by Randall Balmer | Dec 19, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
I’ve long argued that the First Amendment, with its guarantee of religious freedom and separation of church and state, is America’s best idea. The absence of religious establishment set up a free marketplace for religion and has therefore ensured a salubrious...
by Jeannie Babb Taylor | Jul 30, 2007 | Opinion
A year ago, the Southern Baptist Convention issued a resolution urging churches and parents “to investigate their public schools to determine, among other things, whether they are endangering children in their care by collaboration with homosexual...
by Bob Allen | Jan 16, 2007 | News
In what one homeschool-advocacy group called “one of the biggest homeschool stories to hit mainstream media,” PBS’ “Religion & Ethics Newsweekly” last week carried an episode profiling the “exodus” movement. “The...
by Bob Allen | Jan 3, 2007 | News
Failing to become a major player in a growing market, LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention quietly dissolved its homeschool division last year. Last January LifeWay’s trade book division, Broadman & Holman, sponsored an exhibitor...
by Bob Allen | Oct 6, 2006 | News
Homeschool activists are raising alarm about a controversy in Germany involving church, state and school they fear could have long-term repercussions affecting parents’ rights to educate their children in the United States. In September the European Court of...