Texas is requiring Bible lessons in public schools. That's the right call, but it shouldn't distract from deeper problems in ...

Most of the recent discussions about teaching the Bible in school miss the key points. First, teaching the Bible in public schools is important for students because, without knowledge of the Bible, ...

(RNS) — Drive along the main highways of America. You will see buildings with signs: “Read your Bible.” Those buildings are always evangelical churches. They are never synagogues. Jews don’t read the ...

Education board decision fuels debate over where teaching about religion ends and religious instruction begins ...

Teaching such stories as literature will encourage students to question Christianity’s holy text, not believe it without ...

To many laymen there is given the responsibility and privilege of teaching the Bible, usually within the curriculum of the church school. The responsibility involves the importance of such a task, the ...

(RNS) — If the purpose is to teach students to read rich literary texts to better equip them to understand and appreciate ...

GLASGOW, Ky. - Todd Steenbergen leads worship services in church sometimes, but today he was preaching in a different venue: the public-school classroom where he teaches. "A lot of people will look at ...

Texas is on the verge of requiring its more than 5 million public school students to study Bible stories, as the state ...

Miss Kendrick came ready, with props. The day’s topic was the Gospel of Matthew. “You can divide all the Beatitudes into two parts,” Jennifer Kendrick explained to her teenage audience. “The ‘Blessed ...

GLASGOW, Ky. - Todd Steenbergen leads worship services in church sometimes, but today he was preaching in a different venue: the public-school classroom where he teaches. "A lot of people will look at ...