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Is America a Christian nation? What should textbooks say?

Is America a “Christian” nation? In what way can any nation be Christian? How should Christianity be treated in public school textbooks?

These are questions educators and parents have battled over and struggled with for decades. I have a strong opinion about whether America is a Christian nation, and I have strong feelings about how Christianity should be treated in public school textbooks.

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Only bad Bible exegesis says U.S. must ALWAYS back Israeli actions

Really bad Bible exegesis says the U.S. must ALWAYS back Israeli actions, no matter what Israel decides to do, no matter how the react to opposition, no matter how they treat the Palestinians or any of their Arab neighbors.

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To me at least, pomposity seems off the mark for Christian leaders

I wonder — do they make a diet pill designed to trim down “fatheads”? Oh, of course I know they don’t. But the last post I made has me thinking about various pompous people I’ve had the misfortune of trying to deal with within an evangelical Christian setting over the years.

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