About Us 
SGM and the Marketplace of Ideas
As a creative thought workshop, SGM Ideas is looking for anyone interested in bridging academic and practical interests. In order to increase the accessibility and benefit of deep thinking in our culture, the workshop is interested in the production in the topics of religion, culture, philosophy, history, or a comparable interdisciplinary approach of general interest that promotes deep and meaningful thinking on a practical level. All in all, we are interested in taking creative and practical ideas to the marketplace of ideas. In turn, it is our desire to invite folks and scholars to this conversation at a meetingpoint that includes everyone.
In today's world, intellecual exchanges and the pursuit of truth are usually generic discussions reduced to making public policies and advocacy. Today, ideas have lost their specificity. We are constantly assaulted with the proposition that all ideas are alike and are based only on context and perspective. No one is granted permission to hold the good, true, and beautiful applicable to all people for all time. This rejection of this view view denegrates three fundamental human capacities:
One, that ideas and beliefs - like standards and principles - can lead to true personal edification, meaningful relationships and community advancement.
Two, that community prefers a dynamic public square, where ideas accepted or denied with reason and common sense rather than legislated morality from the elite.
Three, the clear distinction between intellectual charity and toleration. That is, alternative ideas, beliefs and convictions other than your own can be respected without compromising your personal positions. On the other hand, charity carries with it an ability to rebuke and discipline irrationality and wrongdoing as unacceptable. Only one who bears the truth can properly rebuke a wrong. Yet, if there is no truth and these three fundamental human capacities are denied, there is no truth and no justification in discipline and correction.
Increasing awareness of the strength of challenging thought and the nature of intelligent ideas among men and women of all walks of life is our goal. The preservation of reason and human dignity depends on freedom, charity, and community. Please email with any questions or with your particular ideas: lwk@sgmideas.com
Services
SGM Ideas is interested in sharing and marketing any good creative ideas that fit our mission of fostering creative thinking and producing results. Please contact us with any suggestions or ideas. As a creative thought workshop we currently offer:
Publication
We are interested in publishing printed titles in the following areas fiction (action/adventure, historical and fantasy), non-fiction (history, philosophy, religion) and curriculum.
SGM Ideas Bookstore
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Current Projects
Friendship Forum
This program highlights the philosophical expression of true friendship and the importance of relationships that enhance character. It is also an online discussion and remembrance group on Facebook dedicated to the teaching of Dr. Byron Bitar. Coming soon.
Studies in John Calvin and the Genevan Consistory
This study on John Calvin's early life (1509-1536) highlights his intellecual development and the impact of humanism on his thought prior to his ministry at Geneva.
This study on the activity of the Genevan Consistory between 1542 and 1544 focuses on every day life in Geneva, the legal reformation and Calvin's participation as lawyer/theologian/pastor of the city.
Book History Projects
Translated Selections from the Directorium Inquisitorum (1587 ed.)
Jesuit Books Published 1540 -1600
Publication of the Tridentine Decrees (Canones et Decreta) in Italy, Spain and the Spanish Netherlands 1564 -1600
