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A recent MSNBC segment about a Bible ministry was described as a "Saturday Night Live skit," Joel Penton, founder of LifeWise Academy said.
“The MSNBC piece frankly, to me, was hilarious,” Penton told CBN News. “It genuinely felt like an SNL skit.”
During MSNBC’s nine-minute segmenttitled, “Christian group uses public school-adjacent Bible study program to breach church-state wall,” host Alex Wagner said LifeWise Academy is “raising serious questions about the separation of church and state” even though Bible studies are taking place during free periods and off campus.
“Penton’s LifeWise Academy is currently influencing the minds of public school kids in progressive cities like Columbus,” Wagner said, adding that Penton's work was "distressing."
The host shared his desire to reach every public school in the United States and warned of the impact on progressive ideologies, Faithwire reports.
“Blue Islands… those blue islands in red states and swing states… they could be swayed by LifeWise,” Wagner continued.
Additional warnings stated that some LifeWise chapters “promised ice cream or popcorn parties if kids got their friends to sign up” and that the ministry somehow “found a legal way to offer Bible lessons.”
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“The MSNBC piece frankly, to me, was hilarious,” Penton told CBN News. “It genuinely felt like an SNL skit.”
During MSNBC’s nine-minute segmenttitled, “Christian group uses public school-adjacent Bible study program to breach church-state wall,” host Alex Wagner said LifeWise Academy is “raising serious questions about the separation of church and state” even though Bible studies are taking place during free periods and off campus.
“Penton’s LifeWise Academy is currently influencing the minds of public school kids in progressive cities like Columbus,” Wagner said, adding that Penton's work was "distressing."
The host shared his desire to reach every public school in the United States and warned of the impact on progressive ideologies, Faithwire reports.
“Blue Islands… those blue islands in red states and swing states… they could be swayed by LifeWise,” Wagner continued.
Additional warnings stated that some LifeWise chapters “promised ice cream or popcorn parties if kids got their friends to sign up” and that the ministry somehow “found a legal way to offer Bible lessons.”
Continued below.
MSNBC Segment on School Bible Ministry Felt 'Like an <em>SNL</em> Skit'
"Blue Islands… those blue islands in red states and swing states… they could be swayed by LifeWise," host Alex Wagner warned.
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