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Psychology Class For Middle Schoolers? I say, "no."

This year tens of thousands of homeschoolers will begin taking college classes. Introductory psychology is one of the first classes that many students take. Psychology class is interesting and it is good…

The importance of worldviews is illustrated in how one defines psychology.

Psychology is usually defined as the scientific study of the human brain and behavior. But the etiology of the word psychology reveals, at a worldview level, that definition is incomplete.Psychology is the…

What does a Christian worldview have to do with studying psychology?

In one respect, the Christian worldview has little to do with to studying psychology. In another respect, it is crucial.In 1879, three years after Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species,…

Psychology Class as Apologetics

Every semester, during the last lecture, I ask students a question. It is a question that they know is coming. It is a question I told them about during the first lecture…

The Pastor's Wife

She was one of the most nervous people I have ever met. She wasn’t the ‘bad nerves’ kind of nervous that usually brought patients to the mental health center. She was ‘I…

Homeschool Curriculum. Don't Leave Psychology Out.

Psychology 101 is the most dangerous class Christian students take in college. Psychology is one of the top college majors and many Christian students pursue careers in counseling or social work. Whatever…

Its Not That Simple, Natty Rose

Chapter 1Natalia Rose Sanders had never seen so many people her own age in the same place at the same time. The auditorium buzzed with the sound of 150 college students, each…

Whatever you think about psychology, the time to deal with it is now.

Whatever you think about psychology and its effect on Christian students, the time to deal with it is now.Do you think the study of psychology is tantamount to declaring the Bible inadequate?…

#DarwinDay is a good day to ask, does #evolution explain you?

#DarwinDay is a good day to ask, does #evolution explain you? On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for LifeFebruary…

There's one more class they need before graduation.

Psychology.It's one of the first classes most students take in college and one of the most worldview challenging classes they'll take while there.Prepare them.Make them take Psychology: A Christian Perspective online with…

It's Not That Simple, Natty Rose

Natalia Sanders, Natty Rose to her friends, was homeschooled her entire life. Now she’s ready for a measure of independence. College classes were a breeze compared to the other challenges of life…

(fill in the blank) evolved to...

Zebra stripes evolved to keep biting flies at bay.The immune system evolved to discriminate infectious nonself from noninfectious self.Nicotine, cocaine and opium, are products of natural selection that evolved to protect plants…