ATSS: Warren Trenchard, “Should the Ten Commandments Be Taught in Public Schools?”
25 July 2024 |
Recently the American state of Louisiana legislated that all its public school classrooms must display the Ten Commandments.
Aside from United States Constitutional concerns about the independence of religion from government, and the obvious Judeo-Christian bias it engenders, this legislation begs several content-related questions, the answers to which should inform the decision of whether to require the display of the biblical Decalogue in American public classrooms. For example, which version of the Ten Commandments, of the several versions available, should be posted? Can they be edited to fit what people expect them to say? Can every one of them apply in any meaningful way to a 20th-century world?
Let’s take a close look at the Ten Commandments with teacher Dr. Warren Trenchard.
Teacher:
Dr. Trenchard served as a member of the faculty and a senior administrator at what is what is now Burman University in Alberta, Canada, and at La Sierra University, for over thirty-five years. In retirement, he is professor of New Testament and early Christian literature. His principal teaching and research interests include New Testament Greek language; history, backgrounds, and interpretation of the New Testament and its individual documents; and history and literature of Early Christianity.
Moderator:
Gerald Lofthouse is a retired physician living in the Chicago area.
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- Charles Scriven
- Daryl Gungadoo
- Reinder Bruinsma
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