for better economic ideas and solutions (the free market).
Robinson and Sowell discuss Sowell’s written works, his ideas of racial and economic inequality, the state of the United States today, and much more.”
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Education: Who was Pastor S.M. Lockridge (1913-2000)?
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Education: Resources for Science of Genetics, Human Chromosome 2 “Fusion Site," and Evolution vs. Creation
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Along the way, we will update this post with helpful resources from linked articles to literature (books, curriculum). We are grateful for truth and people in professions and skills that are capable to delve into specific and scientific realities, research, and results. Often there are opposing, simple, or purely confusing stances on science. It can feel overwhelming or needlessly straining, but truth will set you free, regardless of how “small” or “large” truthful facts.
Resources
https://answersingenesis.org/genetics/dna-similarities/a-tale-of-two-chromosomes/
https://genesisapologetics.com/faqs/human-and-chimp-dna-is-it-really-98-similar/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qZCiXEcP8 (video on Genetics, Evolution, and Creation: Most Asked Questions - Dr. Georgia Purdom)
Education: The United States of America State of the Union Address 2020 [LIVE VIDEO]
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The below Youtube videos are the live feeds on today, February 4th, 2020, featuring the president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, giving the State of the Union Address 9pm EST.
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Education: Training to Live Our Identity in Christ -- Overcomer Movie [VIDEO]
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Overcomer movie breaks through the old lack-luster, corny Christian films of the past and provides a better taste of quality movie production capturing Christian truths — especially the abiding truth of living in Christ. It is incredibly difficult to produce a movie, let alone a good movie, and more so a Christian movie, and Overcomer movie has done just that. Overcomer movie digs deep into historical Christianity and deep, inspirational truths from the Bible’s New Testament book of Ephesians. To see Ephesians 1 on the “big screen” and captured in the right contextual meaning is incredible.
Overcomer brings the audience into a undeniably real life scenarios involving all various aspects of this broken and sinful world:
Grand-parenting (raising grandchildren without their parents)
Parents
Families
Children
Teenagers/Adolescence/Young adults
Neighborhoods
Orphans (parentless, single parents)
Christian school (administration, teachers, coaches, parents, guardians, students, classes)
Sports (basketball, football, cross country running, coaching)
Small town
Anger
Hate
Confusion
Loneliness
Theft
Selfishness
Division
Disease
Disabilities
Weird people
Funny people
Mean people
Christian people
Life decisions
Life changes
Learning to understand
Learning to forgive
Church
Pastors
Hospital visitation
Hospitality
Bible
Faith in Christ
Child of God
The movie captures an incredible amount of width of issues as well as narrowing on the single, residing, and resounding answer of God and the gospel. Here are a few statements shared at the end of the film:
I was a mistake.
No place in this world.
Unwanted.
I felt unloved.
So many mixed messages from the world around me, I lived in confusion.
My parents did not want me
It doesn’t come from the culture around me …
The Creator gets to define his creation.
I still have good and bad days.
I still have struggles.
The one who loves me and died for me and overcame everything for me … Sin, suffering, and death … I walk with him everyday … I trust him everyday.
Since my identity is found in him, and I know exactly who I am.
If one interprets the movie or Christianity as a self-discovery help with tips and tricks, then they’ve missed God, Christianity, church history, and the Bible. This is turning from ourselves and the world to God — entrusting the entirety of our real life to him.
Mid movie, there’s a scene with the coach talking with the man in the hospital with critical health issues. The one on the hospital bed challenges the “Christian” school coach and his identity in Christ to reveal God is greater and more important than life itself.
The movie ends with 1 John 5:5:
“Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?”
This is a great movie revealing how we are to be trained to live our identity in Christ, a Christian, in this real world. Every person has a telos-centered heart. The question is, what is your telos? Or, who is your telos? Is it you? This world? Something you miss? Don’t have? Want? Or God himself?
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Education: What is the Greatest Math Problem? Simple but Profound
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Teachers (including pastors) and parents have a great opportunity to provoke thought and discussion in all various educational subjects to life, even math. Many hate math or at least find it difficult, let alone find the Bible, Christianity, and God difficult. It’s imperative as well as inspirational for teachers to accurately teach — explain life to students.
