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News and UpdatesJohn Knox Christian School
Jeff Keaton spoke last week to a group of parents at John Knox Christian School in Brampton, Ontario, CA. Jeff’s speech, “What’s the Big Deal about Worldview?” was the first in a series of presentations to parents at John Knox to help nurture and train them to raise their children in the most…
News and UpdatesSuper Exciting News About Teacher Training Camps 2019
Registration for our July 29-30 and August 1-2 Biblical Worldview Training Camps for Teachers and Administrators is now officially open at renewanation.org/events. Here’s the exciting news. Even though we only have space for 300 on-site campers, we will be simulcasting (live or on demand) the July…
News and UpdatesComprehensive Sex-Education Bill Will Ban Abstinence-Only Education
The new sexual orthodoxy that is being passed into law around the USA will soon cause Christian parents to make big new decisions about education. Beyond that, if we fail to stand against this, it will cost Christians the freedom to practice their faith openly in the years to come. In Canada, where…
HeadlinesSchool: Kids Can't Share Details on Bible Promotion
By WNDA lawsuit has been filed against the Huntington Beach, California, City School District for banning students from sharing information with each other about a promotional “Bring Your Bible to School” day.The lawsuit was filed in federal court in California by the non-profit Freedom X Law on…
News and UpdatesRenewanation Annual Board Retreat
Our Renewanation board of directors met at Manderley Christian Camp last week to assess our progress in 2018 and to plan for 2019 expansion and development. We were honored to be joined by Pete Talbott of the The Talbott Group and Andrew Ballard of Marketing Solutions. These men have developed a…
HeadlinesBreakPoint: Dragging the Kids Into It: The Sexualization of Children Has Begun
By John Stonestreet & G. Shane MorrisIn the whole run-up surrounding the push for same-sex marriage and LGBT “rights,” some predicted that the normalization of homosexuality would open the door to other deviant practices. Usually at the top of the list of things being warned against was pedophilia.…
Biology 101: Dissecting Today’s Textbooks
Roger PattersonToday’s top-selling biology textbooks present evolution as the only scientific view of the history of life. Often these textbooks use faulty or deceptive evidences to support evolutionary ideas. Fortunately, students can easily equip themselves with free materials that dissect…
EventsRenewanation at Children's Pastors Conference
On January 14-17, 1,600 children’s pastors gathered in Orlando, Florida from all over the country to be equipped to minister to children at the Children’s Pastors Conference, the largest national conference for children’s ministry. Dr. Josh Mulvihill spoke at two breakout sessions, filled to…
News and UpdatesOne-Day Parent & Grandparent Conference
Jeff Keaton and Dr. Josh Mulvihill held their first biblical worldview conference for parents and grandparents at First Baptist Church in Baxter, MN. In spite of the fact that the temperature was a cool -27, several hundred hearty Minnesotans still came out for all or part of the conference. It was…
HeadlinesFive Reasons Why Christians Must Make Biblically Sound Earth Stewardship a Priority
By E. Calvin BeisnerBiblical care for Creation sees God, people, and nature in proper relationship. By contrast, the core of secular environmentalism mirrors Romans 1:25, which says people “exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshipped and served the creature, rather than the Creator, who…
RevitalizationChristian School Revitalization in Action at Community Christian Academy
On January 14 and 15, the Renewanation team of Dr. Kristin Bird, Ron Gordon, and intern Jack Buchanan returned to Community Christian Academy in Paducah, KY to walk their leadership team through a strategic planning session. The Renewanation team helped the school create a focused plan to grow the…
HeadlinesKaren Pence Teaches at Christian School with Christian Code of Conduct, Leftists Go Nuts
One of the key signs of the growing divide between secular progressives and religious people in the United States is the fact that the media actually consider it to be a major news story when they discover that Christian institutions seek to abide by Christian principles. This time, it is the fact…