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The Beginning of Education

The new Bible Literacy Project curriculum is impressive—as far as it is able to go.

by Mark Galli | posted 10/07/2005 02:41PM

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Bible Illiteracy in America | A report just issued by the Bible Literacy Project suggests that young Americans know very little about the Bible. The report is important, but first things first: A fair number of Americans don't see why teenagers should know anything at all about the Bible. (Weekly Standard, May 23, 2005)

Other CT articles on Bible literacy include:

Reversing Memory Loss | The language of faith doesn't have to become a foreign tongue. (July 25, 2001)

The Silenced Word | Why aren't evangelicals reading the Bible in worship anymore? (March 5, 2001)

Your World: Psalm 23 and All That | Foggy childhood memories create Bible bloopers. (February 7, 2000)

The Greatest Story Never Read | Recovering biblical literacy in the church (August 9, 1999)

I Love to Tell the Story to Those Who Know It Least | Biblical preaching in a post-Christian culture. (August 9, 1999)

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