Let God in

Psalm 127:1

"Unless the Lord builds a house, they labor in vain who build it."

Shouldn't we be allowing God into the 'building' of America?

(ie. the molding of our future leaders)

Headlines on the CNN webpage this past week:

"American students cannot name the first president of the US"

and

"Teen scores over 1 million on Guitar Hero"


Where are our priorities?????

Tate Publishing and Enterprises
The Lord gave the Word; great was the company of those that published it.”
-Psalm 68:11

Dennis Ray Book Signing Event

You are invited to attend a book signing for author Dennis Ray:

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
AAUW Book Sale,
Trinity United Methodist Church
Corner of Main & Mulberry StreetsChillicothe, OH 45601
5:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Please join Dennis for this special event
and invite a friend!
If you already have a copy of The Stakes Are High,
buy one for a friend – this book makes a great gift!

We hope to see you there!



For more information, please email author Dennis at den1955@roadrunner.com


Can’t make the event? Click here to visit our online bookstore to get a copy!

Cookie cutter education is not the answer

No Child Left Behind, while good-intentioned, created a system in which every student is forced to comply with the same set of expectations. Individual needs and abilities are not considered. As C.S. Lewis put it in his classic Mere Christianity:

"When you find yourself wanting to turn your children, or your pupils, or even your neighbors into people exactly like yourself, remember that God probably never intended for them to be that. You and they are different organs, intended to do different things."

We are all part of the 'body' of Christ, yet we are not all toes, or kneecaps, or little fingers. That would certainly make for a weird looking body. No one part is more important or valuable than another. We all have different talents and gifts and have different roles in God's will for our lives and in contributing to the kingdom of God.

William Wilberforce championed the decades-long battle to abolish the slave trade in the British Empire in the late 1700's and early 1800's. He wrote a book on the society of his day called "Real Christianity". The following quotation from that book was describing France during the time of the French Revolution.

It sounds eerily like America today, don't you think?

"Christianity has been attacked and marginalized by groups because those who profess belief are unable to defend the faith from attacks, even though the attackers' arguments are deeply flawed." --William Wilberforce

“…for the sake of our commission to ‘go and make disciples,’ I hope Christians will not surrender the public schools. Instead, let us take them back. Let’s consider them a mission field.”

--- Franklin Graham, Decision magazine, September 2004

The Stakes Are High Table of Contents

CONTENTS:

Author’s note: Why this book? Why now? Why me?
Introduction: The Stakes ARE High
Part 1: God’s Wisdom is “the Principal Thing”
Chapter 1: Gaining God’s Wisdom
Chapter 2: Ears to Hear
Part 2: What Students Need from God’s Wisdom
Chapter 3: The Big “C” – Character
Chapter 4: The New “Three R’s” of Education
Chapter 5: Trains, Planes, and Automobiles – The “Three D’s”
Part 3: This is for Teachers (and not just those in the classrooms)
Chapter 6: Now It’s Our Turn
Part 4: One Nation....UNDER GOD....once again !
Chapter 7: The United States - a ‘Schizophrenic Personality’
Part 5: Conclusion: How Can I Make a Difference?