Trivium Pursuit Blog
Leonard Ravenhill on Prayer
Prayer is another way of telling God that we have all confidence in Him but no confidence in our own native powers. Strong men (self-strong) neglect prayer, or sometimes slight or ignore it, and therefore show their self esteem and their near-independence of divine...
Bearing the Sting by A. B. Simpson
Bearing the Sting "He opened not his mouth" (Isa. 53:7). How much grace it requires to bear a misunderstanding rightly, and to receive an unkind judgment in holy sweetness! Nothing tests the Christian character more than to have some evil thing said about him. This is...
New Christian Filmmakers Contest
Spring Contest Starting Friday, May 27 at 9 AM CST filmmakers around the world will produce a three-minute story on video. 36-hours later, 9 PM Saturday the 28th, they will upload their video to YouTube. Judges will score entries on Story, Cinematography, Sound,...
The Munchkin Grows Up
A smile for Gwammy. Have YOU read your Bible today?
Selling some of my classic literature collection
To purchase any of these books, see instructions here. Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb, illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham, hb, 1945, $12. Moby Dick by Herman Melville, hb, $1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, large type edition,...
Mother’s Day Present
This is a Mother's Day poem my son Nathaniel bought for me from a homeless man named "Twin" at Skid Row in Los Angeles.
Trivium Pursuit Sale This Week
This week our book Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style will be on sale for $17. Also, all orders of $35 or more (including from the used book list) will receive our 6 ancient history ebooks -- a $50 value. We have added hundreds of books...
Today’s the Day
UPDATE: $1,076,240 UPDATE: $628,622 UPDATE: They're at $504,133 now. Dear Laurie, Tonight is the first Republican Presidential debate in Greenville, South Carolina, and as you know, the grassroots has launched a Money Bomb for today. These two events will go a long...
I’m going to specialize in dahlias this year
Maybe I'll even take some to the fair.
Perspective in Trials
Taken from The World From Our Window by Ken Fields ...Perspective is often God's gift to his children when they are called to enter the valley of the shadow of death. In other words, the trials God ordains for us are rarely as bad as we initially make them out to...
College Credit for Rosetta Stone Spanish?
This sale has ended.
“Peace” About It
Taken from OPC.org Question: I frequently hear people praying about something until they had "peace about it" and also "God opens and closes doors." Are these statements biblically incorrect? Answer: Your question indicates that you are not willing to just go along...
ON FAILING by Dr. Michael A. Halleen
ON FAILING By Dr. Michael A. Halleen They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. (John 21:3) Jesus' disciples knew how to fish. They did it well and expected to be successful. But that night "they caught *nothing*." They failed. We know...
The Wisdom of Solomon
1 Kings 3:16-28 16 Now two women who were harlots [or possibly innkeepers] came to the king, and stood before him. 17 And one woman said, “O my lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth while she was in the house. 18 Then it happened, the third...
For Grandmas only
Thanks to Kathy S. for sharing this with me: I was out walking with my Grandson. He picked something up off of the ground and started to put it in his mouth. I took the item away from him, and I asked him not to do that. "Why?" my Grandson asked. "Because it's been on...
The Writer’s Toolbox
What’s in your toolbox? A writer’s toolbox would be incomplete without a variety of rhetorical devices. Rhetorical devices were first examined by the rhetoricians of ancient Greece. Writers and speakers have been honing these devices ever since in their search for...
Suggestion for a Curriculum — Classical Education?
My husband and I are seeking to implement your homeschooling ideas (classical education) with our children who are currently 9, 6, 4, and 1. Since I tend to function best with structure and also do not feel confident enough to pull this together on my own, I would...
The Big, Strong Red Barn
Once upon a time, there was a Big, Strong Red Barn. It was built long ago to hold the horses which Farmer Green used to plow his corn and bean fields. Big, Strong Red Barn had four - 7 foot high horse stalls and two spacious brick-lined pen areas, plus a hayloft which...
Calvin and Gill on Ephesians 6:1-4 and Colossians 3:20-21
John Calvin Commentary: Ephesians 6:1-4 1. Children, obey. Why does the apostle use the word obey instead of honor, which has a greater extent of meaning? It is because Obedience is the evidence of that honor which children owe to their parents, and is therefore more...
Freebie Alert: The Home Educator’s Tutor
Freebie Alert: "The Home Educator's Tutor", a nine volume curriculum series compiled with Classical and Charlotte Mason educational principles in mind, was first published by JR & Paula Augustine beginning in 2006, and continued as "The Tutor" by Codex Publishing...
Letter from Missionary in Japan — How to pray for Japan right now
Dear All, It's the sixth day after the earthquake and the tsunami that has rocked Japan to her ancient core. The National Police Agency says it has confirmed 3,771 deaths in 12 prefectures and 8,181 people remain unaccounted for in six prefectures. Rescue operations...
Lucky Iowans — Ron Paul Addresses Homeschooling Families
Message from Ron Paul. Congress is out of session next week, and I plan to take full advantage! I will be making two important trips, one to Iowa and one to New Hampshire. People are really paying attention, and I hope that if you are in the area, you will attend some...
A Real Work of Grace
...whenever there is any real work of grace upon a man's heart, it will be made openly manifest; that others can see, as well as he can feel, that something has been wrought in his soul by a divine power, which has made him different from what he was before. -- J.C....
Selling My Set of Classic Literature — Books On Tape
Better have God for your guardian than the Bank of England for your possession
Morning and Evening by C.H. Spurgeon February 28, Evening The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which He spake by Elijah.—1 Kings 17:16 See the faithfulness of divine love. You observe that this woman had...
Hypothetical Situation: What Would You Do?
What if you had an adult child who was addicted to cocaine. What specific things would you do in order to show/practice love to that child? What specific things would you NOT do in order to show/practice love to that child? Mark 10:21 Then Jesus, looking at him, loved...
Cheap Money and Anemia
" ...Then, as now, occasional good things were gotten off in the course of debate or oration. G. E. Marsh, of the Crescent Society, a junior, was pitted against one of the freshmen in debate. He was the crack orator of the college, eloquent and graceful. The subject...
Harvey and Edna Bluedorn
Harvey and Edna Bluedorn, 1934 (drawing by Johannah Bluedorn Stanford)
On Trying to Fix What Ain’t Broke
Parental control over education is a basic constitutional principle and a fundamental right. It can be protected by legislation, but it cannot be made to rest upon legislation, because if it rests upon legislation, it then ceases to be a fundamental right, and it...
100th Anniversary Tribute
While America celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ronald Reagan, I’d like to pay a small tribute to another great man who also was born a hundred years ago – my dad. Though for a while the two – my dad and Reagan – actually lived within a few miles of...