Hello all:
This quarter I am taking “History of the New Testament.” Part of the requirment for the class was to write an exegesis on a piece of scripture, and to present some sort of creative expression that goes along with our project. I had the idea of presenting a short exegetical sermonette on my paper, and my professor, a roman catholic exegete, was more than willing to oblige.
So I spent about 5 minutes preaching in a public school classroom, talking about the Holy Spirit. It was interesting. The most shocking part is that no one seemed to mind, even the non-Christians in the classroom. I was somewhat surprised in that, since the thesis of my paper and my sermon was on how you cannot understand spiritual things without having the spirit of God within you.
I figure I’ll give it another two weeks, and if I don’t get a letter from the ACLU, I’m okay.
I’ll post my paper after I do my final edit. If you’d done exegesis, you can poke holes in it!
-Clarke
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March 18th, 2007 at 14:32
Hi Clarke,
There are probably some parents who would object if they knew… But OTOH, did you see this?
http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby030507
Quoting from the Massachusetts judge’s ruling:
“The constitutional right of parents to raise their children does not include the right to restrict what a public school may teach their children,” Wolf unambiguously wrote in dismissing a suit by two Lexington, Mass. couples who objected to lessons the local elementary school was teaching their children. “Under the Constitution public schools are entitled to teach anything that is reasonably related to the goals of preparing students to become engaged and productive citizens in our democracy.”
I’m glad I don’t live in Massachusetts. If I did I would strongly consider moving away.
March 18th, 2007 at 14:34
I posted an incorrect link above. The correct link:
http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby030507.php3