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Equal Treatment for Religious Schools

A Supreme Court majority in June [2022], rejected an attempt by Maine to bar parents from using state tuition assistance to pay for their children to attend religious schools where no public school is available.*

Quotable!

Deon Joseph, a law enforcement consultant, commented on the Supreme Court’s Kennedy v. Bremerton School District decision. “The court affirmed that if you can use God’s name in vain… and verbally disrespect and dismiss His existence in public without hindrance, then others should be able to praise Him, thank Him, and talk to Him in public,” he said. 

Source: World Magazine, July 16, 2022, page 18.

The Christian Faith in America Today

According to polling in 2022 by the Gallup organization, 81% of Americans believe in God, down from 87% in 2017. However, the Pew Research Center recently released a report that cited only 64% who identified religiously as Christians. Wherever the truth lies, both agree that Christianity is in decline in America. 

Troubling U.S. Evangelical Worldview

Recent polls reveal that only 6% of evangelical Christians have a worldview which aligns with Scripture. For example, 65% agree that each person is born innocent in the eyes of God (see Psalm 51:5). Furthermore, 43% of U.S. evangelicals believe that Jesus was a great teacher but was not God (see Luke 22:70). Finally, 37% now believe that gender identity is a matter of choice (see Genesis 1:27).

In spite of these negative trends, we have a promise from God regarding His Church: “the powers of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18). God will sustain a witness through His Church until He comes again. 

Source: Answers Magazine, Jan-Mar, 2023, page 30