Biblical Literacy Classes in Public Schools: A Good Thing?

WRITTEN BY Chase Ringler

 

At a gas station in Indianapolis as I walked out of the door after paying for my Combos and PowerAde I saw a headline that brought a smile to my face. The headline read that there is a push to put Bible classes back into public schools. The headline was from USA Today, and after President Trump tweeted his endorsement for these classes, the Washington Post, The Hill, and Politico all ran stories featuring the rising tide of Biblical literacy classes in our nation’s public schools.

To the Uncertain Church at the Corner of Eudaimonia and Arete

WRITTEN BY Luke Suciu

 

A couple weeks ago in lieu of a sermon I gave what I called a “family discussion.” The church that I pastor (Hope) is very closely connected to our planting church (Wallen) and, based on conversations and meetings I felt like the substance of that discussion would be helpful to both congregations as well as many—possibly most—churches, so I am repackaging it in blog form.

The content of the that morning was built on two particular problems:

The Millennial Problem

WRITTEN BY Chase Ringler

We all have heard it. It usually starts, “Why can’t millennials…” or “Why are millennials so…” These phrases indicate there are cultural growing pains taking place in the United States right now and a number of these pains can be attributed to the millennial generation growing up (or as some would say, not growing up).  The cultural upheavals that millennials are at the center of are not simply limited to secular society, but we see that the church is dealing with a millennial crisis as well. The main problem the church has with my generation is, “Millennials are not going to church!”

Active Confession: The Failure of the Church

WRITTEN BY Luke Suciu

Confession is tricky thing. This is a personal contention that I don’t have any quantifiable evidence to back up so you will have to decide whether your experience matches up with mine: the modern evangelical Church stinks at confession. We just hate admitting that Christians have been wrong and we really need to get over ourselves and actively move towards an attitude of confession. We need to be a confessing Church.

While the statement applies to both common uses of the word confession (1. Declaration of adherence to a religious doctrine and 2. Admission of guilt) today I am mainly concerned with the second use. Admission of guilt.