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HeadlinesOn the Killing of George Floyd
John Stonestreet and Maria BaerOutrage erupted across the country this week after video surfaced of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the neck of George Floyd for nearly 10 minutes. In the horrifying video, Floyd begs for air before bystanders plead for his life. In the end,…
News and UpdatesChrist Life Academy
For the first time in nearly three months, Jeff Keaton was able to speak on behalf of a local Christian school last week. Jeff traveled to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, to join Christ Life Academy for their annual fund dinner. About 40 people joined in person, while many others joined online. Christ…
News and UpdatesThere is a Solution!
Jeff KeatonAs if the Coronavirus wasn’t bad enough, our nation has now been gripped by violence and chaos over the last week. When a criminal, acting as a police officer, murdered a black man recently, all of the pent up anger and frustration of the black community exploded onto our streets.…
HeadlinesToday’s Real Danger
Dr. Glen SchultzIf I have been asked this question once, I have been asked it hundreds of times. It is asked most often after I have presented information about how dangerous secular education is to our children’s and grandchildren’s future.Why are Christian parents, pastors and church leaders…
HeadlinesMarriages Hit a New Low
John Stonestreet and Shane MorrisAccording to a new report by the National Center for Health Statistics, marriage in the United States of America has never been less popular. Today, in the U.S. there are only 6.5 weddings for every 1,000 people, the lowest rate since we started keeping records just…
News and UpdatesChristian Education Initiative Podcast
Renewanation will be featured on this week’s Christian Education Initiative podcast on Wednesday, May 20 from 5:00-6:00 pm EST. Go to ChristEdu.org to join Chairman E. Ray Moore as he interviews Jeff Keaton, Founder and CEO of Renewanation, along with Dr. Josh Mulvihill, Executive Director of…
HeadlinesWhat Are The Alternatives?
Dr. Christian OvermanAs ideologies opposed to God are given not only a welcome mat in state schools, but a mandate, an increasing number of Christian parents are asking, "What are the alternatives?"The majority of America’s children spend seven hours a day, five days a week, for thirteen years in…
HeadlinesLatest Surveys Show a Worldview of Difference
Tony PerkinsPeople are reading the Bible more than ever these days -- and based on a new survey, they need to! Only six percent of adults in this country have what George Barna defines as a "biblical worldview" -- a shocker of a statistic that has more Christians wondering, what on earth are…
HomeschoolFree-Market Education Model from a Christian Perspective
Mark Shepard Schools are closed, and parents are confronted with how best to help their children continue their education at home. Parents are more clearly seeing and evaluating the ideas that are shaping their child’s thinking and worldview. Indeed, every schooling option is a form of discipleship…
EventsBiblical Worldview Teacher Training Conference
Biblical Worldview Teacher Training Conference | August 4 - 5, 2020 | Speakers: Dr. Duke Pesta, Dr. Everett Piper, Keith McCurdy, and more
News and UpdatesRenewanation Hall of Famer Goes Home: Paulina Shelton
Jeff KeatonOn Sunday at 5:21 am, Paulina Shelton was welcomed into the immediate presence of Jesus. Paulina will always be a Renewanation Hall of Famer! I was privileged to meet Paulina 20 years ago when I became the pastor of her church in Roanoke, Virginia. During my 11 years as her pastor, she…
HeadlinesPrinciples To Live By: Part 2
Dr. Glen SchultzLast week we looked at a very important life principle that is found throughout the Bible. Simply stated, it is: one harvests what one plants! This week I want to focus on a second life principle. This one is closely tied to the first one. It has real significance when it comes to…