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.: Freedom Quotes :.

In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and he answered by setting me free.
Psalm 118:5

I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.
Psalm 119:32

I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
Psalm 119:45

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.
Luke 4:18-19

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
John 8:32

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
John 8:36

Into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Romans 8:21

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1

You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.
Galatians 5:13

Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
1 Corinthians 8:9

In him [Christ] and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Ephesians 3:12

But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.
James 1:25

Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
James 2:12

Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
1 Peter 2:16

They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
2 Peter 2:19

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
Abraham Lincoln

"I freed thousands of slaves. I could have freed thousands more, if they had known they were slaves."
Harriet Tubman

"No one is free when others are oppressed."
Author Unknown

"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"
Patrick Henry

"A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none, a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to every one."
Martin Luther
Freedom of a Christian

"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it."
Pericles

"None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free."
Goethe

"So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men."
Voltaire

"The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage."
Thucydides

"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
George Orwell

"O, Lord, I want to be free, want to be free, Rainbow round my shoulder, wings on my feet."
Traditional spiritual

FREE FROM THE LAW

Free from the law, O happy condition,
Jesus has bled and there is remission,
Cursed by the law and bruised by the fall,
Grace hath redeemed us once for all.

Once for all, O sinner, receive it,
Once for all, O brother, believe it;
Cling to the cross, the burden will fall,
Christ hath redeemed us once for all.

Now we are free, there’s no condemnation,
Jesus provides a perfect salvation.
“Come unto Me,” O hear His sweet call,
Come, and He saves us once for all.

“Children of God,” O glorious calling,
Surely His grace will keep us from falling;
Passing from death to life at His call;
Blessèd salvation once for all.

HE SET ME FREE

My soul is filled with joy and gladness
Since Jesus came to me.
His love has banished all my sadness,
From sin I am set free.

He set me free, He set me free,
I was blind, but hallelujah, now I see!
I shall ne’er forget the day
When He washed my sins away,
And He set, He set me free.

The Comforter divine is dwelling
Within my soul today;
His love to others I am telling
Since Jesus came to stay.

The grace of Jesus hath abounded
For all my sins I see,
Salvation walls have me surrounded,
From sin I am set free.

GLORIOUS FREEDOM

Once I was bound by sin’s galling fetters;
Chained like a slave, I struggled in vain.
But I received a glorious freedom,
When Jesus broke my fetters in twain.

Glorious freedom! Wonderful freedom!
No more in chains of sin I repine!
Jesus the glorious Emancipator—
Now and forever He shall be mine.

Freedom from all the carnal affections;
Freedom from envy, hatred and strife;
Freedom from vain and worldly ambitions;
Freedom from all that saddened my life!

Freedom from pride and all sinful follies;
Freedom from love and glitter of gold;
Freedom from evil temper and anger;
Glorious freedom, rapture untold!

Freedom from fear with all of its torments;
Freedom from care with all of its pain;
Freedom in Christ, my blessèd Redeemer—
He Who has rent my fetters in twain.

HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW

Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,
Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home,
When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is He:
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

I sing because I’m happy,
I sing because I’m free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.

“Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I hear,
And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;
Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,
When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

The Races

Carol | June 23, 2008

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A BEAR!! In the Backyard!!

Carol | June 20, 2008

Just now, we, along with Nana and Papa, watched this big fellow for a while in the back field. He kept lying down and then disappeared.

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Having No One to Care

Carol | June 20, 2008

Woman sat dead in front of TV for 42 years
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2008/05/16/woman-sat-dead-in-front-of-tv-for-42-years-86908-20419070/

Edited on December 16, 2009 to add:

N.C. Woman Lay Dead in Bed for 8 Months Despite Daily Visits
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580364,00.html?test=latestnews

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Difficult to Supply the Demand

Carol | June 20, 2008

I gave B9 the go-ahead to begin reading his new grade five books as soon as he finished grade four. Big mistake. He read four books in the past day and a half. I am tempted to hide his new books, but I also want him to read as much as he likes. It is really difficult to supply the demand for literature around here.

