Are your children living in a post-Christian America? Consider these startling statistics that reflect what the United States of America has become:

• The percentage of self-identified Christians has fallen ten points in the past two decades (2009 American Religious Identification Survey).
• The number of people describing themselves as atheist or agnostic has increased about fourfold from 1990 to 2009 from almost 1 million to 3.6 million (Pew Forum Poll)....

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The 2009 Easter week cover of Newsweek spurred an ongoing controversy with its cover page and accompanying article. Set before a black background, written in bold, red letters, and shaped in the form of a cross, the title proclaimed "The Decline and Fall of Christian America." As with most cover stories, the article was rather lengthy, and though it attempted to be neutral, it clearly bore the stamp of the author's personal perspective. Nevertheless, I found it to be worthy of a thorough review....

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A referendum to deter abortion in the state of South Dakota may have been defeated this past November, but a Christian school student was not. An opponent to the ban wrote an editorial titled "Abortion: Think for Yourself" in the November 11 issue of the Argus Leader. In it, author Jo Braun inferred that young people who attended rallies in support of the referendum were manipulated to do so by their parents. He encouraged them to not be blindly led but to read and gain their own knowledge about the subject. He even gave them several questions to ask themselves while doing so....

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"Christian education is likely to be an exercise in futility if it does not prepare our young people to confront and survive the worldview challenges that they will surely meet as soon as they leave the security of the Christian home(1)."

A biblical worldview approach to life and learning has never been more needed than in today's pluralistic/postmodern culture. Christian students face hostility to their faith from one side and apathy to anything of importance from the other side. Sadly, the casualties are high....

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With news headlines about political antics, home foreclosures, bank bailouts, and failing companies, the lack of integrity seems to be rampant throughout our society today. The second entry in the 1828 Webster's dictionary defines integrity as, "Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; — used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude." While our current leadership attempts different ways to fix the problems, we realize that moral soundness through Jesus Christ is the only answer. Along with all the wonderful knowledge Christian schools bestow to students, character development is crucial in building the next generation in wisdom instead of pride. Here are a few ways to make your classroom a bulwark for integrity....

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The 2009 Switched-On Schoolhouse® application for Christian schools is scheduled to be released in early summer, and once again, the development team at Alpha Omega Publications® outshined their previous accomplishments. Listed below are a few of the new and exciting features of Switched-On Schoolhouse 2009....

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Alpha Omega Publications is pleased to inform you that the dates and location for the 2009 Switched-On User Group Meeting have been finalized. From October 12-13, we will convene in beautiful San Antonio, Texas, for our 3rd Switched-On User Group Meeting. We were pleasantly pleased with the overflow crowd that attended our last meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, and we are making plans for larger meeting rooms to accommodate our Christian schools. Not only will this be a great opportunity for you to meet face to face with our developers, but it will also be a time of inspiration and relaxation for your entire staff. Plan now to attend and make sure to mark these dates on your calendar for the 2009-2010 school year.

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