Why teaching the strange and disturbing stories in Scripture is essential to outreach and spiritual growth. Perhaps the most visible part of pastoring is the upfront teaching and preaching. Bringing a ...

Oxford Languages defines the Bible as: — the Christian scriptures, consisting of the Old and New Testaments. — the Jewish scriptures, consisting of the Torah or Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa ...

Rachel Dobkin is a Newsweek reporter based in New York. Her focus is reporting on politics. Rachel joined Newsweek in October 2023. She is a graduate of The State University of New York at Oneonta.

(The Conversation) — In the days since Oklahoma’s state superintendent, Ryan Walters, ordered school districts to teach the Bible, he’s been defending his mandate. For example, he claimed in an ...

The numbers may grow as the state collects more data. Some districts adopted the plan not for its religious emphasis but for ...

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 ...

A new proposed state curriculum meant to improve Texas' public schools is under scrutiny for potential First Amendment violations after removing lessons on world religions like Judaism and Islam and ...

When the kids in Dawn Kelley's vacation Bible school class entered Ponte Vedra Presbyterian Church every day last week, they were whisked back almost 2,000 years to the early days of Christianity in ...

An Oklahoma education leader's directive to incorporate the Bible into public school curriculum is facing resistance from several districts. At least eight large districts across Oklahoma are opposing ...

Last week, Oklahoma's Republican-elected superintendent went viral for requiring the Bible be incorporated into lessons for all 5th–12th-grade classrooms. The state of Oklahoma currently ranks 49th in ...

I’ve taught religious studies at Indiana University for many years. My classes are about human activities—literature and ethics and rituals—and not about the truth or falsity of beliefs. But I know ...