tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531305.post6538431793775682266..comments2023-10-25T04:52:45.007-04:00Comments on Re-Form: Top Reads of 2008Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224466674026431314noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531305.post-73461998656494100852009-01-19T14:26:00.000-05:002009-01-19T14:26:00.000-05:00Have you read any Lesslie Newbigin?Have you read any Lesslie Newbigin?Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08087917273552690904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531305.post-57089234777655307152009-01-16T12:40:00.000-05:002009-01-16T12:40:00.000-05:00I'm disappointed "The Shaping of Things to Come" d...I'm disappointed "The Shaping of Things to Come" didn't make it!!Doug Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10440115051224884535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531305.post-60055293062535608892009-01-14T11:16:00.000-05:002009-01-14T11:16:00.000-05:00I had never heard that statement by John Wesley, b...I had never heard that statement by John Wesley, but I agree with it. That book I showed you called "A Thomas Jefferson Education" is all about reading classic works. Classic doesn't have to mean old. It just means works of literature that make the reader think about the human condition, good and evil, right and wrong and problems in the world that need fixing. The author of "A Thomas Jefferson Education" also asserts this is how the great thinkers in our nation's past were educated, but we have moved far away from that. Consequently, we have a nation of "knowers" - not so many thinkers. If a student reads the works of great thinkers of the past and present, he learns to be a great thinker himself.Julianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052938729210604661noreply@blogger.com