Should the Ten Commandments hang beside every chalkboard? Should public schools set aside time each day for students to recite the Lord’s Prayer?
14 more Texas districts sued over Ten Commandments
An additional 14 Texas public school systems are being sued to stop them from installing classroom Ten Commandments displays mandated by the state. A coalition of civil rights groups filed a federal complaint Sept. 22 against the Arlington, Azle, Comal,…
Prof reviews proper and improper uses of Bible in public schools
The Bible has not been banned from public schools, but there are appropriate and inappropriate ways to use it there, a professor told a summit on religion and public education Sept. 16. Mark Chancey, professor of religious studies at Southern…
Religion and politics
I’m all in when it comes to separation of church and state. That’s why I oppose posting the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms in Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and wherever else legislators are clamoring to do so. That is The…
The Ten Commandments and the fallacy of certainty
“So, inerrancy was in essence adapted and used by enslavers?” “Yes.” I was sitting in Stephen Ray’s office working on my Ph.D. at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary. I had asked if I could take a directed study on Reformed theology…
Florida Man Kicks God Out of the Ten Commandments
During a debate about displaying the Ten Commandments in local government buildings in southern Florida, Collier County Commissioner Chris Hall dismissed the sacred meaning of the words found in the Bible.
Thou shall not? Schools in Texas and Arkansas caught between rulings
When a federal judge provisionally rules that a state’s mandate for public schools to display the Ten Commandments is unconstitutional, does that ruling apply only to the school districts involved in the litigation or to all districts in the state?…
Texas schools given conflicting advice on Ten Commandments
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has ordered school districts unaffected by a recent court ruling to comply with a state law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms beginning Sept. 1. The Aug. 25 directive came less than a…
Federal judge strikes down Texas Ten Commandments law
The Ten Commandments will not be displayed in Texas public schools after a federal judge blocked the state’s new Ten Commandments law Aug. 20. U.S. District Court Judge Fred Biery in San Antonio issued a preliminary injunction on Senate Bill…
Ruling coming soon on Texas Ten Commandments law
A federal judge will issue a decision within two weeks on the constitutionality of a new Texas law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms. Senate Bill 10 mandates the presence of donated 16-by-20-inch posters or framed copies of…
Be like the Little Hummingbird
There is a children’s picture book called The Little Hummingbird that I absolutely love. It’s based on a fable by the Quechuan people of South America and tells the story of a forest ravaged by fire and the response of…
Commandments crusading Texas attorney general accused of adultery
The Texas attorney general who has fought to get the Ten Commandments posted in every public school classroom has a problem with No. 7, according to his wife, who has filed for divorce “on biblical grounds.” Last year, Ken Paxton…