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John Lord

John Lord, King Solomon, and Taxes

We are still working our way through Lord’s Beacon Lights of History, Volume II: Jewish Heroes and Prophets by reading a little bit during Circle Time three or four mornings per week. {And can I just say that the magic never wears off of real leather books preserved with love for 80ish years?} The past few days we have been finishing up the chapter on King Solomon. My son is just fascinated by all of the details I would have considered Continue Reading…
May 13, 2009
Samuel: “So You Think You Want a King?”

It is interesting to read the Bible and compare what happened thousands of years ago to what is happening today. Solomon really had a point when he told us there was nothing new under the sun. I’ve read about Samuel a number of times in my life, but it is interesting to read what John Lord had to say because Lord is taking a historical/sociological/political perspective. Lord explains that the major observable event in Samuel’s life is the transition of the Continue Reading…
March 18, 2009
Samuel and the Long View of Changing Culture

The children and I are really enjoying our daily reading of Lord’s Beacon Lights of History. Well, maybe that’s stretching it. E. and I are enjoying it, and the girls are tolerating it and also bickering. But I digress. This work is offering a thorough education to both of us, and perhaps the little girls if they are listening at all. Every once in a while, A. gives me a sign that she is listening much more than I think she Continue Reading…
March 17, 2009
If They Help You, Then They Own You

In these troubled times, it seems to be a new tradition to turn backs on the old methods of struggle, innovation, perseverance, and ingenuity and instead rely on the Almighty State to save. The leaders of nations have a long tradition of relying on crisis and a sense of urgency to appropriate more power unto themselves. But rarely do they give any of that power back, and often they exert that power in ways which are unexpected. Take, for instance, Continue Reading…
February 12, 2009