CovenantCollege’s young Debate Society made an impressive showing at a recent competition, and three Covenant students qualified for the national tournament. The Tennessee Porch Swing tournament, held at CarsonNewmanCollege on November 20-21, 2009, hosted 85 students from fourteen schools. Covenant’s Sarah Swygard ’13 and Zach Robbins ’12 took first and second place, respectively, in the... Continue Reading

Homeschool Legal Advantage (HLA) is an outreach of the Christian Law Association (CLA). The CLA has faithfully served churches and families since 1969, and has successfully defended over 8,000 educational freedom-related cases. In recent years, the CLA has actively assisted an ever increasing number of homeschooling families. In 2009, the CLA assembled a dedicated team... Continue Reading

Experts have found that bullying links a rash of suicides by young teens in the United States. A 2007 report entitled “Health Behavior in School-Aged Children” said, “Being bullied is also associated with poor academic achievement, low self-esteem, problems making friends, loneliness and higher levels of substance use.” The report also said that 11 percent... Continue Reading

Every year, Covenant College spends about $60,000 operating deteriorating sewer lines from the Krupski Loop residential neighborhood, located a few minutes south of the college along Scenic Highway. Covenant is currently working with the city of Lookout Mountain, Ga., and Dade County Water and Sewer Authority (DCWSA) on a proposal that would rid the school... Continue Reading

The 328 page 2009 issue of The Confessional Presbyterian is available and shipping to subscribers. You can subscribe or renew now for 2009 for only $18 ($25 Institutional/Foreign). The USA rate will rise to the normal retail price of $25 beginning January 1, 2010. From now until January 1st purchase volumes 1-5 (2005-2009) for the... Continue Reading

Regent University’s Reel Dreams Film Competition is back and looking to showcase fresh new talent who aspire to make the world a better place through redemptive storytelling. Sponsored by the School of Communication & the Arts, Reel Dreams is an annual competition that gives independent filmmakers the opportunity to have their redemptive film reviewed by... Continue Reading

Reprinted from the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces newsletter They were supposed to be spending a day leading Mass, talking to soldiers about love and marriage, readying for their own deployment. Instead, the military chaplains of Fort Hood found themselves on the afternoon of Nov. 5 scrambling to the front lines of... Continue Reading

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a case testing the limits of religious freedom and association when those rights clash with a college’s policy of nondiscrimination against gays and lesbians. The Christian Legal Society (CLS) at the Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco was stripped of its registered student... Continue Reading

An icon in ministry for nearly 40 years will be coming to an end. Operation Mobilization is being forced to make a difficult decision to decommission the Doulos ship after nearly 40 years of ministry around the world. Doulos is the world’s oldest ocean-going passenger ship, now 95 years old, and faces some very costly... Continue Reading

With four children, no job and no place to live, Jill Smith turned to the Denver Rescue Mission for assistance, like thousands of others needing a strong safety net in one of the worst economies in decades. “It got to the point where I had no idea what I would do,” said Smith, 35, as... Continue Reading