A puzzled host scratches his head beside a chalkboard of Bible study, free will, and secularism questions from the Ask A Christian Podcast episode.

Should Christianity Be Taught in Schools? What Secularism Has Done to the UK

Nate opened the broadcast from what he calls the wilderness safari of TikTok, and the platform promptly restricted the stream because a ten-second video clip counted as unoriginal content. Undeterred, he took callers. Before they arrived, he covered a Protestia report on the pastor of Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, who has taught that the resurrection is symbolic. Then a caller from Britain asked a question that sounds very different on each side of the Atlantic: should Christianity be taught in schools? Her own religion class was led by a teacher whose beliefs she never learned, and she noticed that Christians who want Christianity taught rarely want other religions taught alongside it. The conversation moved to secularism in the UK and then into a free will debate. Here is what unfolded.

Should Christianity Be Taught in Schools? The Biblical Bottom Line

So, should Christianity be taught in schools? Nate began with a practical problem: who is the teacher? A secular humanist could relay what Jesus said without believing it, and a sincere Christian would struggle to teach the Bible accurately without sounding like a preacher the school would never hire. Scripture assigns the task elsewhere. Parents are commanded to teach God’s Word to their children (Deuteronomy 6:6-7), and Christ gave the Great Commission to the church, not the state. So Nate suggested the church do a better job of evangelizing. On fairness, he agreed with the caller: anyone convinced that their religion is true should be willing to let every claim be heard and let the evidence work. In short, should Christianity be taught in schools? Nate said yes in principle, if a true biblical Christian could teach accurately and share the gospel, but he doubted it could work in practice.

The same clarity governed the free will exchange. Whether one holds libertarian freedom, hard determinism, or compatibilism, the gospel call is unchanged: repent and believe. For deeper doctrine, explore our Christian Catechism for Adults, or read more in our Faith & Culture category.

Ranch Dressing, Hershey’s, and a Transatlantic Incident

Between the theology, a European guest opened with an icebreaker: ranch dressing is the most disgusting thing ever eaten, and Hershey’s tastes like vomit. Nate called it possibly the biggest fight of the day and countered with the warm beer of the British Isles. Then he made a concession worth framing. Asked whether they had tried all thousand kinds of American beer, the guest conceded a fair point and admitted to generalizing too much. Nate turned the point toward Scripture: before deciding from a verse or two that Jesus is not God, read the whole Bible. The same rule applies to the question of the hour: should Christianity be taught in schools? Examine the whole picture before concluding. Later, a caller confirmed that room temperature beer is indeed gross, giving the night its only unanimous verdict.