A Florida man wants to ban the Bible from public schools. He wonders if Florida parents really want their kids exposed to rape, bestiality, cannibalism and infanticide. Psalm 137:9 says: “Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes...
Bible in schools
Is the Push for Public School Bible Courses an Excuse to Spread the Gospel?
University of Pennsylvania historian Jonathan Zimmerman thinks so. Here is a taste of his recent piece at USA Today: The Supreme Court barred devotional Bible reading and recitations of the Lord’s Prayer in public schools in 1963. But the ruling also said...
The Bible Never Left Public Schools
No one knows more about Bible courses in public schools than Southern Methodist University religion professor Mark Chancey. Today Chancey weighed-in on the recent Donald Trump tweet about the Bible. (Some of you may recall that we posted on this...
What Should We Make of Trump’s Tweet About Bible Classes in Schools
Numerous states introducing Bible Literacy classes, giving students the option of studying the Bible. Starting to make a turn back? Great! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2019 Here some context from I have written about these Bible classes...
Today’s Religion News Service Commentary: “Kentucky’s shrewd move to promote a Christian nationalist agenda”
Regular readers of The Way of Improvement Leads Home will be familiar with a longer version of this piece. Here is a taste of a shorter version syndicated today through Religion News Service: (RNS) Matt Bevin, the governor of Kentucky, recently...
The Bible in Kentucky Schools
Matt Bevin, the Governor of Kentucky, just signed a bill allowing the Bible to be taught in the state’s public schools. Here is the text of HB 128: AN ACT relating to Bible literacy courses in the public schools. Create...
The GOP Platform on Bibles in Public Schools: Some Historical Context
I case you haven’t heard, the Republican Party wants to bring the Bible back into public schools. The GOP platform encourages public high schools to teach elective courses about the Bible. The Washington Post‘s Emma Brown has a great piece on this...