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The RenewaNation ReviewIs Your Child the Exception?
Is your child the exception to the rule? They better be because the myth that continues to be pushed on us about education will inevitably fall apart at some point.
The RenewaNation ReviewOur Culture: Progressing or Digressing?
One of my nieces, who is currently completing her R.N. program, recently shared with me one of her experiences in a secular university. In one class, she was asked to rate a list of sexual activities and preferences on a scale of most acceptable (adaptive) to least acceptable (mal-adaptive).
The RenewaNation ReviewSchools: A No Brainer for a Church on Mission
Trends come and go in the life of the Church. With trends come new terminology and sometimes new tradition. At the heart of it, is the quest to influence people and point them to the truth that sets free and empowers the soul to be all God designed it to be. But often ego seems to play a part.
The RenewaNation ReviewPublic Schools and Worldview
“Any system of education …which limits instruction to the arts and sciences and rejects the aids of religion in forming the characters of citizens, is essentially defective.” – Noah Webster Today our public schools are a culture that is foreign to a biblical worldview
The RenewaNation ReviewGetting Directions from the Owner Through His Word
Life stewardship is grounded in the foundational truth that God is the Owner of all things. This truth has far-reaching impact into every area of our lives. God owns our homes, our cars, our bank accounts, our investments, our children, our spouses, our bodies, our time, our abilities
The RenewaNation ReviewOne Size Does Not Fit All
I am 6’2” tall , and I have size twelve feet. Long ago I accepted the fact that “one size does not fit all!” Occasionally, however, I would forget that this truth also applies to parenting. It never took long for one of my children to remind me.
The RenewaNation ReviewGenerous Steps of Faith: How God uses ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things
The dining room at the local breakfast eatery rings with the early morning laughter of five men as they greet each other for breakfast on a spring morning in 2002.
The RenewaNation ReviewWhy Christian Schools Should Use Biblically Integrated Online Courses
Have you considered how the academic material in a course is influenced by the author’s worldview? Since most textbooks train students to think from a Godless worldview, Christian schools typically choose textbooks from Christian publishers.
The Separation of Church and Life
A PERVASIVE MYTH HAS SPREAD into families in the Church; the separation of church and life. It’s easy to slip into this separatist mindset leaving spiritual growth to pastors, Sunday school teachers, and youth group leaders.
The RenewaNation ReviewThe Two Most Critical Words Missing From American Vocabulary Today
My wife, Kathy, and I got out of town to do some camping and fishing with our son Rodney and his friend, David. After driving two hours out of Seattle into the pristine Cascade Mountains, we pitched our tents in a campground at Fish Lake.
The RenewaNation ReviewWhy I Put My Kids in Christian School
On Tuesday, November 22, 2011, I sat at my kindergartner’s Thanksgiving school assembly. Before I knew it, tears rolled down my face as I watched my daughter recite Psalm 136.
Teachers and the Politics of Education Unions
This article shares a perspective on union spending by Pennsylvania public school teacher, John Cress. We share it because it helps to illustrate the dilemma many teachers have who work in public education – teachers dealing with the politics of education unions which often support political agendas