And so, is there any math problems that could summarize the Bible? Is there a particular math problem that explains Christianity? Is there a math problem that describes our relationship to God? Is there a math problem that explains how justification, sanctification, and glorification work? Is there a math problem that is profound but simple for even a child to understand?
Yes, yes, there is:
0 + 1 = 1
We are included in the equation though our value is zero or nothing and have nothing to offer.
We actually (because of sin) are negative in our value (i.e. -0) but a negative zero does not exist and still remains no value.
He holds all the value in the equation and still includes us.
He provides us value — his value.
There’s no room for self-righteousness, and only reveals his righteousness is what makes the equation work.
There’s only room for humility and receptivity of his value.
His value is not merely descriptive but actually him.
We are Christian (saved) and are able to have a relationship to God because God gave us value in the person and work of Jesus on our behalf.
Even before Genesis 3 and the sinful fall of mankind, humanities’ righteousness still came from God. Just because Adam and Eve were created “good” does not mean that was the full value. They were good only because God declared them to be. “Good” refers to relationship to God and his presence. One can’t be good and Godless at the same time. The then later way to be “good” is for God to declare us good (again), which he does and only through the gospel of Christ. There’s a big theological word for that — justification (declared righteous).
His ever presence in our lives is then sanctifying.
His presence is also a secured promise of being with him after our death — glorification.
God is valuable, but not for our sake though he includes us, but for his sake.
Education: Greater Movie About the True Story of Brandon Burlsworth [VIDEO]
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Greater movie captures the true life story of Brandon Burlsworth, and the film provided a tremendous lens into his life, especially the foundational core and it’s effects — God. His epitaph’s last line reads, “Loss is great, but God is greater.” The film shows not just his work ethic and character but also the reason for it as well as its relationship to life, people, and family. The film just may make you laugh, cringe, and even cry, but the core principle stands true that no matter what happens in life, we trust God.
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Amazon: ”GREATER follows the true story of Brandon Burlsworth who is perhaps the greatest walk-on in the history of college football. Brandon dreamed of playing for the Arkansas Razorbacks but was told he wasn’t good enough to play Division I ball. Undeterred, Brandon took a risk and walked on in 1994. Written off by fellow teammates and coaches, Brandon displayed dogged determination in the face of staggering odds. The awkward kid who once was an embarrassment to his teammates and an annoyance to his coaches ended up becoming the most respected player in the history of the program, changing the lives of all he touched.”
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Education: Justice Neil Gorsuch On American History, Constitution, and the Republic [VIDEO]
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Fox News Youtube: “Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch discusses his judicial philosophy and the importance of separation of powers in his new book 'A Republic, If You Can Keep It’.“
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Education: Created Equal Film by Justice Clarence Thomas [VIDEO]
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“Created Equal” film releases in 2020 and described as:
After a brief introduction, the documentary proceeds chronologically, combining Justice Thomas’ first person account with a rich array of historical archive material, period and original music, personal photos, and evocative recreations. Unscripted and without narration, the documentary takes the viewer through this complex and often painful life, dealing with race, faith, power, jurisprudence, and personal resilience.
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Education: Justice Clarence Thomas Shares About His Background, Life, and Career [VIDEO]
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Clarence Thomas was appointed as a justice on the United States Supreme Court in 1991 and is interviewed at the Harvard Law School in 2013, which includes a short question and answer time at the end for students. The interview is unique as it shares a vast amount of details in far ranging topics of Justice Thomas’ life (past and present). The “Created Equal” documentary by Justice Thomas releases in 2020:
After a brief introduction, the documentary proceeds chronologically, combining Justice Thomas’ first person account with a rich array of historical archive material, period and original music, personal photos, and evocative recreations. Unscripted and without narration, the documentary takes the viewer through this complex and often painful life, dealing with race, faith, power, jurisprudence, and personal resilience.
Justice Clarence Thomas’ interview is helpful to reveal history of his life but also the development of America in various ways. He grew up poor and in a relational “cocoon” as he describes that ensured he did not grow up responding to societal evils likewise (i.e. evil). He was not excused but rather trained up and fought for what was right, especially as he pressed into education. Throughout all the obstacles in his life, he pressed on in a direction with an unknown future and faithful to the days tasks and jobs. A lot can be gleaned from his life and the relational “cocoon,” especially his grandfather.
