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The RenewaNation ReviewGiving Grandchildren the Gift of a Christian Education
What is a grandparent’s role in a grandchild’s education? Many grandparents have never considered that Christian education can be an impactful way to make a spiritual investment in a grandchild’s life.
What ‘GOD’ Are We Pursuing?
I am very concerned with the current state of education in our country. However, my greatest concern is not so much about what is happening in the general educational community but what is happening with the education of children in the Christian community.
The RenewaNation ReviewErasing Our Christian Identity, One School Day at a Time
The fact that America was founded upon biblical principles is well documented. The Declaration of Independence makes reference to the Creator and being created. Our Washington, D.C. monuments have inscriptions that make reference to God and Jesus Christ.
The RenewaNation ReviewWe Must Help Our Youth Guard Their Hearts
Secular options are aggressively competing for our Christian students’ time and attention both in the traditional classroom as well as online. We must do everything in our power to protect our students from these advances and ensure that kids in CHRISTIAN schools get a CHRISTIAN education.
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.