A recent MSNBC segment on Bible ministry was “saturday night live Joel Penton, creator of “Skit” Lifewise Academy Said.
“The MSNBC article was interesting to me, frankly,” Penton said. CBN News. “It really felt like SNL skit. “
in 9 minutes on MSNBC segment “Christian groups are using Bible study programs adjacent to public schools to break through the walls of church and state,” host Alex Wagner said. However, Lifewise Academy said it “raises serious questions about the separation of church and state.” And off campus.
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“Penton’s Lifewise Academy is now impacting the hearts and minds of public school students in progressive cities like Columbus,” Wagner said, calling Penton’s work “heart-wrenching.” he added.
The host shared his desire to be in every public school in the United States and warned of the implications for progressive ideology. face wire I will report it.
“Blue islands…blue islands in red states and battleground states…they can be swayed by Lifewise,” Wagner continued.
Additional warnings state that some Lifewise branches “promised ice cream and popcorn parties if children had their friends sign up,” and that the ministry somehow “promised no lawful offer to offer Bible lessons.” “I found a way to do it,” he said.
“I’m wondering if this violates certain First Amendment considerations,” Wagner added.
Overall, Penton found the segment odd, especially since he and his team were actively in talks with NBC.
“That they turned it into something they thought was painful…it was funny,” he said.
To date, LifeWise has reached its goal of being in 25 schools by 2025 and is already in more than 300 schools across multiple states.
“Just like a child probably has art class once a week, music class once a week, and physical education class several times a week, through our program, public school students can You can take Bible classes,” he explained. “It has to be done off school grounds, at private expense, and with parental permission, but the Supreme Court has ruled on this and there are state laws on this.”
Penton started Lifewise in 2019 after hearing about another effort to educate children in public schools about Christian values in his hometown of Van Wert, Ohio.
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Milton Quintanilla is a freelance writer and content creator. He is a contributor to his Crosswalk Headlines and host of the For Your Soul Podcast, a podcast dedicated to sound doctrine and Biblical truth. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Alliance Theological Seminary.
