INTERVIEW | Joel Penton on Religious Education During School Hours
The Daily Signal Podcast
The Daily Signal
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Joel Penton first made his mark on the football field as a national champion for the Ohio State University. Now he’s the founder and CEO of LifeWise Academy.
On this episode of "The Daily Signal Podcast," we talk about how his organization is transforming the lives of children by offering a Bible-based education to public school students during school hours.
LifeWise is reaching students at more than 100 schools across the United States. As a result, a remarkable 14,000 students are receiving a Bible class as part of their public school day.
How is that possible? You’ll want to listen to my interview with Joel Penton to find out.
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| 0:00.0 | Little do most people realize that in 1952, the Supreme Court ruled that public |
| 0:06.6 | school students can be released from school during school hours, that's the |
| 0:11.1 | key phrase, during the school day, they can be released to receive religious |
| 0:15.4 | classes as long as the program is off-school property, privately funded, and with |
| 0:20.6 | parental permission. |
| 0:24.1 | This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, May 23rd. I'm Rob Blueey. That was the |
| 0:32.6 | voice of Joel Penton. He first made his mark on the football field as a |
| 0:36.3 | national champion for the Ohio State University. Now he's the founder and CEO of |
| 0:41.0 | Lifewise Academy. We talk about how his organization is transforming the lives of |
| 0:45.6 | children by offering a Bible-based education to public school students during |
| 0:49.7 | school hours. Yes, you heard that right. Lifewise is reaching students at more |
| 0:54.6 | than 100 schools across the United States. As a result, a remarkable 14,000 |
| 0:59.8 | students are receiving a Bible class as part of their public school day. How is |
| 1:04.4 | that possible? Well, you'll want to listen to my interview with Joel to find out. |
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| 1:39.0 | We are joined on the Daily Signal Podcast today by Joel Penton. He's the |
| 1:43.3 | founder and CEO of Lifewise Academy. Joel, thanks for being with us. Thank you |
| 1:48.3 | for having me. You know, you introduced Lifewise Academy to me a few weeks ago |
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