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The Best and the Brightest

I have a sister who is two years older than me, and all through school she had a well-earned reputation for being one of the wild ones. She didn't study much, got poor grades, had a penchant for the bad boys, and seemed to cause a lot of headaches for her teachers (not to mention her parents).

But then along would come little Greg two years later, and when those same teachers would recognize my last name and realize I was her younger brother, they were inclined to groan and mutter...

"Oh no...not another one!"

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Boiling Water

I have written on the topic of the Rapture several times in the past, but there is one aspect of this doctrine that seems to be affecting an increasing number of Christians these days, especially those who, like me, hold to a pre-tribulational view of its timing. A fairly trivial event sparked something in my spirit not long ago, and it finally compelled me to address this issue.

A few months ago I was reading a Christian blog that I visit occasionally, and the author had posted a short piece about something of prophetic significance that had occurred a few days prior. I don't remember what the event was, but I do recall that it wasn't something terribly earth shattering. Noteworthy, yes. Earth shattering, no. I mean, it wasn't as if the Israelis had just bulldozed the Dome of the Rock or something. It was just some prophetic trend that had advanced a step, and so it was just another in a seemingly endless torrent of events that serve to remind prophetically knowledgeable believers that we are indeed getting close to the Rapture. Frankly, however, it's getting to the point where such things happen on a weekly—if not daily—basis.

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7/14/2026 — From the "Not Okay" Department...

Well, whaddya know. It seems that the Lone Star State is making an effort to make use of the Bible to some degree in public schools. The state is introducing a plan that refers to Bible verses in the teaching of certain school lessons.

"Well, that's nice," goes the average person.

But not female country music singer Kacey Musgraves. Oh no.

Musgraves, who is a native of Texas, is whipping up a firestorm of criticism after seeing the story in a Dallas Morning News article. And after hearing her reaction, you'd think Texas was forcing kids to watch XXX-rated pornography.

Or force-feeding them strychnine.

Her response was pretty much the gold standard for left-wing liberals:

"The bible [sic] being forced by people who don't even follow it themselves...This is simply indoctrination and it's not okay."

Oooh...indoctrination. Such a sinister term. It's a term we use when someone is drilling ideas into people's heads that are false and hurtful. Ideas that represent the twisted thinking of those who seek power over others.

It's not difficult to name a few well-known examples of indoctrination, but quoting Luke 6:31 to teach kids about treating others the way they would want to be treated (i.e. the Golden Rule) is not one of them.

Quoting Exodus 20:12 to teach kids they should try to treat their mom and dad with respect is not one of them.

Nor is telling students that the book of Psalms is a collection of songs and poems that are commonly used in the worship of both Christians and Jews.

Is Texas "forcing the Bible" on students? Consider:

1. The plan is optional. Any public school can opt out of the program. Now, it's true that schools that do implement the program will be awarded a small boost in funding, but the point is that nobody is putting a gun to anyone's head here.

2. Kids are not going to be taught extensive Christian doctrine. In other words, they are not going to be preached at. Like the examples I gave above, the Bible is simply going to be cited in teaching a few general moral principles that few would disagree with.

Well, maybe Kayce Musgrave.

Speaking of whom... I have a question for our dear Kayce:

Kayce, if you think citing a few verses of the Bible in lessons concerning a few fundamental moral principles constitutes "indoctrination" and is "not okay," then what, pray tell, do you call the following:

• Teaching elementary school children that they may well have been born in the wrong body, and if they think they were they can have a nice doctor fix it for them (and they don't have to tell their parents).

• Telling people that men who are pretending to be women should be allowed to compete against real women, and if they disagree then they are homophobic bigots who are neither tolerant or inclusive and as a result will suffer persecution and discrimination.

• Teaching university students that Israel has no right whatsoever to the land they are illegally occupying, all of which belongs to the poor, oppressed Palestinians. Thus Israel should be destroyed and the Jewish people should be removed by force.

Kayce, that's indoctrination, and you're quite right:

It's not okay.

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