Issues in Education

The Miracle of Christmas

12/13/25 The Miracle of Christmas 1967
No matter how many people try to lump Christmas into a generic ‘happy holiday’, there’s a different spirit in the Christmas season than any other holiday. Beyond the gifts, friends and family, music, why celebrate Christmas? Renowned author, Max Lucado, author of 3:16 – The Numbers of Hope, says people get excited about learning of God’s love for them. Everything about the life of Jesus is his giving to others. Jesus came to give and serve. Then He gave us His life. Jesus went from holding the stars in His hands to clutching Mary’s little finger. Why did He come to earth?

Bonhoeffer

12/6/25 Bonhoeffer 1966
The way to teach character is through role models and biographies. Brilliant young German theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, author of The Cost of Discipleship, challenged Hitler and the compromised German Church. Because Bonhoeffer lived a Cross centered life, he also died a martyr’s death at the age of 39. Professor Stephen Nichols, professor at Lancaster Bible College and the author of Bonhoeffer – On the Christian Life, From The Cross, For The World, sees parallels between Germany in Bonhoeffer’s day and our society today and what it means to be a true disciple. “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil,” wrote Bonhoeffer.

God’s Designs, Man’s Inventions

11/29/25 God’s Designs, Man’s Inventions 1965
Many technological advances are based on nature. Some of the best inventions come from those who study God’s design in nature yet don’t give God credit or even acknowledge Him. Aerospace engineer, Jeff Seto, co-author of Made in Heaven -Man’s Indiscriminate Stealing of God’s Amazing Design, gives many examples of ideas that came from God in nature, like mosquitoes (painless needles) and spiders, mussels (underwater glue), wasps and burrs (Velcro) that serve as inspirations for top scientists. Ray Comfort, says, “It’s dishonest to steal God’s ideas and say they came from nothing.”

True Thanksgiving

11/22/25 True Thanksgiving 1964
Peter Marshall, author of The Light and The Glory, tells how God saved the Pilgrims from shipwreck, starvation and disease. Peter Marshall's extensive research show the Pilgrims weren't witch-hunting, killjoys but people who were colorful, vivacious and filled with joy and celebration. He tells how they came through their starving time (five kernels of corn a day) to reap a wonderful harvest that came to be known as Thanksgiving. Peter Marshall says the Pilgrims didn’t come here for religious freedom, but they came here as missionaries. God brought an English speaking Indian who taught them survival skills. Connie, a 4th grade teacher, reads from the diary of a 12-year-old girl who survived a horrendous voyage on the Mayflower.

God’s Incredible Design

11/15/20 God’s Incredible Design 1963
Dr Geoffrey Simmons, a medical doctor and author of 9 books, describes the incredible design in the human body, and in the marvels of nature, like the giraffe’s neck and the woodpecker’s tongue. Darwin didn’t understand genetics or how a child inherits traits from his parents, so how could he know people evolved from apes? Darwin wrote that whales were the result of bears going out to sea. The bears would have drowned. Dr Simmons tells of the intelligent octopus, and birds that fly from Alaska to Hawaii, non-stop. This couldn’t have happened because they gradually would have drowned.