Focus on the Family started Bring Your Bible To School Day in 2014. Since that time it continues to grow in popularity. Every state in the nation is involved. There were approximately 8,000 students participating in 2014. In 2022, participation was counted at 877,353.
Bring Your Bible To School Day started as a response to America’s schools continuing efforts to forbid the meetings of Christian groups, reading Bibles, saying prayers, kneeling for God at football games, and even acknowledging Jesus in the classroom.
Thankfully, Bring Your Bible To School Day is now an event—a social activity—that all Christian students may openly partake in.
Bringing Bibles to school was not always acknowledged as a freedom. In 1962 and 1963, the U.S Supreme Court declared Bible readings in public schools to be unconstitutional—and took Bibles out of the schools. Thankfully, that declaration was noted as wrong. Christian Americans have the right to all freedoms.
“Focus on the Family’s main focus is to have students not feel afraid to express themselves and read the Bible during their free time. However, if things turn for the worst for students in public schools, Focus on the Family encourages families to contact the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a legal alliance of Christian attorneys to defend the right to freely live out their faith as well as check out school policies and codes of conduct in their school district.”
– Focus On The Family
Christian students are often directed to keep their voices quiet when it comes to referencing Jesus in schools. Perhaps this occurs because many points in the academic world differ from Christian world views, such as creation and the belief in One God. Whatever the reason, Bring Your Bible To School Day invites Christian students to be God’s light in their schools!
The Bible offers many stories of young people living their faith. A prefect example of a young person demonstrating their faith is David. At seventeen years of age, David volunteered to fight for God against the evil Philistine giant, Goliath.
1 SAMUEL 17:45 David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Despite David’s age, he alone had the courage to run “quickly to the battle line,” because David knew God was always with him. Young Christians can do the same on October 6. Instead of keeping the love of Christ to themselves, on this day they can share with unbelievers the Lord is here for everyone.
Another young man of faith in God was Joshua, Moses’ aide. Joshua had confidence God would deliver the new promised land to Abraham’s descendants, which God eventually did. Joshua also became a great leader for Israel.
JOSHUA 1:16 Then they answered Joshua, “Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
Mary, while still a teen, was told by an angel that she would give birth to a son. Knowing she was a virgin, Mary questioned how this event could occur. After being told that no word from God will ever fail, Mary was eager to obey.
LUKE 1:38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
God uses the old and the young to accomplish His purpose and expand His kingdom.
Young people, you can make the difference in your classmates eternity by expanding God’s kingdom in your school. You can allow them to see the works of Christ through you. Jesus has much faith that you will fulfill His plan.
1 TIMOTHY 4:12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.
Government schools cannot censor students from engaging in voluntary, free speech (written or verbal) regarding their deeply held religious beliefs.
Specific opportunities to read your Bibles with friends at school:
- In a free period
- Before school in homeroom
- During the lunch period
As long as your personal or group reading does not interrupt class or cause a disruption to any academic instruction, Christian students, you have the right to publicly read your Bible at school!
Remember October 6, and share this information with others! It’s the perfect opportunity to bring the light of Jesus to others — Bring Your Bible To School Day!
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Every day is bring your Bible to school day.
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It’s great a day is recognized and spoken about, to bring a Bible to school.
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Its Christians trying to start a fight. “Look, we brought our Bible to school. What are you going to do about it?” For the student that brings their Bible to school everyday, its just another day of regular behavior. No need to say look at me. It actually makes it harder for that student to bring their Bible to school everyday, as now it stands out more than it did prior to “We Brought Our Bibles Day”. And I’m sure all the hubbub on that day leaves a negative lasting impression on the ones we are trying to be a light to. Its just another Christian Ban Wagon that’s added to the list of activities that makes us look like idiots in the bad sense. We don’t need to shove this stuff down the throats of those we are trying to get to join our side. So counter productive.
It worries me to see through your posts you jumping on all these Christian band wagons. I only follow you to keep abreast of what band wagons my fellow Christians are riding on so that I know what is being talked about when I read other posts or watch YT videos or even talk to other Christians in person.
I don’t want to fight with you, but I can’t in all conscience keep my mouth shut. I don’t want to stop following you as I see that’s a cop out, but I don’t want to be a stumbling block to you either. You have every right to ask me to stop commenting on your site. I ask that you don’t block me, even though that’s your prerogative, and just point blank ask me to just stop commenting, if that’s your desire. My hope is to at the very least agree to disagree and at the very most, see things from my perspective and change your thinking. And I’m sure you have the same desire towards me. As I said before I don’t endeavor to surround myself with people that agree with me 100% as I see that as unwise behavior. And as you have not been rude or disrespectful to me, I see no need to stop following you, as I have with some other professed Christians who have been rude and even name called me. I believe your heart is right and you want to be the best Christian possible. There’s just much rhetoric even in the Christian realm, so I want my fellow Christians to use their critical thinking skills and make sure they are making educated decisions for themselves. If you see yourself doing that, then great, carry on. After all it is what each of us does with the information, commands and desires Yeshua discusses in our conversations with Him, that matters. As usual, Yeshua’s Blessings on you and yours.
My name is Susan, if you didn’t know, as some people don’t seem to see that info about me.
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No, I don’t believe kids are looking for a fight when they bring their Bible to school on this appointed day.
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Not the kids, but the adults instructing the kids to get a lawyer if things don’t go the way the adults are believing they should go. Do you really think the Apostle Paul would hire a lawyer if that happened to him? He let the Roman guards beat him and then told them, “Oh, by the way, I’m a Roman citizen.” Beating Roman citizens was illegal back then. We all know he went to jail for doing and saying stuff.
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Yes, Paul spent quite a bit of time in jail.
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