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The RenewaNation ReviewAm I a Good Steward with God’s Money?
For many Christians, handling money in the right way can be a challenge. In this culture of easy credit, some families find it difficult to manage their income and expenses properly, and some even find themselves a slave to creditors. Whether you are just starting on your financial journey or are…
The RenewaNation ReviewTraining Your Children to Worship Corporately
Gospel-centered, Bible-saturated corporate worship is supremely important for your family and children. Hundreds of worship services with Mom and Dad during the child and teens years is extremely impactful. Let your children see you prioritize gathering for weekly worship over all other life…
The RenewaNation ReviewThe Key to Kingdom Marketing: Telling the Story
Someone has said, “We write a story every day by the words that we say and by the things that we do.” As believers, we have the most incredible story ever told. As educators, we tell that story through Kingdom education. The question to be answered is, “What story will our school families and…
Blog ArticlesWhen the World Comes for Your Child
Dr. Josh MulvihillDo you ever feel like it’s challenging to raise a child or grandchild today? I do! Recently, when I was putting my eight-year-old to bed, he asked why people close to our home in Minnesota are breaking into stores, stealing items, and burning them down. My ninth-grade son came…
The RenewaNation ReviewThree Step Process for Strategic Planning
“Strategic planning” is one of those terms that just gets thrown around. The variety of perspectives on strategic planning, its processes, and its outcomes seem infinite. The problem is that you can end up drowning while trying to grab hold of this big idea while people keep saying, “We need a…
The RenewaNation ReviewThe Pilgrims’ Experiment with Socialism
The Pilgrims and economics don’t usually fall in the same textbook chapter, but maybe they should. The story of the Pilgrims shows us sacrificial commitment, self-government, and an example of honest relations with Native Americans. William Bradford, in Of Plymouth Plantation, describes their…
The RenewaNation ReviewWhy Do We Teach History?
Dr. Bryan SmithEducation isn’t just about math, science, and English. It’s also about history. But have you ever wondered why? The answer is obvious with the other subjects. How can you function in the modern world if you don’t know math and science and how to communicate? But history? Think about…
The RenewaNation ReviewThe Brewing Storm of Tax-Exempt Status
On the surface, life seems normal for Christian schools and organizations. But challenges lie ahead with a brewing storm. There’s a growing movement to label Christian schools and organizations as hate groups, affecting their tax-exempt status and funding.
The RenewaNation ReviewTurning Our Children Over to the Enemy
Dr. Donald LarsonThe term Janissary comes from the Turkish word “yeniçeri,” which means new troops. In the early 1300s, Bey (or Sultan) Murat 1 of the Ottoman Empire established the Janissaries. This was an elite corps of soldiers who elicited terror in opposing armies because of their ferocity.…
The RenewaNation ReviewEducation Matters: Why Education Needs to Be Part of Your Church’s Ministry to the Next Generation
Dr. Josh MulvihillEducation matters. That’s a phrase that just about every Christian agrees with. Education matters because it influences what children believe, who they become, the choices they make, the friends they choose, and it demands thirty-five hours a week of a child’s time for eight…
The RenewaNation ReviewA Journey Toward iBalance
Brad HuddlestonThis pandemic meme says it all. Forrest Gump is sitting on a park bench, and the caption reads, “And just like that, everyone was homeschooling their kids.” Overnight online learning became the new education norm. After just a few months, it became clear that things were not going…
The RenewaNation ReviewThe Virus of the Sacred-Secular Divide
Dr. Christian OvermanAmerican schools prior to the twentieth century were predominantly Christian. The common practice of teacher-led Bible reading and prayer and textbooks containing much Scripture attests to this fact.Perhaps the most noteworthy evidence of Christian thought being mixed with…