IS IT
TIME?
By Jeff Keaton - Founder, CEO &
President of Renewanation
O
N A REGULAR BASIS, we hear from secular school,
Christian administrators and teachers who are ques-
tioning whether or not it’s time to make a clean break from
their efforts to reform and impact public education. Many of
these men and women are life-long public school employees
who know they have made a significant impact on the lives
of parents and students in public education. And yet, more
and more are questioning the value of their continued
involvement. I received this email from a person who has
been a public school employee/principal for over 30 years.
“If there was ever a time when we need God’s leadership
in our nation, it is now. Ten years ago, if you told me that
public schools indoctrinate their students in a sort of secular
humanism, I would have disagreed with that statement. After
all, I was hiring Christian teachers, I was in classes every day,
I was talking with parents about my faith and philosophy
of raising children, and I knew what was being taught in
my classes. Having said this, the unprecedented moral decay
that I have observed over the last seven years (under liberal
federal leadership) has demonstrated to me that more than
ever our country has absolutely turned its back on the Chris-
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tian value system upon which it was founded. The doctrine
of relativism is being preached. The idea that I should accept
every chosen lifestyle as equally viable and that no teaching
is more correct than another has allowed this rapid slide to
occur with very little public backlash. When I first heard
of your calling for Renewanation, I thought, that’s a great
idea, probably overkill, probably not necessary, but a nice idea.
This past year has convinced me I was wrong not to look at
the school’s role more seriously. President Obama is able to
shove his anti-biblical agenda through because not enough
people believe the Bible is inerrant and our only source of
truth. Our vulnerable youth need to know that truth is not
dependent on what is right in their own eyes. Thank you for
your work. Stay encouraged; keep your eye on the prize.”
If God has called you to work in public education, keep
the faith and work to honor God in that arena. However, I
challenge you to deeply consider the impact non-Christian
education is having on our children. For more than 30 years,
we have lost 80% of our kids to a non-Christian worldview.
Now just might be the time to join the cause to give millions
of new children a biblical worldview education.