From breitbart.com
The state of Oklahoma is now requiring schools to teach the Bible, including the Ten Commandments, in grades five through 12.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters made the announcement in a memo to all school districts on Thursday, NBC News reported.
“This directive is in alignment with the educational standards approved on about May 2019, with which all districts must comply,” the document read:
The Bible is one of the most historically significant books and a cornerstone of Western civilization, along with the Ten Commandments. They will be referenced as an appropriate study of history, civilization, ethics, comparative religion, or the like, as well as for their substantial influence on our nation’s founders and the foundational principles of our Constitution. This is not merely an educational directive but a crucial step in ensuring our students grasp the core values and historical context of our country.
Additionally, the State Department of Education may supply teaching materials for the Bible, as permissible, to ensure uniformity in delivery.
In a video posted Thursday, Walters said the Bible is connected to many of the nation’s historical events. He also referenced the fact that Martin Luther King, Jr. “used it as a tremendous impetus for the Civil Rights movement”:
In December, a West Virginia high school began integrating a Bible study program after a Christian student spoke to the principal about the idea, Breitbart News reported.
The Bible study was optional for students and guest speakers were required to fill out a volunteer form in order to speak during the morning meetings.
More recently, a bill signed into law requires a poster-sized copy of the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom in Louisiana, Breitbart News reported June 19.
“Louisiana is the first state to successfully pass legislation requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, including state-funded universities, since the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to banish the tenets from America’s classrooms in 1980,” the outlet said.
“Efforts to restore the commandments to public schools are active in other states, including Texas, Oklahoma, and Utah, although none so far have been successful,” it concluded.
That’s good news. COOL!!!!
Yes Indeed!!! Hallelujah!!
Praise God and now more schools need to follow suit.
Yep – I agree!!
While this is super fantastic news, we still need to be careful. I pray the next administration gets something passed that will declare our nation a Christian nation that believes in the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob. Our founding fathers already proved that we are a Christian nation. Now make it LEGAL!! If not, this fantastic news may open the door to every other belief system under the sun. They will claim their right to have their false religions taught in our schools, too. While this is indeed great news it does open the door to false religions which is exactly what we don’t want. Keep praying and keep seeking the Lord and remember He is on our side!!!!
I thought the exact same thing! The devil is working overtime!! We MUST pray!
The school told us back in the late 70s that if they let us have Christian meetings on school grounds they would have to open the school up to every other religious group. So what happened is we ushered it all out the door. Except that other religions crept in anyway. Eventually muslims got on the school board and ever so slightly they began to get new text books that left out a lot of Christian history. We didn’t know our founding fathers feared God, just that George Washington was so honest he could not tell a lie. No one knew Christopher Columbus had a boat load of Jews or why. Pilgrims were people with quaint costumes eating corn with people we called Indians. Oh yeah, i did read a book in high school called The Crucible about Puritans burning witches. But it did not teach me about the wonderful ways the Puritans honored God.
Now the grandkids are exposed to books with porn and assigned a prayer to allah to memorize. No prayers at ballgames, just a moment of silence. Strange people dressed like freaky hookers read confusing stories to kindergartners.
I say bring back the Bible, prayer and the commandments and don’t worry about other groups because God is greater than the false god of this world. If kids get exposed to the truth some of them will trust Jesus for salvation. Maybe they won’t think the satan clubs are so cool. They will have an alternative to the clubs convincing them to go transgender. We need Christian presence back at school and we should still pray against the false teachings and that they stay out but lets pray to go full speed ahead about getting Jesus back in our schools. When i was young people had some morals and though we did not know it, it was because our grandparents got them from the Bible. We were not confused about right and wrong.
If the Bible gets back in the classroom, great things will happen b/c Gods word does not return void but will accomplish what He desires… Isaiah 55:11
The world of God is alive and active…Heb 4:12
Amen Ellen……AMEN!!!