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The RenewaNation ReviewCommunity Networking That Pays
Community Networking is a proven way to connect God’s purpose to local people who can help you impact young lives for Christ. I sat at my desk and began to ponder how my community could truly be a part of my passion and cause.
The RenewaNation ReviewBusinessmen Serving Jesus With Distinction
Your common sense, intentional influence, and huge investment … is critical to the health of the Church and our nation. Do you remember Joe the Plumber? He became a media sensation when he brought the basic common sense he learned as a businessman into a political debate that seriously needed it.
The RenewaNation ReviewWhat Is Christian Education?
Christian education is an essential part of “training up a child in the way he should go,” so that “when he is old, he will not depart from it!” Christian education is rooted in the Great Commission, Christ’s command to His followers to “Go therefore
Falsehood: How Much is Too Much?
Over the years that I have been involved in the effort to provide children with Christian world- view education, I have talked with a lot of parents about whether or not it was a worthwhile investment for them. I have no doubt that most parents care deeply about their child’s education.
The RenewaNation ReviewAre We Leaving Our Children by the Side of the Secular Road?
Prior to becoming a lawyer, I practiced professional nursing in a trauma center. I had the privilege of providing emergency medical care to patients of all ages suffering from injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes, gunshot wounds, accidents, and the intentional infliction of physical and…
The RenewaNation ReviewPastors, Is Education On Your Radar?
In a child’s life, there are three primary shaping influences: home, church, and school. Parents and pastors have often been guilty of minimizing the impact of the home and ignoring the life-altering power of education while placing all their discipleship eggs in church programs that impact
The RenewaNation ReviewOur Vision For Churches
If Christian worldview education is going to become accessible to millions of new children, churches will need to catch a fresh glimpse of the power of instilling a Christian worldview in the hearts and minds of children.
The RenewaNation ReviewWhen Less Becomes More
And Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny.
Blog ArticlesThirteen Year Dose
If we think American schools are religiously neutral, we must think again. Of course, if the public schools were overtly indoctrinating children in Buddhism, or Native American Animism, many parents would hit the ceiling.
HeadlinesWe Are Raising a Generation of Deluded Narcissists
A new analysis of the American Freshman Survey, which has accumulated data for the past 47 years from 9 million young adults, reveals that college students are more likely than ever to call themselves gifted and driven to succeed, even though their test scores and time spent studying are decreasing.
Blog ArticlesWhich Faith Will Be Allowed to Mix?
The realization that Dewey’s “Common Faith” has taken prominence over the former Judeo-Christian consensus during the past eighty years in this country has given rise to no small sense of alarm.
HeadlinesAmerica’s Children Held Hostage By Power of Ideas
What constitutes a good and thorough education? It seems the answer to this question changes based on who is promoting the agenda. For centuries, education in America was built around instruction that centered around a study of scripture and the New England Primer.