Joel Penton

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Author | Founder & CEO — LifeWise Academy

A former defensive tackle and national champion for the perennial powerhouse Ohio State Buckeyes, where he earned the Danny Wuerffel Trophy (otherwise known as the humanitarian Heisman), Joel Penton is the author of three books and the founder and CEO of LifeWise Academy—a groundbreaking program providing Bible education to students in over 100 public schools, during school hours, across the country. A widely sought-after speaker, over 1,000 live audiences and a million people have taken in his message. He currently resides in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, Bethany, and their five children.

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During School Hours: WHY and HOW LifeWise Academy is Reinstalling Religious Education into the Public School

During School Hours is the two-part (true) story of how it’s happening right now. Part 1 investigates WHY religious education was removed from publ...

Featured on: Monday, June 5, 2023

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Apologetics Dinner

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Since retiring from pulpit ministry 10 years ago, Anglican priest David Roseberry has found creative and practical ways to encourage leaders in his denomination and help them grow their churches and e...

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Transgender Common Sense

Common sense is surfacing in many of the policies and programs associated with transgenderism. One illustration can be found in a recent article about “The Long March Out of the Gender Clinics.” The a...

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