Our two local libraries are VERY limited and inter-library loan gets complicated if you get more than a couple books, so that is why I have to buy a lot of books for our homeschool. Fortunately, books make wonderful hand-me-downs.

These are the books B9 just finished. C6 is reading the second book in the series.

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More Homeschool Books On Order

Carol | June 20, 2008

Grade 10
Last Of The Mohicans ~ Richard Slotkin
Complete Poems ~ Walt Whitman
Legend Of Sleepy Hollow And Other Stories ~ William Hedges
Picture Of Dorian Gray ~ Oscar Wilde
Heart Of Darkness ~ Joseph Conrad
Red Badge Of Courage ~ Gary Scharnhorst
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era ~ James M. McPherson
The Guns of August ~ Barbara W. Tuchman
Atlas Shrugged ~ Ayn Rand
The Sun Also Rises ~ Ernest Hemingway

Grade 5
Gentle Ben ~ Walt Morey
The Black Pearl ~ Scott O’Dell
The Book of Pirates ~ Howard Pyle
Prince And The Pauper ~ Jerry Griswold
Traitor The Case Of Benedict Arnold ~ Jean Fritz
Yankee Doodle Boy: A Young Soldier’s Adventures in the American Revolution ~ Joseph Plumb Martin
Swallows and Amazons ~ Arthur Ransome
Hero Tales from American History ~ Theodore, IV Roosevelt
Seaman: The Dog Who Explored The West With Lewis And Clark ~ Karwoski Gail
Guns of Thunder ~ Douglas Bond

Grade 2
Math 1-2 Deluxe Ed Ages 6-8
Math 1 On-Track CD-Rom
Math On-Track CD-Rom Gr 2
Addition & Subtraction Book Set W/CD
Einstein Math Tutor #1 DVD

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Learning Math Facts

Carol | June 19, 2008

C6 (and L3 for that matter) has learned to skip count with this CD:

One Hundred Sheep: Skip Counting Songs from the Gospels CD

Now, she is (kind of) trying to learn her multiplication facts. She seems to understand the 4 groups, 3 in each group line of thought, but she has a long way to go in memorizing the facts. (She is only six.) We found this website yesterday, and it was the first time she “loved” doing math facts.

http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/FairyFun.htm

Here is the main site:

http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm

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Books N14 Read in Grade Nine

Carol | June 19, 2008

Books N14 read this past year in grade nine.

Veritas Press Omnibus III: Reformation to the Present
Semester 1 ~ Primary (5 days/week)
The Westminster Confession of Faith (Weeks 1,2)
The Pilgrim’s Progress ~ John Bunyan (Weeks 3-5)
Of Plymouth Plantation ~ William Bradford (Weeks 6-8 )
The Social Contract ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Weeks 9,10)
Foundational American Documents (Weeks 11-13)
Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers (Weeks 14,15)
A Tale of Two Cities ~ Charles Dickens (Weeks 16-18)

Veritas Press Omnibus III: Reformation to the Present
Semester 1 ~ Secondary (3 days/week)
The New Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (Weeks 1,2)
Frankenstein ~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Weeks 3,4)
Pride and Prejudice ~ Jane Austen (Weeks 5-7)
Gulliver’s Travels ~ Jonathan Swift (Weeks 8-10)
Autobiography of B Franklin (Weeks 11-12)
Autobiography of Charles G. Finney (Weeks 13-14)
The Pit and the Pendulum (Week 15)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ~ Mark Twain (Weeks 16-18)

