Vertical To Horizontal – Bible in Schools
August 5, 2024
I’ll never forget in grade school receiving a copy of the New Testament, small red book on each desk. On the first page was a picture of our flag with Proverbs 14:34 underneath it.
“Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.” Decades later, as a counselor in public high schools and Christ follower, this would never happen today. Our nation’s past ‘home team’ culture was vertical. Embracing God as Lord and Jesus as Savior was protected, even honored. To be a deist, not necessarily following Christ, was honored.
Not today. Our culture is horizontal. Any vertical belief cannot be expressed in any public square, and the erosion goes on. Bibles cannot be given to students in public schools. Yet, the truth of that verse is still truth.