A well-known, local Christian pastor is denouncing a controversial new Bible curriculum designed for public schools which he says encourages students to question whether the Bible is the inspired Word of God. The Virginia-based Bible Literacy Project (BLP) has been promoting a new textbook for public schools called The Bible and Its Influence. Among respected evangelicals who have endorsed the BLP’s curriculum are Prison Fellowship founder Chuck Colson and Ted Haggard, president of the National Associations of Evangelicals. A school district near San Antonio, Texas, recently approved The Bible and Its Influence for its use. But state legislatures in both...
