The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics sparked outrage when drag queens assembled into a scene reminiscent of the Last Supper. Are Christians right to be offended? Oklahoma is requiring public schools to teach the Bible, but some teachers are resisting. Is this really about education or indoctrination? And Kaitlyn’s latest article explains why this election is important, but maybe not an “existential threat.” New Testament scholars, Esau McCaulley and Amy Peeler, discuss their new multi-ethnic Bible commentary “The New Testament in Color” and why we should read Scripture with friends from diverse backgrounds. Plus, a flip-flop fail in Death Valley.
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6:10 - Flip Flops in Death Valley
8:58 - Olympic Drag Queen Last Supper
23:38 - Oklahoma Bible-Education Mandate
36:53 - France vs Oklahoma
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50:15 - Interview
52:02 - Where Did “The New Testament in Color” Start?
1:00:40 - Will Cultures Continue into Heaven?
1:11:00 - Why Face Hard Questions?
1:18:53 - What Are the Biblical Reasons to Study How Cultures and Ethnicities Understand Things?
1:25:27 - End Credits
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I watched the entirety of the opening ceremonies and thought nothing of the "controversial" segment with the drag queens. I simply saw it as the setup for their runway show. Paris = fashion capital. I don't even think that was the weirdest thing that happened during the broadcast. lol
Even if this is some kind of variation on a theme with the Last Supper rather than Dionysius, it’s not like we don’t see them constantly everywhere else and have for a very very long time. It’s a standard trope at this point.
In regards to the Paris opening ceremony I would love to ask what was it that made people feel so uncomfortable? As Ted Lasso says, "be curious," dig into that more. I would also encourage people to ask why does this group of people feel like they needed to mock Christianity in the first place? Was that even their goal or were they also trying to convey a message of inclusivity. So many questions to ask. I would also point out that if it were Jesus, he would probably have no qualms sitting at that table with those people. My wife wrote a pretty great blog post about it here https://whatpleasesthelord.blogspot.com/2024/07/art-criticism-and-transphobia.html
Incorporating the Bible into curriculum seems to me less about "impressing God" as Skye but it and more about the idea of "If we force students to read this book, maybe, just maybe, it will have a positive effect on them." Say 10 kids in a classroom who otherwise would not have opened a Bible are assigned a passage to read. Even if 9 of them come away without any significant impact, the tenth kid might have his life changed by it. It's the old question of "How much effort and resources can we put towards the salvation of a single soul before it becomes not worth the effort?"
Per the Barna group only 4% of Americans now hold to a biblical worldview. So I would think any amount of biblical exposure to students in public schools would only help.
Though on the other hand, even the majority of evangelicals do not send their kids to Christian schools. Try having that discussion in church... talk about a taboo subject....
For the Paris Games Last supper controversy. I saw it as a Greek pagan festival and in this case it was the feast of Dionysus. The Olympics were founded by pagan Greeks and the acting done was a nod to those games and to the Greek pagan culture.
The French are totally okay with it since the majority French are…