Veritas Press Omnibus III: Reformation to the Present
Semester 2 ~ Primary
Reflections on the Revolution in France ~ Edmund Burke (Weeks 1,2)
Uncle Tom’s Cabin ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe (Weeks 3,4)
L’s Speeches (Week 5)
Slave Narratives (Week 6)
The Communist Manifesto ~ Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (Week 7)
The Treaty of Versailles (Week 8 )
The Great Gatsby ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald (Weeks 9,10)
Mein Kampf ~ Adolf Hitler (Week 11)
Philemon (Week 12)
The Epistles of John (Week 13)
The Epistles of Peter and Jude (Week 14)
Nineteen Eighty-Four ~ George Orwell (Weeks 15,16)

Veritas Press Omnibus III: Reformation to the Present
Semester 2 ~ Secondary
Little Women ~ Louisa May Alcott (Weeks 1,2)
The Killer Angels ~ Michael Shaara (Weeks 3-5)
Christianity and Liberalism ~ J. Gresham Machen (Weeks 6-8 )
The Old Man and the Sea ~ Ernest Hemingway (Weeks 9)
Animal Farm ~ George Orwell (Weeks 10,11)
Death of a Salesman ~ Arthur Miller (Week 12)
Postmodern Times ~ Gene Edward Veith (Weeks 13-15)
How Should We Then Live? ~ Francis Schaeffer (Weeks 15,16)

Other Literature Read in Grade Nine

The Scarlet Pimpernel ~ Baroness Orczy
Les Miserables ~ Victor Hugo
The Count of Monte Cristo ~ Alexandre Dumas
Sackett’s Land ~ Louis L’Amour
The Princess and the Goblin ~ George MacDonald
The Nine Tailors ~ Dorothy L. Sayers
Animal Farm ~ George Orwell
The Bartimaeus Trilogy:
The Amulet of Samarkand ~ Jonathan Stroud
The Golem’s Eye ~ Jonathan Stroud
Ptolemy’s Gate ~ Jonathan Stroud
The Divine Comedy II: Purgatory ~ Dante
The Divine Comedy III: Paradise ~ Dante
Ascent to Love ~ Peter J. Leithart
Why America Doesn’t Work ~ Chuck Colson, Jack Eckerd
To Kill a Mockingbird ~ Harper Lee
Whose Body? ~ Dorothy L. Sayers
Watership Down ~ Richard Adams
The Man Who Was Thursday ~ G.K. Chesterton
The White Company ~ Arthur Conan Doyle
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained ~ John Milton
Hornblower Beat to Quarters ~ C.S. Forester
The Deerslayer ~ James Fenimore Cooper

Knowing God ~ J.I. Packer
Waiting for His Coming ~ Lewis Neilson
The Sovereignty of God ~ Arthur W. Pink
The Great Divorce ~ C.S. Lewis
The Problem of Pain ~ C.S. Lewis
How Should I Live in this World? ~ R.C. Sproul
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God ~ Jonathan Edwards
Everlasting Man ~ G.K. Chesterton

Exploring Creation with Biology
Scientists of Faith ~ Dan Grave

The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens ~ David and Tom Gardner

The Lively Art of Writing ~ Lucile Vaughan Payne
Story ~ Robert McKee

Professor Van Dusen The Thinking Machine ~ Jacques Futrelle

Saxon Advanced Math

French flashcards

Latin flashcards

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How We Met Harry

Carol | June 19, 2008

The Philosopher’s Stone was published in Canada in 2000. The evening before it was released, we were in a Chapters bookstore in a nearby city. We had never heard of Harry Potter. Derek, N (who was 6), and I (wearing B) happened to walk by a table which appeared to hold secret books hidden under a large table cloth. A news reporter and photographer were hanging around and quickly approached us to borrow N for a picture. They explained a bit about the book, and for some reason, I consented. N pretended to peek under the table cloth while the photographer took the picture. N was wearing a Tilley hat. The photo made the front page of the city newspaper – in color. It was a couple more years before N actually read the book. We were soon addicted to the books and the movies, even to the point of waiting in the midnight line for the last two books and the last movie.