05-09-2019, 12:58 PM
“In Steenbergen’s Bible class, the students hardly read the Bible at all. There is no classroom set of Bibles for every student, no encouragement to download a Bible app on their smartphones. He never assigns chapters or verses to read. Instead, he said, he summarizes biblical stories for them and focuses class time on highlighting connections between the Bible and modern life.”
That bolded part is exactly what any preacher does on Sunday morning.
A visit to Kentucky: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/soc...4a98ac349f
The teacher Steenbergen is often cited in the story. In it, he outlines how he avoids explicitly stating what certain verses say.
Subversion with a smile. But it’s OK. The kids like it, the parents like it, and the lobbying group that’s helped get it all going really likes it.
That bolded part is exactly what any preacher does on Sunday morning.
A visit to Kentucky: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/soc...4a98ac349f
The teacher Steenbergen is often cited in the story. In it, he outlines how he avoids explicitly stating what certain verses say.
Subversion with a smile. But it’s OK. The kids like it, the parents like it, and the lobbying group that’s helped get it all going really likes it.
